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TedTheDog

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/me takes a bow for the lamest topic for ages...

Anyway, I've recently taken up the guitar again after something like 10 years, and I wanted a guitar teacher. After trying 1 local teacher out who proved to be useless a mate reccomended Guitar Port

Anyone else use this excellent learning / jamming tool? I snapped and bought one and its truly superb, and with the optional Online service it's just amazing.
Its hard to describe really. It emulates 10 different amp heads and 10 different speaker cabs, and it has a raft of quality effects built in too.

Theres lots of lessons on how to play whole tracks, chord structures, "licks" and stuff. I've given up on the eddie Van Halen lessons for this decade, but some of the other stuff is great. I can now play the notes of Jessica by the Allman Brothers in the right order. Over the coming thousand years I'll work on making it actually sound like the song (the original Top Gear theme music).

Anyway, I was thinking of recording stuff and was wondering if anyone else here had a go at that.
 
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Scooba Da Bass

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Yes, I've had a go at recording stuff, hehe

It's pretty easy, although I've only ever seen the GPs, not actually used them, you should be able to pick it as a recording source in virtually any soundy type program, once you've got that going it's as simple as hitting record and getting on down with the guitar action. Most decent software will let you import wavs/mp3s/whatever and allow you to edit what you've done so you get a pretty decent end result.
 
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TedTheDog

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Got any suggestions for recording software?
Freeware is obviously my fave, but i'm willing to pay as I wanna record an album (its just a laugh, i'm not going to even THINK about it being commercial. I'm crap. I know it.)
 
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Scooba Da Bass

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Try the evaluation version of N-Tracks Studio it's about the best shareware/cheap recording software around for multitracks.
 
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Embattle

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Well Ted asked me If I played Guitar and I said no but I do play something else and offered him a go, he refused....tsk so offended ;)
 
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Lester

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On a similar subject, I would like to play piano/keyboard but can't be arsed with starting at the beginning. Is there any easy to pick up tuition progs out there? The kind of thing I'm after is something that shows you the chord structures of some nice songs coz I can do the tinkly bits by ear really. It sounds a bit crap but I'd like to be able to play a few really nice songs well before I die. (You know, something to show off with at parties)
 
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Sharma

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could always get a cracked copy of Cakewalk sonar? i think thats a decent piece of recording equipemnt however its a tad on the advanced side to say the least but i guess you could always get a book or something
 
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Scooba Da Bass

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If you're going down the cracking route I'd suggest getting Nuendo, it's very easy to use, and very powerful and it integrates nicely with everything else.

PM me for details on the above.
 
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Tom

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Originally posted by Lester
On a similar subject, I would like to play piano/keyboard but can't be arsed with starting at the beginning. Is there any easy to pick up tuition progs out there? The kind of thing I'm after is something that shows you the chord structures of some nice songs coz I can do the tinkly bits by ear really. It sounds a bit crap but I'd like to be able to play a few really nice songs well before I die. (You know, something to show off with at parties)
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I used to play the piano. You can't learn any way other than starting at the beginning. By doing scales, you learn how to position your hands and which fingers to use to play the notes. If you don't do this, you will never become ambidextrous in the way you need to be to play the songs you want.

Besides, practicing your scales is good exercise for your hands, you'd be surprised how tiring it can be.
 
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