BeagleFaceHenry
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My last plea for help was very successful, and I get paid by the hour, so I thought I’d open this one up to the floor.
In a couple weeks my grown-up, garage, blues-rock band will be recording in a 1,400 seat theater. We’ll have no audience and we’ll be recording/engineering all by ourselves. Basically, we’re taking a rare opportunity to record a “live” EP in an awesome setting.
Thus far, our recordings have all come from our practice space. This will be our 1st real attempt at a quality recording. I’ve been learning a lot as we practice, but I’m still pretty wet behind the ears. I’d love to hear thoughts/tips/ideas/concerns/opinions as we’ll only get one shot at this.
Disclaimers before you unload on me: We’re going to record ‘live’ and only overdub some solos and backup vocals. My drummer doesn’t feel comfortable playing to a click. We can’t afford to buy more hardware for this project.
I’m recording through a Tascam-1641 interface to Sonar X2. We have 14 available channels (10 with preamps).
Vocals : 58 directly into a 1641 preamp
Harmonica: 5W amp with a 57 directly into a 1641 preamp
Guitar: Mesa with a 906 (on a stand, not dangling) directly into a 1641 preamp
Bass: Balanced output from amp to 1641
Kick: CAD kick mic directly into a 1641 preamp
Snare: CAD drum mic directly into a 1641 preamp. (We may have a spare 57 and replace)
3 Toms: CAD drum mic to 1641
Hi-Hat: 57 directly into a 1641 preamp
2 Overheads: CAD Condensers directly into a 1641 preamp
2 Room mics: Both condensers (a Shure and AT I believe) directly into a 1641 preamp
The plan is to set up a house PA for vocals, harmonica, and maybe guitar. We’ll have 1 (maybe 2) stage monitors.
Thoughts?
-j
In a couple weeks my grown-up, garage, blues-rock band will be recording in a 1,400 seat theater. We’ll have no audience and we’ll be recording/engineering all by ourselves. Basically, we’re taking a rare opportunity to record a “live” EP in an awesome setting.
Thus far, our recordings have all come from our practice space. This will be our 1st real attempt at a quality recording. I’ve been learning a lot as we practice, but I’m still pretty wet behind the ears. I’d love to hear thoughts/tips/ideas/concerns/opinions as we’ll only get one shot at this.
Disclaimers before you unload on me: We’re going to record ‘live’ and only overdub some solos and backup vocals. My drummer doesn’t feel comfortable playing to a click. We can’t afford to buy more hardware for this project.
I’m recording through a Tascam-1641 interface to Sonar X2. We have 14 available channels (10 with preamps).
Vocals : 58 directly into a 1641 preamp
Harmonica: 5W amp with a 57 directly into a 1641 preamp
Guitar: Mesa with a 906 (on a stand, not dangling) directly into a 1641 preamp
Bass: Balanced output from amp to 1641
Kick: CAD kick mic directly into a 1641 preamp
Snare: CAD drum mic directly into a 1641 preamp. (We may have a spare 57 and replace)
3 Toms: CAD drum mic to 1641
Hi-Hat: 57 directly into a 1641 preamp
2 Overheads: CAD Condensers directly into a 1641 preamp
2 Room mics: Both condensers (a Shure and AT I believe) directly into a 1641 preamp
The plan is to set up a house PA for vocals, harmonica, and maybe guitar. We’ll have 1 (maybe 2) stage monitors.
Thoughts?
-j