bassbarber Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 hi we have 2 songs fully wrote and want to get some intrest going by putting them on a facebook/myspace type site. but we dont realy want to go to a studio with 2 songs. so we tryed phones video and sound only recording and their pants! so is there a way of recording with okay sound quality, using basic gear that a modern house would have e.g. laptops, video cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombboy Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 My advice at this stage would be to beg, steal or borrow (not steal, obviously.... you may get into trouble!!) a Zoom H2 recorder and set that up in front of your bands stage setup. It should provide you with a decent representation of what any potential audience would be hearing Failing that, you may need to spend a lttle cash. BTW, have you tried local colleges and/or universities and their sound engineering departments? Always full of eager students who would jump at the chance of the engineering/recording experience and the studio facilties are usually heavily subsidised too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbarber Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 hmm college/ unis is a good idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 yeh we recorded for free at college and uni. Where are you? Maybe a BCer can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMT3781 Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 If you're in the midlands i can get you a contact for wolves uni studio.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 [quote name='tombboy' post='854017' date='Jun 1 2010, 07:41 PM']My advice at this stage would be to beg, steal or borrow (not steal, obviously.... you may get into trouble!!) a Zoom H2 recorder and set that up in front of your bands stage setup. It should provide you with a decent representation of what any potential audience would be hearing Failing that, you may need to spend a lttle cash. BTW, have you tried local colleges and/or universities and their sound engineering departments? Always full of eager students who would jump at the chance of the engineering/recording experience and the studio facilties are usually heavily subsidised too. [/quote] +1 This was recorded in a reheasal studio with a Zoom H4n (it's a friends band called Lines Horizontal). This is by far the quickest way to get a reasonable result. Note you really will have to get the band levels absolutely right (obviously) and you will not be able to hide imperfections with overdubs - the production will be as glossy as you actually sound, on the plus side its about as real a document of a bands sound as you could ever need.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassbarber Posted June 2, 2010 Author Share Posted June 2, 2010 were in middlesbrough if any has any contacts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algmusic Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 if you've got logic or garageband or something, borrowing 2 good condenser mics would to the trick and record in stereo. Try se1's they are a good start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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