Recording Rap. . .?

[kingbayn3]

O.K please don't use this topic to discuss rap music or whatever, I just need to know a couple things. I am trying to get some of my tracks, or songs, recorded. I really need MAJOR help. I need to know what I should do/download. I have downloaded Audacity too, so if anyone knows any tutorials that will help me. I need something to make/create/edit beats. A program(s) to help me record/alter my voice. Please, please help me.

Thanks,
-King

P.S - If you have any question/concerns please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again.

[alatham]

I need something to make/create/edit beats.

The best way to do that is to write them and play them. But that's probably not what you're asking.

There are plenty of programs that will make it easy to drag and drop little snippets of audio and string them together so they loop nicely. But Audacity isn't one of those programs. You'll pull your hair out trying to make music like that using Audacity. It's a multi-track recorder / editor, not a loop-based music production program.

I have very little experience working with loop-based music, but the program I used was Sony's Acid. It's highly respected, from what I can tell, and it worked very well, but it's expensive.

Someone is bound to mention Fruityloops. It's much cheaper, and has a shareware version, but I have no experience at all with it.

A program(s) to help me record/alter my voice.

Audacity can do this. Whether or not it's the program you'll want to use, I can't say. I have excellent experience with it and I know it's capable of making good quality recordings:
http://www.myspace.com/andylatham

If you want to use Audacity, the general idea is to get the music done and import it into an Audacity project, then record your vocals over it and edit the vocals to your heart's content.

I'm sure there are other programs you could use to do this, but I don't know of any open-source multi-track software that even begins to touch Audacity (except Ardour, but that's GNU/Linux only).

Good luck, let us know if you need any help. However, if you want general recording advice, please use a different forum (like Recording Techniques, or Audio Processing). This board is for help using Audacity 1.2.x under Windows.

[kingbayn3]

alright I will, but hey, is there any way you can help me, like a tut or osmething on vocal recording/editting? thanks..

[alatham]

Ask at the Recording Techniques or Recording Equipment (depending on what you need answers for). You'll get better answers there.