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Bravo! I’ve watched numerous instructional videos, to learn audio recording on a DAW. Your’s is one of best. No ridiculous, long-winded intros, just a quick statement and a jump into the instruction. I also like the crisp instructions, delivered in a clipped accent. I gained valuable, summarized knowledge: for example, an audio interface converts analog signals to digital (I thought the computer did that, after the signal from the audio interface reached it). 🙏
My old Roland ua-25ex interface died on me and I picked up the Focusrite scarlett 4i4. Very happy with it. I run my midi cables from my Korg M50 into the 4i4 and my Shure sm-58 (probably around 40 years old!) into the mic input on the 4i4. I'm using Cakewalk by Bandlab as my DAW. Still pinching myself that this software is free. The equivalent of Sonar platinum which was $499. Really enjoy your videos. Very instructive and I like how your explanations are kept simple and concise. Thumbs up!
Hi, I could use some help, I'm new to recording. I have a midi controller that I want to connect to an audio inteface using the midi IN/OUT. Do I need to buy two midi cables to plug both midi IN and OUT from the controller to the interface or just one cable from the controller to the audio interface. Thanks in advance!
If you only want to use the controller to drive virtual instruments in your software you only need one cable (from out of keyboard to in of interface). If you want to capture MIDI tracks in DAW, edit and then play back through controller (assuming it has onboard sounds) you'd need two. It sounds as if you want to use it as a controller so I'm guessing one will do
These are the kinds of videos I have been searching and searching for. Finally, when I stop looking, you pop up. I am so glad Your videos found me lol Very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you!! Finally. I've watched more than 20 videos about different interfaces, and you are the only one who actually covered the inputs and connections, and explained how to connect a microphone, as well as the method to connect Mono and Stereo inputs. I learned I need a 4i4 interface. Thanks again!
Dear Teacher!: You made my Day, thank you very much. I’m so glad to have stumbled across your channel (I’m in the process of learning) Once again I express my gratitude
i have a digital piano and i just bought a mic, i didn't know i needed it all that stuff 😂 i just wanted to play and sing 🤣🤣 so thank you for this info, really helpful.
If you check out the Samson G-Track Pro mic, it's a USB mic with a built in audio interface to accept a 1/4" jack on the back and it allows you to record your voice and an instrument through the same mic through either 2 Track or Mono.
I'm in the process of learning home music production, and I am so glad to have stumbled across your channel - you communicate your knowledge very well. liked and subscribed!
Thank you, this was very comprehensive, educational, and encouraging. Many tutorials get lost in the fine details that are crucial to beginners. It can leave one feeling discouraged, your composure and lovely personality gave me confidence to try again.
God bless you, God bless you.. and oh yeah , God bless you!!! Finally a video that just gets straight to the point and explains the simplicity of it all!!! You’re amazing!!! Thanks again!!!
Excellent video! I just referred one of my subscribers to this video as she was asking how to record both vocals and piano at the same time. I have a video that shows people how to record their Nord keyboard with Focusrite and Garageband so I get a lot of questions from that video. Your video here really helped here thanks!
Hi, I'm so appreciating all of your videos (I've been watching for a few hours for a couple of day) but still not getting my system to work. I've learned a lot though! LOL Here's my set up and what I'm trying to do. Getting tired and weary trying to figure it out. Trying to get set up to teach only through Manycam and Zoom. I don't want to record anything other than a video promo for my classes, which I don't need a DAW for. I have a Focuslite Scarlett Solo. Downloaded the Focuslite control panel with driver (uninstalled it and did it again even to make sure it worked!) Also, downloaded CakeWalk just because I thought having a DAW might make this all work. I have my mic plugged in with the 48v button on. It's working just fine with the gain light. I have a Yamaha P-125. It has a gray USB plug that goes to the back that I learned was the MIDI cord (from you) and is also supposed to be the audio as well, I heard you say on another video. I have the Focusrite plugged into my computer and the gray Yamaha cord plugged into a hub. I tried plugging both into the computer and still nothing so I don't think it's a hub issue since everything else works on the hub. I choose Input as the Focusrite and Output as the Focusrite on both my computer and Manycam. In the FR controller I have it set to "air" and "line" (there is "instrument" but it didn't work either). If I click on the tab that says, "Output routing" it says, "Output routing is not supported on this device. I'm 6 hours in on trying to figure this out. LOL I've been running Manycam and zoom for over 3 years now so good there. Just can't hear the keyboard other than what the mic pics up. grrrrrrrrrrrr Question is, do I need the stereo lines with the MIDI cord to make it work? I have to buy them but before I do I thought I'd ask. I REALLLY want to throw in the towel but can't! HELP! Please!!! 🤣✌💕
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Awesome explanation. What about the FL studio, is the same principle applies. Lastly, What's the name of the software you are using. Please need more information.
You're putting out some great videos!!! I just stumbled onto your channel and it's just what I'm looking for. I've had my recording equipment for quite some time but never really devoted any time to using it. So you would be right if you called me a "newb". Your explanations are simple and very easy to follow. I had one disappointment when watching this video... I was waiting for you to sing when recording the vocal track!!! 🙂 Thanks again... you have another sub...
As an ancient experienced musician but novice to home recording I have recently found your videos and it seems they are really helpful for the likes of me. I am about to buy my first audio interface for recording vocal and electro acoustic guitar using GarageBand on my iPad , would your description of recording keyboard and vocal at the same time work for my setup as well?
Welcome aboard! If you buy a good interface with two inputs then you should easily be able to record your guitar and vocals at the same time. Choose one that has 2mic/line/instrument combi inputs and you should have a nice versatile recording setup.
Bang goes the conviction that (audio) technology is boys’ stuff! It takes a lady Jane to to straight-talk a newbie through the jungle. I’m just stuck with one burning question before investing in an audio interface. Forgive me if the answer is lurking behind one of your many hot-links. I have a legacy keyboard Roland U-20 and want to control instruments in Garageband or other DAWs through MIDI (because I don’t have the confidence to record live audio from the Roland instruments. In the DAW I can edit my inaccuracies. Of course I’d like to progress to recording voice and another live instrument (e.g. my son on guitar). I have two mics: a condensor and a dynamic. I guess the audio interface would normally take care of that bit. BUT … both mentioned mics have different connectors: the old Yamaha dynamic has a 3.5mm jack, the Røde videomic GO II has USB-C (I have dedicated cables outputting to USB-c or USB-A). I don’t want to record to a digital recorder (yet); rather to Garageband and the like on iPad Pro or MacBook Pro (USB-C and USB-A respectively). I didn’t see anything that looks like a USB port on the audio interface in your video, nor did I hear you mention it. While pioneering through the bush-trail I noticed that I couldn’t record voice and MIDI keyboard input simultaneously on the MacBook, even though it has 3 USB ports. The iPad Pro seems even more handicapped with its single (and only) USB-C. If I had a dongle with various (USB) ports, I don’t know if and how I could record on different tracks (one for the keyboard, one for each mic) simultaneously. HELP! I haven’t solved that one yet 😩. The guitar would be mostly electric (iMic is available). I have a wired MIDI IN/OUT to USB-A interface. I’d much appreciate advice on this connectivity question! Peter H The Netherlands
Very helpful video. Still figuring out what I can record into a video application like iMovie or QuickTime on Mac. Only getting channel 1. May need to use Loopback software. Thanks for this. If you have any content relevant to my challenge shoot me a reply.
Nice video. You teach patiently and clearly. Thank you. My issue is that I use the same interface and set up (but with guitar instead of keyboards most of the time). The guitar (or piano) channel is fine but the vocal channel is polluted by sounds from the instrument. All is well and good until I try to process the vocal signal in my DAW and discover how cluttered/dirty up that channel really is. Is there a way to get two CLEAN signals? I don’t think there is
I swear i was wondering how to record both my mic and piano through my piano's Line Out to my 2i2. I thought I need to split the stereo and L line out with y splitters into my 2i2. Guess I only need a normal TS to TS cable xD Great video
Wow! I've been confused on what cable to use to record my piano which has only headphone out, but you explained it perfectly. TRS end is to my keyboard's output and the TS end is to my interface input, have I got it right? Please someone confirm it so I can finally record myself playing my keyboard and avoid buying wrong cable.
It is a very useful video. Can we record videos at the same time while recording this way. With a video camera or iPhone. Briefly how can we connect the audio interface to iPhone. Thank you.
you can start recording with both phone and daw at the same time, and then change the audio from iphone with the one recorded on your computer . sry for my bad english
Really clear video ! @ 5'28" you talk about the "Line outputs". Do you mean that we need an audio interface like the one you showed to make it work ? Because my numeric piano is a yamaha p515. I putted a mono cable in the "L/L+R" output linked to my Focusrite Solo, but the sound is not as clear as the original. The quality is like muffled. Does it mean that my focusrite is not compatible for that kind of piano ?
So each Focusrite input can only process mono input? I am a little bit confused why we cannot have a stereo recording on the Go piano if the headphone output is stereo, using only one of the Focusrite inputs? Btw, it is an informative video, thumbs up!
Hi, you can use a TRS to TS splitter and record stereo. I have shown that on a different video. But if you want to record your voice and keyboard at the same time and only have two channel interface, no mixer, then you need to leave one channel for the mic hence why I record mono keyboard here. Watch this for more ... th-cam.com/video/vJD6RL_2yAc/w-d-xo.html
Great to meet like minded piano players for live streaming :) My Focusrite 2i2 arrived today and i'm playing with reaper, its awesome... I tried your piano in one outline with the exact same wires and it just does not sound as good quality as pluging the piano as 2 ako left and right in the INST ONE AND TWO mic one... which means can't use my mic as u other slots for it so will have to get a usb mic instead right? FOR THE 2I2 ANYWAY Thanks
Last week I tried to record vocals and keyboard at the same time and really had trouble with the vocal mic picking up the hammer action of the piano keys. I was using an electret-condensator mic. I was wondering whether it would make sense to use a singing mic such as a Shure SM58 instead.
Make sure your condenser mic is using a cardioid pattern and is pointed towards you and away from the piano. Having the mic further away from the piano would also help, although that might be difficult while singing and playing at the same time.
..glad i found your channel.....i have to view twice, because english is a foreign language for me, but thats ok... 😅.... i have a Roland fp10 e piano, an arturia minilab midi- keyboard , reaper and ableton life light , the analog lab V as vst....now i want connect all , with monitors (coming) ......always struggling.... the e piano direct to PC is just for midi, right?... so i have to buy an audio-interface...greets from austria BM 🙂
4:31 That cable does not "convert" (or "mix") the stereo signal into a mono signal at all in the setup. Technically, the cable only takes up the left signal from your keyboard's stereo signal and path it to your audio interface as a mono sugnal. So if you have stereo effects on your keyboard such as chorus and stereo reverb your audio interface (and PC) can't receive those effects properly. Your keyboard's right side signal will completely be ignored in this setup.
I shouldn't have said 'convert' I should have said 'sum' but if does take the signal from left and right and sum it, according to the Hosa site. So whatever is streaming into two channels will be added to make mono signal. "The CMP-100 Series SUMS Stereo to Mono in one direction, or applies a Mono signal equally to the left and right in the other direction. It is great for sending the stereo signal from a portable CD player to a single mixer channel."
@@MusicRepo Could this kind of cable damage the stereo output? I've read that you need to add resistors to safely join the stereo signal into a mono signal. Thanks!
Thanks for your comment. It is an interesting one. As I quoted before, Hosa used to say on their site "The Hosa CMP100 Series cable sums stereo to mono in one direction, or applies a mono signal equally to the left and right in the other direction. " However, they have since removed that, and now imply that the cable should only be used to record FROM a mono TS output TO and stereo TRS input. So technically I think you may be right, you should probably buy one of these (unfortunately currently out of stock) www.ebay.com/itm/Stereo-to-mono-summing-cable-1-8-3-5mm-TRS-to-1-4-6-35mm-TS-WITH-RESISTORS-/324353550476 Having said that, the Hosa one I have used a few times hasn't actually damaged anything and does give a good signal....
@@MusicRepo Thanks for the quick answer! I also couldn't find the quote in the Hosa website. Maybe this cable can do the job too. www.amazon.com/Castline-Silver-Mogami-Summing-Resistors/dp/B01MT2RK65/
Thank you Jane, another fantastic video; really well presented. I ordered the 2i2 last Thursday, but realise now that I need to return it when it comes and upgrade to the 4i4. Some lessons are learned the hard way ! A question please: Focusrite Scarlett models come bundled with Focusrite Red 2 & Red 3 Plug-in Suite, and Softube Time & Tone Bundle. Are these plug-ins compatible with Reaper please ?
Can you record keyboard audio into a daw as audio and then copy it onto another track as midi. And then selecting a VST to play it and record it, thereby having two of the same tracks but with different instruments. Than k you, Your tutorials are the best.
Please can you do a video explaining stereo vs mono you are very easy to understand. And also using the 4i4 can I record the piano on mono so that I have 2 microphones 1 guitar and 1 piano?
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Hands down the most non-BS, most educational music production video I've ever seen. You rock!
Bro!! That’s what I’m saying!!! 👊👊👊
My mic 🎤 picks up the clicking of my keys. What are some ideas to prevent that prior to editing?
Bravo!
I’ve watched numerous instructional videos, to learn audio recording on a DAW. Your’s is one of best.
No ridiculous, long-winded intros, just a quick statement and a jump into the instruction. I also like the crisp instructions, delivered in a clipped accent. I gained valuable, summarized knowledge: for example, an audio interface converts analog signals to digital (I thought the computer did that, after the signal from the audio interface reached it).
🙏
finally! someone who explains their setup clearly. thank you so much!
My old Roland ua-25ex interface died on me and I picked up the Focusrite scarlett 4i4. Very happy with it.
I run my midi cables from my Korg M50 into the 4i4 and my Shure sm-58 (probably around 40 years old!)
into the mic input on the 4i4. I'm using Cakewalk by Bandlab as my DAW. Still pinching myself that this software is free. The equivalent of Sonar platinum which was $499. Really enjoy your videos. Very instructive and I like how your explanations are kept simple and concise. Thumbs up!
Hi, I could use some help, I'm new to recording. I have a midi controller that I want to connect to an audio inteface using the midi IN/OUT. Do I need to buy two midi cables to plug both midi IN and OUT from the controller to the interface or just one cable from the controller to the audio interface. Thanks in advance!
If you only want to use the controller to drive virtual instruments in your software you only need one cable (from out of keyboard to in of interface). If you want to capture MIDI tracks in DAW, edit and then play back through controller (assuming it has onboard sounds) you'd need two. It sounds as if you want to use it as a controller so I'm guessing one will do
@@MusicRepo Thank you!
I know all of this stuff but I could listen to your voice all day, so I'll watch it anyway. :)
Wow, wish I saw this 5 hours ago. It was a pain trying to figure this out everywhere else. This video was clear and easy to follow. Thank you so much
My mic 🎤 picks up the clicking of my keys. What are some ideas to prevent that prior to editing?
These are the kinds of videos I have been searching and searching for. Finally, when I stop looking, you pop up. I am so glad Your videos found me lol Very helpful. Thank you!
OMG, you are a STAR! No... you’re a MEGASTAR! Thank you!!
Thank you so much for your videos. Very easy to understand, especially for beginners like me
Thanks. You give me some confidence in knowing that I “can” do this.
Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, beautiful mendelssohn lied, it reminded me of my conservatory years. Thank you very much for sharing.
I enjoyed this great lesson. Am from Ghana
Thank you!! Finally. I've watched more than 20 videos about different interfaces, and you are the only one who actually covered the inputs and connections, and explained how to connect a microphone, as well as the method to connect Mono and Stereo inputs.
I learned I need a 4i4 interface. Thanks again!
Dear Teacher!: You made my Day, thank you very much. I’m so glad to have stumbled across your channel (I’m in the process of learning) Once again I express my gratitude
Thank you. These videos are JUST what I have been looking for.
Glad you like them!
i have a digital piano and i just bought a mic, i didn't know i needed it all that stuff 😂 i just wanted to play and sing 🤣🤣 so thank you for this info, really helpful.
If you check out the Samson G-Track Pro mic, it's a USB mic with a built in audio interface to accept a 1/4" jack on the back and it allows you to record your voice and an instrument through the same mic through either 2 Track or Mono.
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Makes it easy to fully understand topics.
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this video has like 10 other ones all wrapped into one simple to understand guide, thank you
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I'm in the process of learning home music production, and I am so glad to have stumbled across your channel - you communicate your knowledge very well. liked and subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
Agreed!
Thanks Jane, great video...as usual.
Thank you, this was very comprehensive, educational, and encouraging. Many tutorials get lost in the fine details that are crucial to beginners. It can leave one feeling discouraged, your composure and lovely personality gave me confidence to try again.
My mic 🎤 picks up the clicking of my keys. What are some ideas to prevent that prior to editing?
God bless you, God bless you.. and oh yeah , God bless you!!! Finally a video that just gets straight to the point and explains the simplicity of it all!!! You’re amazing!!! Thanks again!!!
Excellent video! I just referred one of my subscribers to this video as she was asking how to record both vocals and piano at the same time. I have a video that shows people how to record their Nord keyboard with Focusrite and Garageband so I get a lot of questions from that video. Your video here really helped here thanks!
That is awesome! Thank you
Top notch video on that topic. Very beginner friendly and comprehensive!
You are in my opinion the best in YT. 👍
Hi, I'm so appreciating all of your videos (I've been watching for a few hours for a couple of day) but still not getting my system to work. I've learned a lot though! LOL Here's my set up and what I'm trying to do. Getting tired and weary trying to figure it out.
Trying to get set up to teach only through Manycam and Zoom. I don't want to record anything other than a video promo for my classes, which I don't need a DAW for.
I have a Focuslite Scarlett Solo. Downloaded the Focuslite control panel with driver (uninstalled it and did it again even to make sure it worked!)
Also, downloaded CakeWalk just because I thought having a DAW might make this all work.
I have my mic plugged in with the 48v button on. It's working just fine with the gain light.
I have a Yamaha P-125. It has a gray USB plug that goes to the back that I learned was the MIDI cord (from you) and is also supposed to be the audio as well, I heard you say on another video.
I have the Focusrite plugged into my computer and the gray Yamaha cord plugged into a hub. I tried plugging both into the computer and still nothing so I don't think it's a hub issue since everything else works on the hub.
I choose Input as the Focusrite and Output as the Focusrite on both my computer and Manycam. In the FR controller I have it set to "air" and "line" (there is "instrument" but it didn't work either). If I click on the tab that says, "Output routing" it says, "Output routing is not supported on this device.
I'm 6 hours in on trying to figure this out. LOL I've been running Manycam and zoom for over 3 years now so good there. Just can't hear the keyboard other than what the mic pics up. grrrrrrrrrrrr
Question is, do I need the stereo lines with the MIDI cord to make it work? I have to buy them but before I do I thought I'd ask.
I REALLLY want to throw in the towel but can't! HELP! Please!!! 🤣✌💕
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Was waiting for the vocal recording
Thats so amazing.....
Thank you for such clear explanations on this and your other videos.
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Yamaha AG06 is the answer, could you please do a video on it?
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Do you have any videos explaining how to choose a good microphone and what features your need in a microphone.
That you sooo much for this!
Awesome explanation. What about the FL studio, is the same principle applies. Lastly, What's the name of the software you are using. Please need more information.
You're putting out some great videos!!! I just stumbled onto your channel and it's just what I'm looking for. I've had my recording equipment for quite some time but never really devoted any time to using it. So you would be right if you called me a "newb". Your explanations are simple and very easy to follow.
I had one disappointment when watching this video... I was waiting for you to sing when recording the vocal track!!! 🙂
Thanks again... you have another sub...
As an ancient experienced musician but novice to home recording I have recently found your videos and it seems they are really helpful for the likes of me. I am about to buy my first audio interface for recording vocal and electro acoustic guitar using GarageBand on my iPad , would your description of recording keyboard and vocal at the same time work for my setup as well?
Welcome aboard! If you buy a good interface with two inputs then you should easily be able to record your guitar and vocals at the same time. Choose one that has 2mic/line/instrument combi inputs and you should have a nice versatile recording setup.
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Bang goes the conviction that (audio) technology is boys’ stuff! It takes a lady Jane to to straight-talk a newbie through the jungle. I’m just stuck with one burning question before investing in an audio interface. Forgive me if the answer is lurking behind one of your many hot-links. I have a legacy keyboard Roland U-20 and want to control instruments in Garageband or other DAWs through MIDI (because I don’t have the confidence to record live audio from the Roland instruments. In the DAW I can edit my inaccuracies. Of course I’d like to progress to recording voice and another live instrument (e.g. my son on guitar). I have two mics: a condensor and a dynamic. I guess the audio interface would normally take care of that bit. BUT … both mentioned mics have different connectors: the old Yamaha dynamic has a 3.5mm jack, the Røde videomic GO II has USB-C (I have dedicated cables outputting to USB-c or USB-A). I don’t want to record to a digital recorder (yet); rather to Garageband and the like on iPad Pro or MacBook Pro (USB-C and USB-A respectively). I didn’t see anything that looks like a USB port on the audio interface in your video, nor did I hear you mention it.
While pioneering through the bush-trail I noticed that I couldn’t record voice and MIDI keyboard input simultaneously on the MacBook, even though it has 3 USB ports. The iPad Pro seems even more handicapped with its single (and only) USB-C. If I had a dongle with various (USB) ports, I don’t know if and how I could record on different tracks (one for the keyboard, one for each mic) simultaneously.
HELP! I haven’t solved that one yet 😩. The guitar would be mostly electric (iMic is available). I have a wired MIDI IN/OUT to USB-A interface.
I’d much appreciate advice on this connectivity question!
Peter H
The Netherlands
Thank you! Great video!
Recently discovered your channel and love it. Could you make a similar video but instead for the guitar?
So helpful! Please keep up the great videos!🙏
thank you so much!
Very helpful video. Still figuring out what I can record into a video application like iMovie or QuickTime on Mac. Only getting channel 1. May need to use Loopback software. Thanks for this. If you have any content relevant to my challenge shoot me a reply.
Thank you!
Excellent video. Extremely helpful, thank you for taking the time to record this. I have a Focusrite 2i2 which I will try it with.
Thank you so much! This was super helpful and clear!!
Nice video. You teach patiently and clearly. Thank you. My issue is that I use the same interface and set up (but with guitar instead of keyboards most of the time). The guitar (or piano) channel is fine but the vocal channel is polluted by sounds from the instrument. All is well and good until I try to process the vocal signal in my DAW and discover how cluttered/dirty up that channel really is. Is there a way to get two CLEAN signals? I don’t think there is
My mic 🎤 picks up the clicking of my keys. What are some ideas to prevent that prior to editing?
I swear i was wondering how to record both my mic and piano through my piano's Line Out to my 2i2. I thought I need to split the stereo and L line out with y splitters into my 2i2. Guess I only need a normal TS to TS cable xD Great video
Wow! I've been confused on what cable to use to record my piano which has only headphone out, but you explained it perfectly. TRS end is to my keyboard's output and the TS end is to my interface input, have I got it right? Please someone confirm it so I can finally record myself playing my keyboard and avoid buying wrong cable.
Thank you a lot 😊 this was really helpful
It is a very useful video. Can we record videos at the same time while recording this way. With a video camera or iPhone. Briefly how can we connect the audio interface to iPhone. Thank you.
you can start recording with both phone and daw at the same time, and then change the audio from iphone with the one recorded on your computer . sry for my bad english
@@iseevlady Thank you.
Really clear video !
@ 5'28" you talk about the "Line outputs".
Do you mean that we need an audio interface like the one you showed to make it work ?
Because my numeric piano is a yamaha p515.
I putted a mono cable in the "L/L+R" output linked to my Focusrite Solo, but the sound is not as clear as the original. The quality is like muffled.
Does it mean that my focusrite is not compatible for that kind of piano ?
Can I plug keyboard into my Beringer mixer using a direct box coming from my keyboard amp?
So each Focusrite input can only process mono input? I am a little bit confused why we cannot have a stereo recording on the Go piano if the headphone output is stereo, using only one of the Focusrite inputs? Btw, it is an informative video, thumbs up!
Hi, you can use a TRS to TS splitter and record stereo. I have shown that on a different video. But if you want to record your voice and keyboard at the same time and only have two channel interface, no mixer, then you need to leave one channel for the mic hence why I record mono keyboard here. Watch this for more ... th-cam.com/video/vJD6RL_2yAc/w-d-xo.html
PS glad you liked the video 👍
Great to meet like minded piano players for live streaming :)
My Focusrite 2i2 arrived today and i'm playing with reaper, its awesome...
I tried your piano in one outline with the exact same wires and it just does not sound as good quality as pluging the piano as 2 ako left and right in the INST ONE AND TWO mic one... which means can't use my mic as u other slots for it so will have to get a usb mic instead right? FOR THE 2I2 ANYWAY
Thanks
Last week I tried to record vocals and keyboard at the same time and really had trouble with the vocal mic picking up the hammer action of the piano keys. I was using an electret-condensator mic. I was wondering whether it would make sense to use a singing mic such as a Shure SM58 instead.
I also have the same concern.
Make sure your condenser mic is using a cardioid pattern and is pointed towards you and away from the piano. Having the mic further away from the piano would also help, although that might be difficult while singing and playing at the same time.
..glad i found your channel.....i have to view twice, because english is a foreign language for me, but thats ok... 😅.... i have a Roland fp10 e piano, an arturia minilab midi- keyboard , reaper and ableton life light , the analog lab V as vst....now i want connect all , with monitors (coming) ......always struggling....
the e piano direct to PC is just for midi, right?... so i have to buy an audio-interface...greets from austria BM 🙂
4:31 That cable does not "convert" (or "mix") the stereo signal into a mono signal at all in the setup. Technically, the cable only takes up the left signal from your keyboard's stereo signal and path it to your audio interface as a mono sugnal. So if you have stereo effects on your keyboard such as chorus and stereo reverb your audio interface (and PC) can't receive those effects properly. Your keyboard's right side signal will completely be ignored in this setup.
I shouldn't have said 'convert' I should have said 'sum' but if does take the signal from left and right and sum it, according to the Hosa site. So whatever is streaming into two channels will be added to make mono signal. "The CMP-100 Series SUMS Stereo to Mono in one direction, or applies a Mono signal equally to the left and right in the other direction. It is great for sending the stereo signal from a portable CD player to a single mixer channel."
@@MusicRepo lol, must admit I did wince when you said "convert": sounds like it is doing something clever. Sum is spot on. :)
@@MusicRepo Could this kind of cable damage the stereo output? I've read that you need to add resistors to safely join the stereo signal into a mono signal. Thanks!
Thanks for your comment. It is an interesting one. As I quoted before, Hosa used to say on their site "The Hosa CMP100 Series cable sums stereo to mono in one direction, or applies a mono signal equally to the left and right in the other direction. " However, they have since removed that, and now imply that the cable should only be used to record FROM a mono TS output TO and stereo TRS input. So technically I think you may be right, you should probably buy one of these (unfortunately currently out of stock) www.ebay.com/itm/Stereo-to-mono-summing-cable-1-8-3-5mm-TRS-to-1-4-6-35mm-TS-WITH-RESISTORS-/324353550476
Having said that, the Hosa one I have used a few times hasn't actually damaged anything and does give a good signal....
@@MusicRepo Thanks for the quick answer! I also couldn't find the quote in the Hosa website. Maybe this cable can do the job too. www.amazon.com/Castline-Silver-Mogami-Summing-Resistors/dp/B01MT2RK65/
Thank you for sharing this. How does this change with an acoustic piano and vocals?
Thanks! Really helpful :-)
Thank you Jane, another fantastic video; really well presented.
I ordered the 2i2 last Thursday, but realise now that I need to return it when it comes and upgrade to the 4i4. Some lessons are learned the hard way !
A question please:
Focusrite Scarlett models come bundled with Focusrite Red 2 & Red 3 Plug-in Suite, and Softube Time & Tone Bundle. Are these plug-ins compatible with Reaper please ?
My mic 🎤 picks up the clicking of my keys. What are some ideas to prevent that prior to editing?
MAM ... thanks ❤️👌
awaysome!! but is it right and true way for singing with some echo effects?
This was really helpful, thank you. One question: how did you connect your interface to your computer? Thanks again.
Can you record keyboard audio into a daw as audio and then copy it onto another track as midi. And then selecting a VST to play it and record it, thereby having two of the same tracks but with different instruments. Than k you, Your tutorials are the best.
Please can you do a video explaining stereo vs mono you are very easy to understand. And also using the 4i4 can I record the piano on mono so that I have 2 microphones 1 guitar and 1 piano?
please i need a set up tutorial for a home recording studio. thank you.