Hi, I play guitar in a church group, and we’re exploring if we can create some “backing tracks” of some of our songs to be used as part of the live streaming of church services. The loose plan is for us to record individual parts in our homes, all using our own versions of Audacity (which we will all have to instal) and then one of us (with a little more technical / sound expertise!) to collate the individiual recordings and mix it all together. At it’s most simple, the idea is to put words to our songs on PowerPoint, layer the "backing track2 on to the screens, and stream that as part of the service for people to listen to or, I suppose, sing along in their own homes.
So, we have the following instruments:
- Keyboard
- Acoustic guitar
- Flute
- Cello (possibly, but with an “older lady” who is likely to struggle with the software, but we should at least give her chance))
- Bass guitar
Personally, I’m looking at using something like a Behringer UCG102 USB Guitar Link as that seems the simplest way of my recording the guitar part.
I’d really appreciate any views / comments on the viability / practical options of doing this…
Our keyboard player is pretty good at the technical stuff. He has some experience with Audacity and can produce a simple guide for each of us to use to help us do the recording.
We thought we’d be able to record each part, then send the MP3 (??) files to him by email, and he can then mix the whole lot together.
If it helps, we do have access to a Behringer analogue mixing desk that is sitting in my office and I can get that to the keyboard player’s house safely enough! But, of course, there is currently no way in which we can all meet together to record anything! (Indeed, if there was, we wouldn’t be needing to do this anyway!)
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate any help we get!
Mike