Hello everyone!
I m studying music, and i have been asked how would i record music in a certain situation, disposing of loooots of stuff.
I have a few ideas, but to be honest i never had to record a band, so i'd like to know what do you think about it
Firstable, I have to record an electric guitar, and acoustic one, drums, a keyboard, a bass guitar and vocals.
I have to record in a garage, the problem of the garage is that the quality of the performance you'll record as good as if you were recording in a studio
I have my recording station, a Yamaha AW1600, does its job, 8 inputs, 40Gb of memory, nice loops effects, a Pitch Fix tool ...
Microphones (of course they are not real microphones, in this situation i only know what type of mics i can use)
-3 condenser mic
-2 bass drum mics
-3 dynamic mics
-1 PZM mic
It could be easy to just record the music using my microphones and then correcting the sound, adding effects using the recording station, but here comes the difficult part.
In the garage, there is a rolled up rug, a beer crate, a settee, some sheets and some shelves, and I have to use this stuff -_-
The genre of music i am recording is pop/rock.
Sounds funny doesn't it Question is, how to use all i have, in order to get the best out of the performance being played.
How could i solve problems such as amp spill? room sound? vocal recording? acoustic guitar recording?
The good thing is that i have a nice selection of mics, but how to use them? there is the problem.
should i record the band collectively or individually?
How can i use a PZM mic? I know that i am supposed to fix it on a wall, but what to do with it ??
should I plug the electric guitar directly into the recording station or should I record it from it's amp?
Am i right to use the dynamics mics to record vocals, the condensers for the acoustic, bass drum mic for the drum?
Should i plug the keyboard in the recording station or record it using mics?
Do you think I can resolve the problem of the amp spill by putting a rug on the amp, and the microphones in between the speakers of the mic and the rug?
Can the sheets solve the problem of the vocal recording ? By putting the sheet in between the singer and the mic?
how can I reduce the problem of the room sound? I can't cover all wall with one rug, so it is difficult to stop the sound reflection in such an area... Can I use the PZM microphone in order to solve this problem?
Your help and advises are more than welcome!
Thanks in advance,
Xav295
I m studying music, and i have been asked how would i record music in a certain situation, disposing of loooots of stuff.
I have a few ideas, but to be honest i never had to record a band, so i'd like to know what do you think about it
Firstable, I have to record an electric guitar, and acoustic one, drums, a keyboard, a bass guitar and vocals.
I have to record in a garage, the problem of the garage is that the quality of the performance you'll record as good as if you were recording in a studio
I have my recording station, a Yamaha AW1600, does its job, 8 inputs, 40Gb of memory, nice loops effects, a Pitch Fix tool ...
Microphones (of course they are not real microphones, in this situation i only know what type of mics i can use)
-3 condenser mic
-2 bass drum mics
-3 dynamic mics
-1 PZM mic
It could be easy to just record the music using my microphones and then correcting the sound, adding effects using the recording station, but here comes the difficult part.
In the garage, there is a rolled up rug, a beer crate, a settee, some sheets and some shelves, and I have to use this stuff -_-
The genre of music i am recording is pop/rock.
Sounds funny doesn't it Question is, how to use all i have, in order to get the best out of the performance being played.
How could i solve problems such as amp spill? room sound? vocal recording? acoustic guitar recording?
The good thing is that i have a nice selection of mics, but how to use them? there is the problem.
should i record the band collectively or individually?
How can i use a PZM mic? I know that i am supposed to fix it on a wall, but what to do with it ??
should I plug the electric guitar directly into the recording station or should I record it from it's amp?
Am i right to use the dynamics mics to record vocals, the condensers for the acoustic, bass drum mic for the drum?
Should i plug the keyboard in the recording station or record it using mics?
Do you think I can resolve the problem of the amp spill by putting a rug on the amp, and the microphones in between the speakers of the mic and the rug?
Can the sheets solve the problem of the vocal recording ? By putting the sheet in between the singer and the mic?
how can I reduce the problem of the room sound? I can't cover all wall with one rug, so it is difficult to stop the sound reflection in such an area... Can I use the PZM microphone in order to solve this problem?
Your help and advises are more than welcome!
Thanks in advance,
Xav295