I need help mic'ing Mariachi Band
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Tim Brown
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Hi Luuke,
What recording experience do you have, and do you have any recording gear at all?
Since it's Acoustic instruments, I would go with Condensors, unless by some strange twist of fate it's an "elecetric" Mariachi band-then you're just talking about a Rock group without drums! Hahaha
But, before I can really answer this-what is your Budget?
We need this, so that we can suggest gear that will fit into your budget...I mean, I can suggest several mic's that go for $3,000.00 each, but that does you no good if you're total budget is $900!
Essentially, I can tell you this-You're going to be looking at a minimum of about $1,000.00 for a Digital Recorder.(Which I will always suggest)
and $300.00-$1,000.00 for a pair of Microphones.
You may seriously want to look at this as recording an Ensemble instead of individually miking each instrument-you won't get the separation from 1 mic per instrument (which means less control) but you can layer in individual parts once you have the group stereo tracks made.
Tim
What recording experience do you have, and do you have any recording gear at all?
Since it's Acoustic instruments, I would go with Condensors, unless by some strange twist of fate it's an "elecetric" Mariachi band-then you're just talking about a Rock group without drums! Hahaha
But, before I can really answer this-what is your Budget?
We need this, so that we can suggest gear that will fit into your budget...I mean, I can suggest several mic's that go for $3,000.00 each, but that does you no good if you're total budget is $900!
Essentially, I can tell you this-You're going to be looking at a minimum of about $1,000.00 for a Digital Recorder.(Which I will always suggest)
and $300.00-$1,000.00 for a pair of Microphones.
You may seriously want to look at this as recording an Ensemble instead of individually miking each instrument-you won't get the separation from 1 mic per instrument (which means less control) but you can layer in individual parts once you have the group stereo tracks made.
Tim
My recording experience is mainly for film/TV using booms and lapels. I'm trying to get into musical recording.
I have the Yamaha MDS4 Digital Multitracker
and Mackie 12VLZ for preamps.
I want to get a large condensor mic or 2 to start and probably a couple Shure 58s?
What mics would you recommend for vocals and acoustic instruments? Budget is about $1200-1500.
Thanks!
I have the Yamaha MDS4 Digital Multitracker
and Mackie 12VLZ for preamps.
I want to get a large condensor mic or 2 to start and probably a couple Shure 58s?
What mics would you recommend for vocals and acoustic instruments? Budget is about $1200-1500.
Thanks!
Tim Brown
New member
Luuke said:
Okay, where you want to go, is the Microphone section, and ask which Mic's. You're gonna get a ton of answers in there.
I would suggest any of the following:
Rode NT2's (about $400 each)
AKG C3000 (about $330 each)
And the list goes on.... There are tons, but these two seem to be very popular...
There's a company called Oktavia that's gaining popularity, but I personally have never used one, so I can't vouch for it.
1 more thing you may really want to think about, is budgeting $200 of that total for an RNC, which is a Killer little Stereo Compressor.
The guy sells them on the net-and it's a pro piece of gear in a half rack unit. Kicks major butt, and tons of people online will vouch for them. I have a friend who's got one, and When I am ready to buy some more compressors-my money's going there.
http://www.rnc.com
I purchased dbx 166a's-which are decent compressors-but I needed some kind of noise gates, and the RNC doesn't have a gate (or at least it didn't at that time-I don't know if they have added a gate to it or not)....But I would seriously get a Compressor so that you can help "bat down" any peaks.
Tim
Tim Brown
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Re: compressor?
Well, I don't record on Hard Disk-but when I do go into the PC to burn CD's-I run through a Stereo Compressor.
I prefer using Outboard gear to using Plug ins.
I think one of the main reasons that I'm a fan of Separate units, is that I'm not locked into only being able to do things 1 way.
That's why I didn't jump into recording and mixing in the PC full force-I liked the freedom of being able to patch whatever piece of gear I wanted, into any spot in the signal's path.
Tim
bdemenil said:
Well, I don't record on Hard Disk-but when I do go into the PC to burn CD's-I run through a Stereo Compressor.
I prefer using Outboard gear to using Plug ins.
I think one of the main reasons that I'm a fan of Separate units, is that I'm not locked into only being able to do things 1 way.
That's why I didn't jump into recording and mixing in the PC full force-I liked the freedom of being able to patch whatever piece of gear I wanted, into any spot in the signal's path.
Tim
