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An Introduction to Recording Your Own CD

Here’s a brief description of the things you’ll do to record your CD.

Recording with Mics

When you want to record a voice, an acoustic

instrument or an electric instrument playing through

your ampliﬁer, you’ll capture that sound using a

microphone. Connect the mic’s cable to an input jack

on your mixer or studio workstation. An input jack is

how the sound gets into your recording equipment.

Did You Know...

...that there’s a very simple way to ﬁgure out where to place a microphone

to get the best sound? Use your ears. Listen to the instrument from

different angles to ﬁnd where it sounds best—that’s where you should

place your mic, aiming it at the instrument. If you’re recording a singer,

aim the mic at the singer’s mouth, and experiment with different angles to

see which sounds best for the singer’s voice and performance style.

Some mics require electrical power to operate—it’s called “phantom

power.” Your mixer or studio workstation may provide built-in phantom

power.

If your studio has mic modeling and a compatible mic, you can use it to

make your recordings sound as if they were made using some of the best

mics in the world even if you use an inexpensive mic.

Recording Electric Instruments

You’ll use essentially the same process for

recording electric instruments such as an

electric guitar, electric bass, drum machine or

synthesizer. The only difference is that you

can plug the instrument directly into your

mixer or studio workstation instead of using

a mic cable.

You can make an electric instrument sound even better by adding amp

modeling—for example, Roland/BOSS COSM Amp Modeling—as you

record. Your guitar can sound like it’s playing through some of the world’s

most sought-after guitar amps. And even if you’re using headphones, you

can enjoy the experience of playing the selected amp at full volume.

Recording Your Music

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Roland CD-Rack User Manual Page 12