Recording Hardware "Beginner" Setup

[howard]

Most operating systems will have some kind of loopback capability to allow you to record the desktop audio out directly into a DAW. In, of course, stereo. One example:

REAPER: recording audio on computer into track

You may have a song you want to play along with. Maybe even a song that has no bass track… and you want to record that into a Reaper project so that you can add your bass noise to it. Here’s how to go about: In Reaper, go to Options/Preferences, and configure the Audio Device Settings as follows: [image] Now, create a new track. IMMEDIATELY MUTE THE TRACK OR DIE [image] When you’ve muted the track, you can arm it for recording. [image] Under IN FX, choose Input Stereo/Input 1 + Input 2: …