Jan 31, 2005 08:16 am Welcome to HRC, Bill.
Yes, you have it about right, however, your comment about gating the drums should be considered while tracking, not mixing. As this will help separate the drums while making the original recording.
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Posted on Jan 31, 2005 07:38 am
Bill Driver
Member Since: Jan 31, 2005
Wow, this forum has been of immeasurable use to me. I thank all of you for that. I wanted to run a quick, generic list by all of you, and have people tell me if I have my head straight about all of this or not. I am about to attempt to record, mix, and master my first complete track (hard-rock) and I've made a general list to remind me of what I'm trying to accomplish. Please correct me in the places where I'm misguided, before I actually get started...
1. Tracking - Record all instruments in with the desired effects. Recording should be done as close to 0db as possible, and compressors should be used on the way in to get very close to desired dynamic levels.
2. Mixing - Each track gets consideration for panning, compression, and eq. Some tracks will get gates and limiters, particularly drum tracks. The goal is to give every instrument it's own stereo space, while simultaneously making sure that the instruments don't sound disconnected. Final mix should peak somewhere around -1 or -2db, leaving some headroom for mastering.
3. Mastering - Use the Har-bal tutorial (www.har-bal.com/mastering_process.php) as a general guideline to begin to learn these concepts. Use Sound Forge, Har-bal, Waves Q10, LinMB, S1, L2, and WaveLab's Phasescope, Level Meter, and Spectrum Analyzer.
Whew! Again, I apologize in advance for trying to put all of this stuff into way too small of a box, but I just dove into this world about 2 months ago, and I want to make sure I'm headed in the right direction. I tackle new articles on this website every day, and any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
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Jan 31, 2005 08:16 am Welcome to HRC, Bill.
Yes, you have it about right, however, your comment about gating the drums should be considered while tracking, not mixing. As this will help separate the drums while making the original recording.
Feb 01, 2005 12:32 am Personally i never track instruments with effects unless it's essential to the performance (like say a wah on guitar or something), allows for more flexability later on, but that said, there are no rules to recording, only suggestions or regularly used methods. Have fun!
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