Hey everyone,
I play in a cover band, and recorded one of our shows on which I've been practising my mixing skills. I have attached an excerpt.
So you know what to expect from the sound: It's not our best performance by any means. The vocalist was also moving away from the mic quite a lot. The vocal mic's catch a ton of bleed from the drums as well, so controlling the splash and sizzle was and is a challenge, as well as isolating any mixing to just vocals or just drums. ie: the snare sound is comprised of (to my frustration) the vocal mic and the overhead mics.
I have my bass going DI, the guitar amps are miked (Shure SM27's), 3 mics on the drum kit - 2 overheads and 1 kick (earthworks SR25's), and the vocals are recorded separately before the live mixer (and unfortunately had some output distortion from their vocal effects processors). I completely forget what the vocalists use as their mics, but the lead vocalist has a dynamic, and the backup has an electret condenser.
I also record with a Roland Octa-capture. It's a decent interface, but the quality of the sound I already know could be better with better preamps, analog-digital conversion, power supply isolation, and jitter control as with an RME, Antelope, or Prism Sound interface
Any feedback on the sound quality, considering my gear and miking situation, would be greatly appreciated.
I play in a cover band, and recorded one of our shows on which I've been practising my mixing skills. I have attached an excerpt.
So you know what to expect from the sound: It's not our best performance by any means. The vocalist was also moving away from the mic quite a lot. The vocal mic's catch a ton of bleed from the drums as well, so controlling the splash and sizzle was and is a challenge, as well as isolating any mixing to just vocals or just drums. ie: the snare sound is comprised of (to my frustration) the vocal mic and the overhead mics.
I have my bass going DI, the guitar amps are miked (Shure SM27's), 3 mics on the drum kit - 2 overheads and 1 kick (earthworks SR25's), and the vocals are recorded separately before the live mixer (and unfortunately had some output distortion from their vocal effects processors). I completely forget what the vocalists use as their mics, but the lead vocalist has a dynamic, and the backup has an electret condenser.
I also record with a Roland Octa-capture. It's a decent interface, but the quality of the sound I already know could be better with better preamps, analog-digital conversion, power supply isolation, and jitter control as with an RME, Antelope, or Prism Sound interface
Any feedback on the sound quality, considering my gear and miking situation, would be greatly appreciated.