Please be gentle
I'm an old guy that (for some times now) wants to learn how to record music properly, and it kinda works but I can feel something is wrong.
My recordings all sound somehow raw and "unpolished"
I use Reaper for home recordings (a little bit of guitar, piano, singing etc) and I know I'd enjoy this hobby much more if I just knew if I was stuck somewhere around basic things
Here's how I record stuff:
In the Reaper I 1) open the new track, 2) make sure that interace and inputs are ok, 3) have the track 'armed' for recording, guitar is plugged in and, before I start to record, I 4) like to choose some effects (usually some compressor and reverb) and I make sure that monitor button is on, so I can listen what I play as I record.
I know that some people prefer to record "dry" without any effects, but playing / recording guitar with some reverb is much more inspirative for me, so I'm doing it that way.
The same goes with other tracks, whether it's the bass guitar, drums, voice or some background violins (usualy some vst, Kontakt library or so..)
After I finish recording, I'll usualy have a listen to the whole thing a couple of times, and if I like it, I go to the "Render this file" so I can export it in a wav format and save it somewhere in my music projects.
And that's it.
Now (and here is the question itself) What about the Master track?
I'm seeing all over the internet that something should be done on the master track too, but I'm not sure what exactly.
The master track also has the fx button but I've already done with the effects on each track separately.
And I know it's maybe stupid to say "I don't need that master track.." but as I said, I can feel that I'm not doing something right by 'ignoring' that master track.
Sorry for long text..I hope someone could dirrect me to some proper step by step, very basic and simple procedure for beginners.
Thank you in advance and cheers
here's one of my recordings, just to have an idea how it sounds
Liug2 by Gillette Wilkinson | Free Listening on SoundCloud
I'm an old guy that (for some times now) wants to learn how to record music properly, and it kinda works but I can feel something is wrong.
My recordings all sound somehow raw and "unpolished"
I use Reaper for home recordings (a little bit of guitar, piano, singing etc) and I know I'd enjoy this hobby much more if I just knew if I was stuck somewhere around basic things
Here's how I record stuff:
In the Reaper I 1) open the new track, 2) make sure that interace and inputs are ok, 3) have the track 'armed' for recording, guitar is plugged in and, before I start to record, I 4) like to choose some effects (usually some compressor and reverb) and I make sure that monitor button is on, so I can listen what I play as I record.
I know that some people prefer to record "dry" without any effects, but playing / recording guitar with some reverb is much more inspirative for me, so I'm doing it that way.
The same goes with other tracks, whether it's the bass guitar, drums, voice or some background violins (usualy some vst, Kontakt library or so..)
After I finish recording, I'll usualy have a listen to the whole thing a couple of times, and if I like it, I go to the "Render this file" so I can export it in a wav format and save it somewhere in my music projects.
And that's it.
Now (and here is the question itself) What about the Master track?
I'm seeing all over the internet that something should be done on the master track too, but I'm not sure what exactly.
The master track also has the fx button but I've already done with the effects on each track separately.
And I know it's maybe stupid to say "I don't need that master track.." but as I said, I can feel that I'm not doing something right by 'ignoring' that master track.
Sorry for long text..I hope someone could dirrect me to some proper step by step, very basic and simple procedure for beginners.
Thank you in advance and cheers
here's one of my recordings, just to have an idea how it sounds
Liug2 by Gillette Wilkinson | Free Listening on SoundCloud
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