Anyone know how to record freestyle rap while walking around?
 

Hey, I posted this in the hardware section, but it's been a few days and that board is really inactive.

I have a digital recorder with a mic input, and I have a mic, and I have an ipod. I want to record both simultaniously but there is only 1 input (1/8th inch jack)

is there a way to converge the two sounds?

is there any other way to record on the move? I don't care about quality at all.

Thanks,

Jason

A good old fashioned pocket tape recorder could do you some good :D

You want to record from your ipod as well as your mic?

Yes! I have a digital recorder so I would like to be able to record my voice and the instrumentals from the ipod.

I tried using a headphone splitter, hoping it would work backwards, but it did not make the two incoming sounds converge.

Thanks,

Jason

why not record the voice separate from the music and multi track it with music software?

yeah that would make far more sense.

That would be awesome... But I want to be able to do it while moving (walking, driving, on hikes, riding my bike, etc.)

I have a zoom PS-04 which can do it, but it's a relic and only has 15 minutes of recording time. I would buy something portable but don't know what I could get cheap that will record for a few hours.

My Sony digital voice recorder can record around 48 hours, but is 1 track. It was 50 dollars. Is there really no way to simply converge the sounds?

Thanks,

Jason

I'm sure you can wait that extra day to go back home and mix it surely, it will still be recorded, and you can listen to it back by just playing both tracks at the same time again. You just won't have a single track until you put it on digital and hook up some audacity on the mofo.

I honestly don't think so. You'd need a device that allows two sources with two different inputs (RCA or USB for your mic and headphone jack for your iPod) to be recorded onto one source, and I assume that, due to the complexity of the task, the device you're looking for is not portable, and if there is such a thing, then it's probably too heavy to carry around.

I'd recommend what Comus is recommending. Record the voice track with your mic as you listen to the beat, if it helps. When you get home, mix the recorded audio with the beat you have already prepared.

Your other option is to record both voice and beat in a live format. You'll get incredible bias in what stands out from your audio though - your voice will drown out the beat, so you'll have to mix that later anyway.

The easiest option is the second paragraph : P

Like I said, I have a portable device with those features but it doesn't record long enough (only does about 15 minutes). Do you have any idea why the splitter is unable to converge the sounds? does such a "converger" exist?

This really isn't an option as I am constantly changing songs. Even if I say out loud what instrumental I am playing it will still be a daunting task to mix so many different songs.

Thanks for the help,

~Jason