Hello guys. I always appreciate the knowledge shared on this forum.
I'm gearing up to record an album and I don't have a huge budget. I have a home recording set-up, including a drum kit, drum mic kit, 16-channel Audio Interface and various other inexpensive mics. I use an older version of Sonar Studio on a PC.
What I am thinking about is attempting to capture the best possible sound I can using my home studio. Then take the audio files to a professional mixer in town to do the mixing. I have been recording for years, but really my knowledge of mixing (especially mixing with automation) is extremely limited. Mixing is something I want to learn and get good at, but for this project I don't have enough time to learn.
Has anyone here done this sort of thing? Is it a wise idea? I want to get the most professional sound possible, but I am slightly fearful that my recording techniques won't match up to pro-studio quality. Do you think a good mix engineer could work with home recordings and apply some magic?
Also, this may be a dumb question, I am kind of old school and don't exactly understand "stems". My Sonar program seems to save every track as a WAV file. But I ran into trouble with this before when another musician wanted his "stems" and they didn't exactly align in his fancy new-school ProTools program. Is there anything I need to know in advance for preparing "stems" for a mix engineer?
I'm more or less just thinking out loud with this scatterbrained post, but I'd love to hear any thoughts. Thanks!
I'm gearing up to record an album and I don't have a huge budget. I have a home recording set-up, including a drum kit, drum mic kit, 16-channel Audio Interface and various other inexpensive mics. I use an older version of Sonar Studio on a PC.
What I am thinking about is attempting to capture the best possible sound I can using my home studio. Then take the audio files to a professional mixer in town to do the mixing. I have been recording for years, but really my knowledge of mixing (especially mixing with automation) is extremely limited. Mixing is something I want to learn and get good at, but for this project I don't have enough time to learn.
Has anyone here done this sort of thing? Is it a wise idea? I want to get the most professional sound possible, but I am slightly fearful that my recording techniques won't match up to pro-studio quality. Do you think a good mix engineer could work with home recordings and apply some magic?
Also, this may be a dumb question, I am kind of old school and don't exactly understand "stems". My Sonar program seems to save every track as a WAV file. But I ran into trouble with this before when another musician wanted his "stems" and they didn't exactly align in his fancy new-school ProTools program. Is there anything I need to know in advance for preparing "stems" for a mix engineer?
I'm more or less just thinking out loud with this scatterbrained post, but I'd love to hear any thoughts. Thanks!