restrictions of living in an apartment
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Posted on Dec 13, 2004 06:28 pm
Renegade
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hey guys
I am producing hip hop and music alike so Im purchasing the Hardware soon to do so but.....
A friend of mine was in a little garage band and he's gonna start it up again this summer anyway
he wants me to produce his stuff but I live in a apartment so I can't just set up there gear and jam&record excpecialy the DRUMS!!!! so I was wondering how could I help out my friend without getting evicted?
I know there's those 4-8 track digital recorders
but I don't know much about them is that what I need? I was thinking of going to there jam spot
and recording the band there than bringing it to my computer and getting the vocals done here I'm not sure of whats the best way to go about this I'm sure theres more than one way so I was hoping you guys could point me in the right direction thanks also I don't want to spend to much on this type of thing for I don't know if I'll even use it again after this
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Dec 13, 2004 07:49 pm Well, if it is to be a fairly long project, you could set up your gear in the garage and record direct to your computer. Or, get a multitrack digital recorder, record on site and transfer to your computer for mixing. Both ideas have their hassles. The digital multitracker has an imbedded cost involved with it that you may not want to shell out if you are already set up for recording on the computer. If you are not really set up for PC recording, you may want to get the digital multitracker as your main rig. There's some really decent ones out there, and they are all pretty portable. More so than the other gear you will use for sure. It's all a matter of taste, cost and trust. (Like how much you trust this friend of yours to either leave your PC or Multitracker in his garage for a long project.)
But on site recording is an almost necessary thing for you. Loud guitars will most assuredly tick your neighbors off to no end, and drums will nearly always get you evicted (trust me when I tell you this).
Dec 13, 2004 07:57 pm Is it possible to record all the drums on one track?
or does each drum mics take up a track?
Dec 13, 2004 09:11 pm I think the minimum for live drums would be: mic the bass drum and snare and 2 over head mics. That would be 4 tracks.
Dec 13, 2004 10:21 pm I have read that most multitrack recorders can only record 2 tracks at the same time so how do people with these contraptions record their drums?
Dec 13, 2004 10:35 pm If you are restricted to just 2 tracks of recording, and want to record like 6 channels of audio to 2 tracks. I would use an external mixer to mix your 6 channels of audio and take the stereo out of that mixer to your 2 trks on your recorder, and pan those right and left. Don't forget to do the appropriate panning on your external mixer.
Dec 13, 2004 10:51 pm Smart thinkin' thanks
uhmmm...now do multi track recorders have a playback function if so can you record something else during playback? Cause I figure if it's possible I'll do it that way and keep building till all thats left to do is the vocals and I can get that done at the home studio
sorry about all the questions but when recording drums obviously the rest of the band has to be playing to keep it all flowing so how do i eliminate there instruments from being recorded threw my percussion mics?
Dec 14, 2004 01:39 am Ok. First, yes most of the cheaper digital multitrack recorders only have the option of recording 2 tracks at once. However, some digital recorders (Boss 1600 I believe is one) have the capacity to record 8 individual tracks simultaneously. However, it is quite expensive for starting out. The smaller Multitrackers DO have a playback function that allows you to listen to what is already recorded while recording the next track.
As for recording drums on one of these multitrackers... Well, if you have a mixer capable of it, you could send all the drum mics to your recorder and have the guitar and bass on a separate bus (DI'd so you get no amp bleed) that doesnt go to the recorder. However, that would be a fairly expensive mixer IMO. What would be better would be using a click track for the drums. Make sure the drummer knows what he's doing, and have him play to a click track that keeps time with the song.
