sweavo

[quote name='51m0n' post='1276104' date='Jun 20 2011, 04:21 PM']I think people look at recording music as the entire process. Rightly or wrongly.[/quote] Ah yes, that makes sense. You might "record" an album but you "track" the lead vocals. Thanks. Going to take a look at an all-analog studio this weekend. This thread has really helped with what difficult questions we will ask the guy!

Hi peeps, I'm Steve, timbales and bandleader of lanark's band. Fascinated to read all this. Just one query so far: when you say "tracking" is that just jargon for "recording"? Or is there some subtle difference in nuance? We've had one sesh in our practice space, which is large and with pretty good acoustics (brightish but with no noticeable slapback or ringing). Engineers recommended by our trumpet player placed mics and we just had a rehearsal as they beavered away. By the end of 4 hours they reckoned they had enough material... but I have yet to hear the results! I'm keen to try a separated, possibly even click tracked, recording, as much to get everyone in the band more experience at working that way as to hear the results of working with strongly separated tracks. But so many outfits seem set up to deal with kick, snare, hats, guitars, vox that it's nerve-wracking to hand someone cash. And listening to previous work is difficult when you're the only band making this style of music within 80 miles! Thanks for all the contributions so far!