Church Live Praise Band posted by fuzzie

Church Live Praise Band

Posted on Jul 26, 2004 02:54 pm
fuzzie
Member Since: Jul 26, 2004

I recorded our Youth Praise Band live yesterday during church, with the hopes of putting a CD together for a fundraiser.

Here is the basic setup: The church has a Mackie 24 soundboard. The youth band is one singer, 2 guitars, one keyboard and one drummer. The drummer is NOT mic'd.
I ran a master out from the board to my computer, and recorded into Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge. After the service, I edited the one large wav file and broke it into one track per song. The singer I think is good, but she is young and some of it seems to be a little flat. I am looking at how to 1) fix this one and 2) your suggestions on how to record it better in the future.

Here is one of the tracks (I converted it to mp3 so it isn't huge):
www.carlislegrace.org/music/

You should be able to tell right away what I mean by 'a little flat'.

Would I do better to record it with just 1 mike, not off the board?
Or is there something else I can do to make the next recording effort better?

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dbmasters
Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jul 26, 2004 02:58 pm

I would say, if you board has some extra outs, like some aux outs, pick and choose which channels you want to send to your PC and plug that aux out into your PC. Mic the drums (at least 2 or 3 mics) and send them only to your PC, not the main outs, since you obviously don't want them there. From there, mic anything you can, if you don't want it in the main mix, don't sen it to the main out.

fuzzie
Member
Since: Jul 26, 2004

Jul 26, 2004 03:47 pm

Thanks!
Is there anything I can do the recording I already have to 'adjust' it.

Would eDrums be better?

Walt
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Member
Since: May 10, 2002

Jul 26, 2004 11:27 pm

Wow Fuzzie,

That's a tough one. You can try pitch correction if you have the vocals isolated to a single track. As far as "recording better in the future"; You are asking a very complex question. Greatly depends on everything you are working with including the accoustics of your church. There are many micing techniques you can use for live, reinforced live, or direct tap from each instrument and voice. The fun is reading and trying. My favorite for recording live is a mic array called a decca tree. You can find a lot of information on it on the net. It uses four mics. As far as electronic drums, they are easier to tap for recording but not everybody likes them as much as accoustic. Your call.