MrSAI

How about this one? http://www.jenium.co.uk/downloads/ttacoustic.mp3

My definition of good, in this case at least, is somewhere between acceptable quality and typical "demo" quality. My point is that if the song is there and the performance is good you can get "adequate" results by just setting everything up and playing without worrying about the sound too much. I'd say most of my early recordings were worse than this with better equipment because I focused more on the gear than the music. Maybe you think it sounds terrible but I was very impressed with the tracks considering it's literally his first ever attempt. And I wouldn't ever compare this to a commercial studio project in a million years, it's just something a musician did in his own home with absolute minimal gear and expertise.

I thought some of you may find this interesting. Basically the story is that our singer wanted to demo some new songs but I wasn't available (I normally handle the recording) so I leant him my laptop with a copy of Logic 8. The only gear he had was a cheap Behringer 4-channel mixer and an even cheaper T-Bone Condenser... That's it. He had never recorded anything before and all I did was tell him the absolute basics (how to set levels, etc) everything else he somehow figured out himself in the space of a few days. Here is one of the 12 songs he recorded in 3 days. Dead End Town I guess my point is that you don't necessarily have to be a recording "pro" to put out a good sounding demo. EDIT: I should have titled this "Recording doesn't have to be hard", the current title makes it look like I'm saying all recording is easy, which is of course not true.