allcalmdown
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Hello,
I'd like some advice and to hear some opinions...
My band were supposed to go make a record this week but with the virus the studio had to close. We live is on lockdown so you can only leave to get food or essential stuff like that...can't meet in groups etc.
Luckily, I live with the bassist and we just bought a 4 track cassette recorder which is coming next week. (Yamaha mt400)
Our plan was to record and write through the lockdown. No intention of releasing these, it is just to have some new rough demos and experiment.
Our gear:
Yamaha MT4000 4-track recorder
We have only two mics (a shure sm 57 and shure sm58), we have a drum machine and a small portable pa to run it through.
We have a peavey amp for bass and a fender twin for guitar.
I'm not sure if you can record two tracks at once with the yamaha mt, but if we can: I was thinking of manning the drum machine (recording it with the sm58 close to the pa) and have the bassist play along live (with the sm57 on his amp). Or the other way around i.e. he mans the drums and I play live along, with a both being recorded. Then either the bassist or I do our part over it.
Which microphone would be best on the bass and which on the pa? Is putting a microphone against the PA even a thing people do? (I'm aware there'll be bleed, doesn't matter)
Another idea was to lay down the drum track direct input (or through the pa with a mic against the pa if that sounds better).
Then the bassist puts headphones on and does a direct input into the tape (we assume the MT has some sort of preamp so it won't just be a flat signal). Or he could have the mic on his amp.
Then I, guitar, stick the headphones with the drums and bass playing, with a sm57 against my amp and i play my part. Or I play first, then bassist does his DI over both.
Then we do the vocals straight into the 4-track at the end.
What is the best way to go about this? We can play fine, but we are like children when it comes to this sort of stuff.
The line up is guitar, bass, drum machine and vocals.
Any help would be really useful.
(Not the sort of that involves purchasing more things or making it complicated, just the best way for two fairly simple people to do as I described)
Thank you!
I'd like some advice and to hear some opinions...
My band were supposed to go make a record this week but with the virus the studio had to close. We live is on lockdown so you can only leave to get food or essential stuff like that...can't meet in groups etc.
Luckily, I live with the bassist and we just bought a 4 track cassette recorder which is coming next week. (Yamaha mt400)
Our plan was to record and write through the lockdown. No intention of releasing these, it is just to have some new rough demos and experiment.
Our gear:
Yamaha MT4000 4-track recorder
We have only two mics (a shure sm 57 and shure sm58), we have a drum machine and a small portable pa to run it through.
We have a peavey amp for bass and a fender twin for guitar.
I'm not sure if you can record two tracks at once with the yamaha mt, but if we can: I was thinking of manning the drum machine (recording it with the sm58 close to the pa) and have the bassist play along live (with the sm57 on his amp). Or the other way around i.e. he mans the drums and I play live along, with a both being recorded. Then either the bassist or I do our part over it.
Which microphone would be best on the bass and which on the pa? Is putting a microphone against the PA even a thing people do? (I'm aware there'll be bleed, doesn't matter)
Another idea was to lay down the drum track direct input (or through the pa with a mic against the pa if that sounds better).
Then the bassist puts headphones on and does a direct input into the tape (we assume the MT has some sort of preamp so it won't just be a flat signal). Or he could have the mic on his amp.
Then I, guitar, stick the headphones with the drums and bass playing, with a sm57 against my amp and i play my part. Or I play first, then bassist does his DI over both.
Then we do the vocals straight into the 4-track at the end.
What is the best way to go about this? We can play fine, but we are like children when it comes to this sort of stuff.
The line up is guitar, bass, drum machine and vocals.
Any help would be really useful.
(Not the sort of that involves purchasing more things or making it complicated, just the best way for two fairly simple people to do as I described)
Thank you!