Where Eagles Dare
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rabies
Proud IMG Guitarist!
Question about your recording method MM...I was doing some talking to a buddy who has been home recording for awhile..and I listened to some of his stuff...he is getting great mixes/results.
I know you have multiple mics on the kit now....are you still recording down to one track? I mean...do you have it all going into your mixer and then out put into a single wav file? or do you have each individual mic going into a separate .wav file? I think its the former (single .wav) but I just want to make sure.
I know you have multiple mics on the kit now....are you still recording down to one track? I mean...do you have it all going into your mixer and then out put into a single wav file? or do you have each individual mic going into a separate .wav file? I think its the former (single .wav) but I just want to make sure.
Hey rabies, I know that last post was meant for Maidenman but I have a comment / question.
The sound cards we use (Sounblasters mostly I think) aren't capable of recording to multiple tracks from multiple input sources. We can record a single source to multiple tracks but we can't record using multiple mic's to individual seperate tracks, as far as I know.
In order to record to separate tracks with multiple sources we would need a professional soundcard with mutliple inputs.
Whatever Maidenman is doing sounds great. I am amazed at the quality of tone he's getting in his recordings.
My question is:
Am I wrong about our soundcards, we only have left and right as inputs don't we?
The sound cards we use (Sounblasters mostly I think) aren't capable of recording to multiple tracks from multiple input sources. We can record a single source to multiple tracks but we can't record using multiple mic's to individual seperate tracks, as far as I know.
In order to record to separate tracks with multiple sources we would need a professional soundcard with mutliple inputs.
Whatever Maidenman is doing sounds great. I am amazed at the quality of tone he's getting in his recordings.
My question is:
Am I wrong about our soundcards, we only have left and right as inputs don't we?
Rabs......yep, I am going into a mixing board then into a minidisc recorder. when i get home i record it all on to 1 wav file.
how does your bud do it?
how does your bud do it?
rabies
Proud IMG Guitarist!
He uses Protools..and along with the software comes a card that allows up to 4 inputs..each going to a separate .wav.
So he mics the kit so each drum has a mic...I think he said he uses about 8 or 10 or so mics..and that goes intoa mixer...depending on how he wants to split..he adjusts levels, and plugs 4 of the outputs from the mixer into this protools card attached to his PC. Thus, when he mixes a song, he has 4 tracks just for drums...typically I think he uses track 1 for kick, track 2 for snare, track 3 for toms and track 4 for cymbals and hi-hat. I got giddy with the thought of having that much control to the sound of the drums in a mix.
Don't get me wrong, I think you are getting great results with what you got. We all are. I just heard his stuff and the thing that stuck out the most was the overall sound of his drums in his mixes..they were just so full...and each part of the kit was clearly heard and perfectly leveled in conjunction to the rest of the instruments...even specific effects to specific parts of the kit (snare gets more reverb..etc). He is also using some fairly expensive mastering software and equipment.
ah well..if we could get pro sounds the way we are working..we would put a lot of recording studios out of business! =)
So he mics the kit so each drum has a mic...I think he said he uses about 8 or 10 or so mics..and that goes intoa mixer...depending on how he wants to split..he adjusts levels, and plugs 4 of the outputs from the mixer into this protools card attached to his PC. Thus, when he mixes a song, he has 4 tracks just for drums...typically I think he uses track 1 for kick, track 2 for snare, track 3 for toms and track 4 for cymbals and hi-hat. I got giddy with the thought of having that much control to the sound of the drums in a mix.
Don't get me wrong, I think you are getting great results with what you got. We all are. I just heard his stuff and the thing that stuck out the most was the overall sound of his drums in his mixes..they were just so full...and each part of the kit was clearly heard and perfectly leveled in conjunction to the rest of the instruments...even specific effects to specific parts of the kit (snare gets more reverb..etc). He is also using some fairly expensive mastering software and equipment.
ah well..if we could get pro sounds the way we are working..we would put a lot of recording studios out of business! =)
Yeah thats the way to do it, lol.
Jim's right though. it about 1,000.
well the new drum track for Eagles is up. let me know what you think!
Jim's right though. it about 1,000.
well the new drum track for Eagles is up. let me know what you think!
rabies
Proud IMG Guitarist!
ProTools is 1k?
OK...Downloading drums now.
Constantine...any idea on how long it will take you to rerecord? I'm gonna wait for both you and Hyde to finish I think..
Hyde. I can't make heads or tails of your tab..sorry man. I'll start trying to figure out whats going on there...and at least look at your finger positions on the tab and try to follow you.
OK...Downloading drums now.
Constantine...any idea on how long it will take you to rerecord? I'm gonna wait for both you and Hyde to finish I think..
Hyde. I can't make heads or tails of your tab..sorry man. I'll start trying to figure out whats going on there...and at least look at your finger positions on the tab and try to follow you.
Sorry about that bad tab!
That harmony is hard to pick out exactly what each guitar is doing. I think there are three guitars on that part, like you said. What fools my ear on that part is the one note that is up high. I don't think they would have just dubbed in one note so I tried to figure out a line that played something up there that made a little sense.
I know you'll make it sound good whatever you decide to play.
That harmony is hard to pick out exactly what each guitar is doing. I think there are three guitars on that part, like you said. What fools my ear on that part is the one note that is up high. I don't think they would have just dubbed in one note so I tried to figure out a line that played something up there that made a little sense.I know you'll make it sound good whatever you decide to play.
Hey Rabies
I've downloaded the drum. I'll get working on it in the next day or so.
seeing how I can't send the track to MM's myplay?? can I send you the track?
Should I record it as one track? would it be to long to send as an email?
Please adivse so I know how to record.
thanks
Constantine
P.S. Nice drumming, I like the sound.
P.S.S. Just listing to Still Life, some real good bass lines on this one
I've downloaded the drum. I'll get working on it in the next day or so.
seeing how I can't send the track to MM's myplay?? can I send you the track?
Should I record it as one track? would it be to long to send as an email?
Please adivse so I know how to record.
thanks
Constantine
P.S. Nice drumming, I like the sound.
P.S.S. Just listing to Still Life, some real good bass lines on this one
rabies
Proud IMG Guitarist!
Yea Const...you can mail me at rabies@burn.com...
One file on track is ok...I can handle it. I'll forward it on to Mr. Hyde when I get it.
One file on track is ok...I can handle it. I'll forward it on to Mr. Hyde when I get it.
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