Recording Audio in BandLab

BandLab allows you to record audio directly in your browser. Whether you’re tracking vocals, guitar or spoken word, it’s fast and simple to capture great takes.

Set Up an Audio Track

Click + Add Track.
Select Voice/Audio, Guitar or Bass.

Video: adding an audio track (click play button)

Choose Input

Select your input device (USB mic, interface, or built-in mic).
Allow microphone access when prompted by your browser.

Video: choose the audio interface and correct input to which your microphone is connected (click play button)

Set Up the Metronome

Turn on the metronome for better timing. Choose a tempo and use count-in to get use to the tempo and start your recording perfectly in time.

Video: Setting up the metronome (click play button)

Monitoring

Enable Monitoring to hear yourself through your speakers or headphones.

Video: enabling the monitoring feature to hear yourself while you are recording (click play button)

Tip: Use headphones while recording to avoid feedback or mic bleed.

Start Recording

Click the red Record button.
Perform your part, then click Stop when finished.

Video: recording a kalimba, thus audio. In the background you hear the metronome sounding from the headphones, so-called mic bleed. In this recording, the mic bleed is acceptable because it is not audible while the kalimba is sounding and it can be easily removed whenever the kalimba is silent (click play button)

Image: recording a little thumb piano (kalimba, mbira) through a Sennheiser vocal mic (e935)

Latency Correction

Latency is the time between making a sound to record and hearing back the recorded audio through your speakers or headphones. BandLab can automatically minimize latency.

Go to the BandLab menu and choose Latency Test from the Tools sub menu.
Unplug your headphones.
Place your microphone in front of your speakers.
Click Start Test.
Close the Round-trip Latency Correction panel and that’s it.

Image: Round-trip Latency Correction panel

Now that you know how to record your own musical instruments and capturing sounds with your microphone, you reached the end of these tutorials about BandLab.

Take the next step by creating music with the tools and techniques you’ve learned or revisit the tutorials once again.

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