Yesterday afternoon, I’ve finally started tracking songs for my planned internet album. I’ve recorded guitar parts for a song called, “Big Giant Circus” which the guitar sounds beautiful on it. I also started to record vocals on it too and the vocals sound amazing. The vocals sound perfectly clear. For the interface, I am using a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 and when you record guitar/vocals on that baby, it sounds like you just recorded in a professional studio which is what I wanted. For recording vocals, I am using a Shure SM86 condenser mic (w/phantom power) and I’m also using a pop filter. Using a condenser mic and a pop filter really helps make your singing voice sounds clean & clear.

For many years, I’ve been trying to get a professional sounding recording rig and I think I achieved my goals.

Over the years of my life, I’ve used shitty recording rigs. When I first started writing and recording acoustic songs, my very first recording rig was a shitty boombox radio with a record button on it, lol. Then I graduated to a Tascam 4 track machine which was still pretty shitty sounding. Then I graduated to Cakewalk with a shitty soundcard where I could plug my guitar into. Then I graduated to ProTools with an M-Audio Fast Track interface that sounded pretty shitty. Back then there was a lot of background hissing in the recordings.

Now I can finally record acoustic songs with no background hissing, no electric humming noises and none of that stuff. I’m so happy with my new recording rig. Now that I can record perfectly clean and clear, I no longer have to record in a professional studio ’cause this is a professional studio.

Whenever I upload a new song, I think you’ll definitely hear a huge improvement in sound quality.

As for the DAW, for now I’m using Acoustica Mixcraft 7 which I bought for $50 at Best Buy. I got the small version of the software for now but to get the full version will cost me an additional $40 dollars which I will upgrade to the full version soon. Either that, I could trash this DAW and get something better down the road. I still need to learn how to use Acoustic Mixcraft ’cause I don’t know anything about the software as of this moment. I got to learn how to use it and I will. I just wanted to start off with a cheap and affordable DAW until I get something better. What DAW will I replace this with when I do decide to get something different? I’m probably gonna buy the newest edition of ProTools sometime down the road which will cost $499 which isn’t totally bad really.

Whenever I get done recording my first song off this new recording rig, I’ll upload it for you all to hear. My music will be new and improved. I think you’ll be impressed with the sound quality this time. Trust me.

Now I finally have a professional sounding recording rig, I can start making my own homemade acoustic albums. Yes, real ALBUMS! Not demos. I’m gonna track vocals for “Big Giant Circus” today.

Kev