Recording Full Band at One Time. Mixing Volumes, Seperating Signals. Help!
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Posted on Sep 27, 2007 12:04 am
gpweezer
Member Since: Sep 26, 2007
Okay, so I have a group of musicians that I play with and I want to record some of our music. I have equiptent and software at my house, but I'm new to most of it and I'm not sure how to do what I want to do, if its even possible.
I want to be able to record everybody playing together and then afterwards being able to seperate each track, or each instrument and mess with the sound, volume, effects, eq, etc. Is this possible for me to do?
I have a PA system that I plug everybody into and then from the main output on the PA, I plug it into the input in my computer. The recording program I am using is Cubase LE, and I also have the free download of Audacity on my computer.
I am tired of recording live and having all the volumes off, and things way too loud or way too quiet. I don't really have the patience to record things track by track, things sound better live anyway.
Once again, I record live and I want to be able to mix the volumes of each instrument, and add effects, etc, even though the recording is one signal. How do I seperate the signal into the seperate instruments.
Any comment or help would be appreciated, even if its telling me I'm stupid and that none of that is possible to do with my equiptment. Help me please.
-Somers
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Kaos62Kaos is only a form of insanityMember
Since: Feb 03, 2005
Sep 27, 2007 01:04 am Simply put you can't. If you have a stock sound card then you can only record a stereo pair. To record instruments separately you will need the same number of inputs into the sound card as you have from the outs of the mixer and mic's used. For example
1 mic gtr, 1 mic bass, 3 mics drums you would need 5 outputs from the desk and 5 inputs into the sound card.
Now I have recorded with just 2 ambient mics (LDC's) and have gotten results where the sound is very early 60's garage type. It was just a long time messing around with positioning of the mics to find the sweet spots.
Sep 27, 2007 03:53 am yep, your best bet is get a good sound overall in the room and put a stereo pair of mics up in there, go for the 'natural' sound.....until you drop some cash on an audio interface for your computer.
Tim NUh, at least one more time . . .Member
Since: Feb 07, 2007
Sep 28, 2007 09:01 pm Yeah, but if your in a small room,
(or any sized room), you will have to
deal with leakage. I finally agreed
to do this, and the leakage problem is
a big one. Now, I was thinking of
using those tracks for final recordings,
but it won't work. We'll need to put up barriers between ther drummer and the acoustic player. Gpweezer, once you get a good sound card, you may change your mind about recording separately. Its nice to play together,
but if you plan on seriously recording
(for release), get a good soundcard and
learn how to mix live (to 2-track),
live separately, and isolated separately.
StewMember
Since: Oct 24, 2007
Oct 24, 2007 06:18 pm Hi all
I'am new to this recording thing
and I know if you want to record everything sepratly you will have to buy an Interface with what ever many inputs and output (for every mic that you want to record with).
If you want I can send you a pdf of the
Presonus Firepod setup so you can see how it would work.
I'am thinking about recording my bands rehersal every week and pick the best take from those to use as a demo,but still having a hard time on just how to set everybody in the room because we play pretty loud.
Stew
