I've recently took on the task of recording my band
Drums are live, kick/snare replaced ( 4 cheap mic's into a VS840ex lots of bleed on these so did my best to clean em up as much as I could possibly care to )
guitars and bass are pod x3 live patch's, I recorded each 3 times to stop them sounding thin, bass twice ( i also got di's as well for re-amping if needed )
Vocals are a bit ropey, I only got one take, this was after a practice session, and now he's in leeds, so I cant get anymore till next week
I've spent the last couple of weeks scouring the forums here, and the rest of the internet for tips on making my mix better, as Im totally new to all this, im doing it all via trial and error, but now im at the point were Im half happy with it, half not, and no matter what I do I end up keep having the urge to start again and scrap what I have, I had what I believed was a good mix, then I tried adding vocals and its all gone to shit
I've uploaded a short clip, if any of you can have a listen, and give me some pointers on what to do to to improve, it will be much appreciated
BTW Im using Reaper and free plugins
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10651857/quicktest.mp3
Drums are live, kick/snare replaced ( 4 cheap mic's into a VS840ex lots of bleed on these so did my best to clean em up as much as I could possibly care to )
guitars and bass are pod x3 live patch's, I recorded each 3 times to stop them sounding thin, bass twice ( i also got di's as well for re-amping if needed )
Vocals are a bit ropey, I only got one take, this was after a practice session, and now he's in leeds, so I cant get anymore till next week
I've spent the last couple of weeks scouring the forums here, and the rest of the internet for tips on making my mix better, as Im totally new to all this, im doing it all via trial and error, but now im at the point were Im half happy with it, half not, and no matter what I do I end up keep having the urge to start again and scrap what I have, I had what I believed was a good mix, then I tried adding vocals and its all gone to shit
I've uploaded a short clip, if any of you can have a listen, and give me some pointers on what to do to to improve, it will be much appreciated
BTW Im using Reaper and free plugins
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10651857/quicktest.mp3
