how "fast" do you record/track bands?...

[The-Zeronaut]

I was just wondering what is the "average" time do you spend tracking a band...(just recording)
Lately i´ve been asking myself if i spend too much time tracking...

Lets say that you record an 8 song cd...
i usually spend:
*(1 day = 8 hours)*

-2/3 days recording drums (usually 2 days ..3/4 songs per day)
-2/3 days rhythm guitars (i edit timing on the spot so usually a song takes 2/3 hours)
-Bass 1/2 days (timing edited on the spot)
-Vocals 3/4 days (depends on the complexity of the tracks...many background vocals/harmonies/etc..)
-Keyboards 1/2 days (again depending on the complexity of the arrangement)

 

[Lasse Lammert]

There's not really a general rule...
tracking clean vocals for an album might take 6 days, growls could even be done in 1-2 days...
sometimes drums are finished the second day, sometimes it takes 4-5 days...
bass can often be done in 1 day, might take 3 days (I don't really like spending more than 2 days on bass though)....
then there might be folk instruments, synths etc....

A day here is anything between 8 and 16 hours (if it's going really well I won't stop recording usually)

So what I usually do is really customise a schedule for each band, most of the times tracking will be between 9 and 16 days (for a 10 track album)...


here's an example of how the first page of my quote could look

 

[jangoux]

hahaha loved the last phrase on your quote.

 

[Mashreef]

omg hahahaha

i should make sth like that...

 

[mva801]

You're pretty on with the timing man. That seems average, at least for this genre/ style. Other styles can be done quite a bit faster if the band is good and can record live together in the proper environment.

 

[Sloan]

Better spending time getting good tracks than spending even more time trying to fix shit tracks.

 

[crillemannen]

I spend 3 weeks tracking + editing and then 1 additional week for mixing for a standard album. I usually spend an average of 2 days per song to track/edit for an Ep though.

 

[JeffTD]

I usually spend an average of 2 days per song to track/edit for an Ep though.

Yup, about 2 days per song is what mine tends to be, mixing is usually 2 songs/day after that.

 

[timislegend]

done

 

[The-Zeronaut]

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