DM60,
the setup that I am using is vocal mics, 2 SM58s and 3 other mics owned by the venue but I can't remember what they are. 2 instrument inputs and one Room mic, a Studio Projects B1, hanging from the ceiling. I can swap out any of the mics for extra instrument channels if I need to.
All these are going into my Zoom R16, and I'm sending a Left and Right feed to a small live mixing desk. I don't have channel splitters and the desk does not have pre-fader outs.
Because there is no time to sound check, the people arrive, plug in and perform, so I just have to record what I get.
Now, because the show is an open mic night I rarely use all of my vocal mics, also, people come along with sometimes crappy gear, for example, the guy in the recording I posted above, his guitar was coming in really distorted. Most of the acts are one voice, one guitar, although sometimes I get more. If you've ever been to an open mic night, you know that anybody can turn up.
I then mix in Reaper, but I am really trying to cut back on a lot of the effects. I've been dialing back on the heavy compression I used to use, and also the heavy reverb. I'm trying to be careful with high pass filters and doing things like a slight boost at about 2000Hz on the vocal, which seems to be working pretty well. I rarely get bass guitars, which is good because I have never been happy with the way I mix bass guitars.
I'm not educated in what I am doing, I have just been learning by doing for a few years now. I've probably picked up loads of bad habits, but I'm try to get rid of those.
the setup that I am using is vocal mics, 2 SM58s and 3 other mics owned by the venue but I can't remember what they are. 2 instrument inputs and one Room mic, a Studio Projects B1, hanging from the ceiling. I can swap out any of the mics for extra instrument channels if I need to.
All these are going into my Zoom R16, and I'm sending a Left and Right feed to a small live mixing desk. I don't have channel splitters and the desk does not have pre-fader outs.
Because there is no time to sound check, the people arrive, plug in and perform, so I just have to record what I get.
Now, because the show is an open mic night I rarely use all of my vocal mics, also, people come along with sometimes crappy gear, for example, the guy in the recording I posted above, his guitar was coming in really distorted. Most of the acts are one voice, one guitar, although sometimes I get more. If you've ever been to an open mic night, you know that anybody can turn up.
I then mix in Reaper, but I am really trying to cut back on a lot of the effects. I've been dialing back on the heavy compression I used to use, and also the heavy reverb. I'm trying to be careful with high pass filters and doing things like a slight boost at about 2000Hz on the vocal, which seems to be working pretty well. I rarely get bass guitars, which is good because I have never been happy with the way I mix bass guitars.
I'm not educated in what I am doing, I have just been learning by doing for a few years now. I've probably picked up loads of bad habits, but I'm try to get rid of those.
