Oct 05, 2006 10:10 am I would record dry (no effects). The only time I find it necessary to record with anything is a compressor so that you get slightly more even sound to work with and no clipping.
Recording Drums / EQ and Effects Processing technics
Posted on Oct 05, 2006 08:33 am
Lakebottom
Member Since: Sep 23, 2006
I'm using a mixer w/FX connected to the PC w/recording software.
Should I record natural then add the Effects. Or fine tune all the effects before recording.
Thanks,
Rick
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Oct 05, 2006 10:10 am I would record dry (no effects). The only time I find it necessary to record with anything is a compressor so that you get slightly more even sound to work with and no clipping.
Oct 05, 2006 11:42 am I concur.
can't take away effects, once they're on tape.
Unless you or your musician has to have their sound from their effects. Then you just tweak and change what you can, of what you record.
I guess it works both ways.
Oct 05, 2006 02:02 pm I always prefer to record drum (or anything else!) without effects... nothing worse than being stuck with something that was overcompressed or too much reverb ect..
Oct 05, 2006 08:52 pm Same as well here. With all the fantasitc DSP software out there now it really doesn't make sense to record the effects live, unless there is now other way to get a certain effect.
I record everything dry 99 times out of 100.
Oct 05, 2006 08:58 pm i'd track some extra room mic's if you have 'em....put them all over (my fav is a garrage, but placed slightly inside the house with varous amounts of door opening (wet or dry control basically)....schtick one in the furthest corner and have it facing the walls...experament with tracking 'with purpose'...know the sound you're lookin' for...if you want slopknot drums put them mics right on the head...if ya want zepplin, move them mics back some....again' know the context of the sound you're lookn' for.
cheers
wyd
Oct 06, 2006 12:32 am Record dry and at the highest resolution you can. You can always add FX later.
Oct 06, 2006 06:19 pm In order to record at high bit and sample rates it is advixable to have a very fast system with at least 1 gig of ram. As well a seperate hard disk is also a plus in that situation. The only reason to record high res is in the case you are going to be doing some serious editing and procesing of the tracks. Otherwise save disc space and system recources by recording at normal bit and sample rates.
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