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STEP ONE ....GET THE SOFTWARE, ROBIN'S BACKING TRACK AND THE HARDWARE
Download Audacity :-http://audacity.sourceforge.
Download the Switch File Converter:- http://www.nch.com.au/switch/
The backing track is attached in the Tex Bluebonnet's library in the next post above:- Save to file on your computer ( I have a Shed Recordings File)
Buy the little digital headphone and speaker that Gazza has (Probably $25.00 at Dick Smith)
STEP TWO ...IMPORT ROBIN'S BACKING TRACK TO AUDACITY
In Audacity toolbar "File' click 'Import Audio File" ...select your saved file of Robin's backing track
That will now be a separate track on Audacity for you to hear and create as many tracks of your own to as you want
STEP THREE ...RECORD TO AUDACITY
Open Audacity and click the red button for record ..then the " button to pause.
You should now have a stereo audio track open and paused, ready to record whatever the little microphone/earphones from Dick hears.
Hit the pause button again when you're ready and go for it ....singing into the mic. .....or playing guitar through the guitar amplifier with the mic. right in front of it.
STEP FOUR ...SAVE AUDACITY RECORDING AND CONVERT WAV FILE TO MP3 FILE
In 'File' select 'Export as Wav file" ...direct where you want the file saved (your Shed recordings file)
Open Switch File Converter and click the green cross to 'Add File"
Direct it to where you've saved the wav file
Select your Wav file from the Shed Recordings file you've created by now I hope.
In the bottom left hand corner of Switch there's a 'Output Format' ...select .mp3
In the right hand corner tick the option box for 'Output to same folder as source file
Click 'Convert' orange arrow at the bottom right
VOILA ...YOU'VE OVERDUBBED A SHED TUNE AND SAVED IT AS AN MP3 THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOUR SHEDMATES!!
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