Dennis... the easiest wat to get recording is... since you have a lap top... download Audacity and Lame... Audacity is a free recording program.. load it on your laptop... then plug a mic into the sound card, hit the record button in theprogram and guess what your recording... a simple mic works as well as a high dollar one for general recording... the Lame program is so you can save your work as an mp3 which you need to be able to download to most music applications like the one here..I have used to process to make 2 CD's that I have given away to friends..try it you'll like... if ya have questions ask away.. I try to answer them.. I have been blessed that our local college has allowed me to audit classes... of which my last were sound recording... what fun..

Dennis,I haven't recorded anything yet to post here at FOTMD; my plan is to make an audio recording. My computer's a Mac and I'm thinking I'll be transferring the recording using either iTunes or QuikTime-- whatever will work.Robin

Thanks Dennis for your kind words about this site.I do plan on announcing this new site on ED in the next few days- I just wanted to wait until they were having fewer transition and software problems. I'm sure they will have things running smoothly there again in no time at all, they know what they're doing and are working very hard.


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Those irritated by grain of sand best avoid beach.
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Hi Dennis,I'm mostly clueless at recording myself. What I did figure out is that yes I could use my web cam to record myself talking or playing, but....i found out that if I use my little digital camera (you have to have one that will record a short video clip with sound), the quality is much better than the web cam with less blurring, and also, it records the clip in a file format that YouTube automatically accepts...something I was struggling with when recording from my webcam. I think most digital cameras these days can record short videos with sound.This abouts sums up everything i know on the subject! :D


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Those irritated by grain of sand best avoid beach.
-Strumelia proverb c.1990

Not being technically talented you will need to help with how to record yourself and how to upload here. Can I use my built in web camera on my computer to record myself?

Yup, three cheers for Strumelia!One feature I hope lots of folks take advantage of is being able to post music. One thing I'm thinking about is, in future, posting a tune(s) to run it by y'all to get meaningful feedback. A different thing that might be fun to do sometime would be to call out a tune, so to speak, and anybody who wishes to do so could record and post their version of that tune.Robin

Thanks for starting this site. It looks like you have done an excellent job setting up the categories to cater to the MD community. I look forward to being an active member of Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer
updated by @dennis-waldrop: 01/13/19 05:09:18PM