The band I am in has been tracking some songs live in our home stuido recently and I think the recordings are not sounding nearly as good as they should. We have the guitars and bass isolated away from the drums and have good separation on all the tracks so that is not the issue. We are using good quality mics on everything so that is not the issue.
Our setup is we have all the mics running into a Mackie Onyx 1640i board, which is then run into ProTools 9. Our levels are all good and not clipping. What I percieve listening back in the studio and also in the car is that the recordings are not clear sounding and are lacking in detail and depth in both the lows and highs. I would say the sound is 'grainy' for lack of a better term. There is just not as much clarity or lustre as there should be.
Our standard recording template is 24bit depth and 44.1hz sample rate. When we first started recording we did do some tracks in 48hz sample rate and that gave a noticeable improvement in sound quality when we listened back, but there are issues converting this to CD format. Can we track in 88.2hz and mix those tracks to CD? What would we need to convert the tracks recorded at 88.2hz, or 'dither' them down for CD?
Being that everything we have is of relatively high quality and we are all good players, I think we either need to record at a higher sample rate, or the issue could be with the mackie board, although not sure what. Any ideas?
Our setup is we have all the mics running into a Mackie Onyx 1640i board, which is then run into ProTools 9. Our levels are all good and not clipping. What I percieve listening back in the studio and also in the car is that the recordings are not clear sounding and are lacking in detail and depth in both the lows and highs. I would say the sound is 'grainy' for lack of a better term. There is just not as much clarity or lustre as there should be.
Our standard recording template is 24bit depth and 44.1hz sample rate. When we first started recording we did do some tracks in 48hz sample rate and that gave a noticeable improvement in sound quality when we listened back, but there are issues converting this to CD format. Can we track in 88.2hz and mix those tracks to CD? What would we need to convert the tracks recorded at 88.2hz, or 'dither' them down for CD?
Being that everything we have is of relatively high quality and we are all good players, I think we either need to record at a higher sample rate, or the issue could be with the mackie board, although not sure what. Any ideas?