Hi all,
First off, I'm not sure what I want to ask. So bear with me.
Currently I sequence drums and bass on the computer. I import them into Acid Pro 4. Once I have them beatmapped, tempo set, volume levels set, and the project created, I can focus on recording. At this point my whole setup is saved as an Acid Pro 4 project. I can come back to it later. I can also specify storage location for new tracks that I might record thru the soundcard line-in.
Once I'm ready, I'll hit record and do that take anywhere from 20 - 500 times. As long as it takes for me to be happy. I'll sometimes like one section of a take, delete the rest and play the rest in another take. If the second recording is on a different day, my AMP settings and volume level will probably be different. But I'll try to hide that in the enchilada of effects that I'll apply. During this process Acid Pro 4 will play all tracks included in the project while recording any noise on the line-in. So I can hear the "band" and record the guitar. I know you all know this but I'm getting to it.
All recording is stored on the computer. As long as I have hard disk space.
Screen wipe....
Now if one is setting up a studio and doesn't want the computer to be the "central" part of the studio but an "auxilary" part of the studio, how would one generally do this?
Where would the drums be recorded. If it is a drum machine, it can just be clicked right there. But if the drums are recorded by a drummer, where would those be generally stored? A digital recorder? Is it as simple to setup a studio where I hit the record button, the recorded stuff starts playing and new inputs start getting recorded? Where is the bass stored? Where is the guitars stored? Can I save them in a "project" and come back to all the setup 2 months later. Can I work on a real quick jingle-bell piece for the holidays and resume my regular work later? How do musicians/home_recorders do this in general.
What the heck, there's so many amps, pre-amps, v-amps, giga-amps, g-string-amps, that I'm get lost thinking about amps alone. Then there's the mics, the mountain of required pre and post this and that. The mic's the line-levels and the mic-levels and the blah blah. Let's not forget the little "insert" or FX output on some amps and mixers, and all the external FX units (rack mountable and other tiny lost-under-the-desk-able units). How does this all work together to give us the "hit me baby one more time"'s?
First off, I'm not sure what I want to ask. So bear with me.
Currently I sequence drums and bass on the computer. I import them into Acid Pro 4. Once I have them beatmapped, tempo set, volume levels set, and the project created, I can focus on recording. At this point my whole setup is saved as an Acid Pro 4 project. I can come back to it later. I can also specify storage location for new tracks that I might record thru the soundcard line-in.
Once I'm ready, I'll hit record and do that take anywhere from 20 - 500 times. As long as it takes for me to be happy. I'll sometimes like one section of a take, delete the rest and play the rest in another take. If the second recording is on a different day, my AMP settings and volume level will probably be different. But I'll try to hide that in the enchilada of effects that I'll apply. During this process Acid Pro 4 will play all tracks included in the project while recording any noise on the line-in. So I can hear the "band" and record the guitar. I know you all know this but I'm getting to it.
All recording is stored on the computer. As long as I have hard disk space.
Screen wipe....
Now if one is setting up a studio and doesn't want the computer to be the "central" part of the studio but an "auxilary" part of the studio, how would one generally do this?
Where would the drums be recorded. If it is a drum machine, it can just be clicked right there. But if the drums are recorded by a drummer, where would those be generally stored? A digital recorder? Is it as simple to setup a studio where I hit the record button, the recorded stuff starts playing and new inputs start getting recorded? Where is the bass stored? Where is the guitars stored? Can I save them in a "project" and come back to all the setup 2 months later. Can I work on a real quick jingle-bell piece for the holidays and resume my regular work later? How do musicians/home_recorders do this in general.
What the heck, there's so many amps, pre-amps, v-amps, giga-amps, g-string-amps, that I'm get lost thinking about amps alone. Then there's the mics, the mountain of required pre and post this and that. The mic's the line-levels and the mic-levels and the blah blah. Let's not forget the little "insert" or FX output on some amps and mixers, and all the external FX units (rack mountable and other tiny lost-under-the-desk-able units). How does this all work together to give us the "hit me baby one more time"'s?
[ok, bad joke].
