Jul 11, 2005 08:57 am Just export it all seperate in .wav files? Course, all these files together will be large but nothing CD-R's can't handle. Then export it in your software.
Going into a profesional studio - Advice needed please
Posted on Jul 11, 2005 08:39 am
Albertv05
Dub head
Member Since: May 03, 2004
I've recorded in several professional studios in the past with my old band. That was a typical situation; we hired, they did the engineering and mixing with our input, we took the final mixes in the end and got them mastered. Typical. The situation that I'm going into now with my new band is much different. We are recording our dub/reggae project at our friends professional studio. He is going to record our rhythms (guitar, bass & drums) and do some general mixing to the mix and then the bass player and I are going to add percussion, Hammond Organ, and some extra guitar leads and junk. After the recording and mixing process we are going to dub everything out, creating the final mixes.
I guess my question is, does anyone have any tips regarding the recording process and transfer of files from our friend's professional studio to our home studios? He is running Sonar and we are running Cubase. Anything special we need/should do when we transfer over the files? Thanks!!
Cheers! -Al
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Jul 11, 2005 08:57 am Just export it all seperate in .wav files? Course, all these files together will be large but nothing CD-R's can't handle. Then export it in your software.
Jul 11, 2005 09:35 am Yup, WAV files are the universal format when working with audio. The big pain when switching to different software is havin to realign all of the tracks with each other. It can take hours to get all of the WAV files back where they used to be.
Have the guy look at the Save As... or Export... options in Sonar and see if there's any way to save the project as a Cubase project (I kinda doubt it, but it'd be worth a try).
Or, maybe there's some 3rd party utility somewhere that'll magically convert project types?
I just hate having to sit there and scoot files over little by little until they're in sync with the rest of the song. Drives me nuts! I'd be interested to know if there is an easier way because I've already used 3 different multitrackers, and I'm going to switch again before too long.
Jul 11, 2005 09:36 am Might I ask why you don't just do the whole recording yourself?
Jul 11, 2005 10:20 am Drums and mics. This guys has an awesome kit loaded with mics and the experience recording drums. Not to meantion he has the means to record LOTS of tracks at once while my bass player and I only have the means to record 2 mono tracks at once. Having someone else track our rhythms will also let us be only musicians at that point in the process, leaving us a little more relaxed. Like I said, its a good friend recording us so we're not paying a dime. Maybe beer and lunch; other than that it's free.
Jul 11, 2005 11:09 am Name those files with great detail before you export them!
Jul 11, 2005 11:23 am Chck to see if you can export the projects as OMF and see if Cubase can import OMF. If so you're regions/edits/fades will all be retained between the applications.
Jul 11, 2005 11:34 am yeah Sonar does OMF, but i've never used it before
Jul 11, 2005 12:35 pm Hmm... that's good advice. I'll have to call our engineer friend up and see if we can run a small test. It may be worth it. Thanks!
Cheers! -Al
Jul 11, 2005 05:49 pm get some oneshots of them drums too if you get chance. never know when theyll come in handy, and i wish id sampled my drum kit more before it went...
Jul 11, 2005 07:02 pm drums: "that's it, i'm outta here"
Jul 11, 2005 07:13 pm Cubase does indeed take OMF...so, give it a bash.
I will concurr, after recording a 7 track, 2 hour live gig its a pain in the *** to line up those tracks!!!
Especially when you lose them from the PC but thats antoher matter :-( !!hehe.
Good luck.
Coco.
Jul 11, 2005 07:32 pm Couldnt you just name them with the time on them? eg. Gat 3:03:23 etc.?
You could just sync them all up to something thats going all the time, like the kick drum?
Jul 14, 2005 05:15 pm Another option is to export all the tracks with silence from the beginning of the waveform to the beginning of the project. Don't just export the waveform(s), export the song a whole track at a time.
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