Recording Software Quotes

I had been using a 4-track and a digital 8-track in the '90s, and it was this huge complicated thing. But GarageBand is right there.

The best way to use the auto-tune is not to! And that's what I do: I do not use auto-tune!

I bought an audio technician mic and Pro Tools SE, the demo version and was recording in the basement.

When I was, like, 16 or 17, I was just finding out about this YouTube thing. Then I saved a bit and asked my parents for some help to get the recording software and equipment.

I got FL studios; I looked up how to make beats and how to record myself, and then I just started making music from there.

With modern recording techniques, and living in the Pro Tools era, the process gets really drawn-out, and it can become painstaking.

Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.

The most I ever spent on technology is building a studio - I built one at home in Los Angeles. I can't tell you how much exactly, but the whole process is very expensive.

For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording.

I really know so little about recording, and I'm learning as I go.

You can't just plug your guitar in your computer and make it sound like an old record.

I could wake up six in the morning, go downstairs and record. I learned how to use ProTools and everything. Whenever I felt it, I could record.

Pro Tools rules. You get the opportunity to try more things because you don't waste so much time trying to get the perfect take.

I do have a little setup at home. I use Pro Tools and a Neumann mic. Neumann's are my favorite.

I use Logic or Reason and a midi keyboard for beats. If it's gonna have all live instruments in it, I'll probably use Pro Tools and have the band lay stuff down.

Pro Tools was invented to quicken the recording process.

No, I don't like recording. It's a bore.

I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio.

I don't have a formal home recording studio, but I can record tracks on my computer upstairs in my office.

I love the idea of Pro Tools, but it doesn't seem as attractive to me in terms of the music-making side. It's great for recording, but with Logic you get the best of both worlds, the ability to do great tracking and producing something that sounds great as well.

It used to be you would need a couple grand to make a record at a studio. Now, you can do it on freaking GarageBand.

When I first started, all I had was the laptop and some cheap headphones. I ain't have no speakers. You know, no Rocket speakers or no MPC. No keyboard, none of that. It just was the laptop and the headphones. Going from there, it just teaches you a lot.

All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools. I did half the record with ProTools.

What is auto-tune? I don't even know what auto-tune is.

I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.