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wyldwolf

(43,891 posts) Mon Dec 12, 2011, 11:52 AM Dec 2011

Any Mac Pro users recording music and/or voice-overs? [View all]

I bought my wife, who teaches private voice lessons, a MacBook Pro for her birthday. She has an interest in recording music and I plan to do some voice-over work. We're building a small studio in a spare bedroom. Can anyone recommend the best/more economical...

mics
audio interface

I was also told having an actual mixer was old school and everything was done via the software (we're running logic.)

Quick background: I used to do commercial voice-over work (using a Mac and pro tools) and we both did radio years ago (late 80s and 90s) so we're not complete novices - just way behind the times.

Thanks!

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Any Mac Pro users recording music and/or voice-overs? [View all] wyldwolf Dec 2011 OP

I use Pro Tools which has a bit of a learning curve because it is the standard recording industry Lint Head Dec 2011 #1

Thanks. I used Pro Tools circa 1993... wyldwolf Dec 2011 #3

A lot of people are using Logic because it's more street customer friendly which may be what you Lint Head Dec 2011 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author wyldwolf Dec 2011 #2

The cheapest and easiest solution... RevStPatrick Dec 2011 #4

Thanks! Yeah, that was my initial thought - but we want to run at least two mics, up to four... wyldwolf Dec 2011 #5

I'm a recording studio owner and mac user guitar man Dec 2011 #6

I appreciate your input. Thanks so much. wyldwolf Dec 2011 #7

YW guitar man Dec 2011 #8

yup. I bought a set of JBL Control 5s from a reseller. Got a great deal and they sound great. wyldwolf Dec 2011 #10

MOTU is my choice musiclawyer Dec 2011 #11

Sparkly uses Logic for the recording. She also uses some scoring and production software, but . . . Stinky The Clown Dec 2011 #12