ben604 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) Hello, I was finally ars*d to take my laptop with us to a gig just before christmas for the first time to record us making noise multitracked through my desk. I've been having a play with what got recorded and would like some general advice/guidance on how to mix the stuff. To be honest, I've learned quite a lot just by listening to the individual tracks over the last hour or so: - tune the bloody drum kit - try mic'ing the guitars a bit better - make sure the floor tom mic is more secure and therefore not resting on the drum head after being hit by Animal - record at a lower gain This is our attempt at The Chain: [url="https://soundcloud.com/ben604/the-chain-23-12-2012"]https://soundcloud.c...hain-23-12-2012[/url] There are obvious playing issues for the whole band (I managed to mess the most iconic bassline ever up at the most important time, I don't do that usually, honest!), I managed to pick one of our loosest gigs in a long while to record...so ignore the playing! The recording has the following tracks to play with: Kick Snare Rack Tom Floor Tom OH Vox 1 Vox 2 Vox 3 Guitar Guitar Bass Recorded into Studio One through my Presonus 16.0.2 with the following mics: Vox - All SM58Beta Guitars - Sennheiser E609 Kick - D112 Snare/Toms - cheapo Pulse(?) from CPC Farnell OH - Audio Technika AT2020 Bass - D.I'd from my Traynor YBA300 Anyways, any/all opinions valued! Oh yeah, we're called The Lowtones - www.facebook.com/thelowtones Edited February 1, 2013 by ben604 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben604 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Just listened to some recordings we did with 2 AT2020s at the back of the room a year ago, and instantly I can tell we're missing Hi-Hats and cymbal sparkle from this recording. I haven't got enough microphones or channels!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Hi Ben , I am pretty new to the idea of mixing , but something that appears to be the crux of the issue is the seperation of the space for the sounds to be able to be heard properly and I reckon trying to record and mix live would be the hardest way of approaching it . To me the mix lacks the brightness that equing and shed loads of FX would bring if each track was done seperately, but I would have been happy with that as a recording of one of my gigs. With the sort of kit that DAW FX make on a track , I would shudder to think what hardware kit and time would be needed to do it live at a gig . Good work I reckon , but I am sure you will get some more practical advice from some guys who know stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldG Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 [quote name='ben604' timestamp='1359759085' post='1960144'] Just listened to some recordings we did with 2 AT2020s at the back of the room a year ago, and instantly I can tell we're missing Hi-Hats and cymbal sparkle from this recording. I haven't got enough microphones or channels!! [/quote] [url="http://www.red5audio.com/acatalog/Drum_Kit_Mics.html"]Red 5[/url] do great drum sets... feed and balance 'em into a mixer then to your interface. Nice clear recording btw, needs a little eq, compression etc just to polish but a solid recording all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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