HomesickAlien
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A little background... I'm recording my friends quartet - upright bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin & violin...
I'm going to be recording to my Tascam 34B through a Soundcraft 200 (8/4/2)
We plan on renting a U 87 to use as a room mic and then close mic every instrument as well.. (they will be playing as a band in one room...)
I recently snagged the mixer and got a deal on a Tascam DX-4D noise reduction unit..
After reading the manual (for the 34B) I understand how to hook it up and that I am supposed to get my levels with the unit on BYPASS...
But when I record I am obviously going to turn it on right? I know it sounds dumb but I haven't tested it out yet and was wondering if anyone has any tricks up their sleeve or experiences they would like to share...
Also an even bigger question - should I even use the noise reduction unit? I've been reading that in some instances it may be better to keep it out of the chain so the machine can hit the tape harder... The band is going to play 3 songs and do 2 passes of the songs so I will be able to record once with the unit on and once with the unit disengaged but again, I'd like to hear any input that anyone is willing to throw into the ring....
Any other rants or comments are more than welcome...
I'm going to be recording to my Tascam 34B through a Soundcraft 200 (8/4/2)
We plan on renting a U 87 to use as a room mic and then close mic every instrument as well.. (they will be playing as a band in one room...)
I recently snagged the mixer and got a deal on a Tascam DX-4D noise reduction unit..
After reading the manual (for the 34B) I understand how to hook it up and that I am supposed to get my levels with the unit on BYPASS...
But when I record I am obviously going to turn it on right? I know it sounds dumb but I haven't tested it out yet and was wondering if anyone has any tricks up their sleeve or experiences they would like to share...
Also an even bigger question - should I even use the noise reduction unit? I've been reading that in some instances it may be better to keep it out of the chain so the machine can hit the tape harder... The band is going to play 3 songs and do 2 passes of the songs so I will be able to record once with the unit on and once with the unit disengaged but again, I'd like to hear any input that anyone is willing to throw into the ring....
Any other rants or comments are more than welcome...