iMic for ‘MiniDisc to Mac’ recording Sep07 '05

I am excited because my iMic should be arriving at my house today or tomorrow.

This is a low-end solution to provide major advancements in my personal music recording capabilities.

I’ve been using MiniDisc recording technologies since before the dawn of this blog - that is, for a very long time.

MiniDisc’s are so impressive, when it comes to digital recording. The quality is incredible; the interfaces stunning; and the support growing.

For example, you can record from any audio source, onto cheap, durable, discs, which can be re-used millions of times.

I used to record all my music onto MiniDisc devices, but since I got my iPod, things changed. Now, I only record live audio, voice, and instruments.

I have dozens of MiniDisc’s with audio on them, that I want to save.

Finally, with the iMic, there is a cheap solution to transfer audio from MiniDisc’s onto a Mac or PC, which can then be saved as MP3, WAV, or AAC digital audio files. I can then archive those, listen to them on my iPod, or share over the internet.

What I plan to do

What I plan to do is record music that I am learning - either from guitar or piano, and share what I have, through this blog. So, instead of just referencing the guitar chords or tablature, I’ll be able to include a sound file with it - that being me playing the instrument, and possibly singing.

GarageBand is my software of choice, for recording audio from an external source.

More... on all of this, in the very near-future.

Categories: Apple , Audio Recording , Music , Personal

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