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infinitytiger
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Hello forum, my name is Chad and I am new to the recording world.
I play in a 5 piece folkish (acoustic) band and have become too impatient to wait for our recording connections to come through, so I have entered the world of recording, hopefully in full swing, for a 5 song EP and beyond.
We have five players:
1 lead singer / guitar player,
1 standup bass player,
1 accordion player / singer,
1 mandolin player,
and I play guitar, sing, and use our accordion box as a bass drum with a tambourine on the 2's and 4's.
Our lead singer / guitar player has instead of a B and E string, an A and D string tuned to standard. Everyone else is normal.
I ran sound for church and a a ton of live shows and I have dabbled with some M-Box recordings and have a generally decent understanding of recording and what I need to do to get a relatively okay recording in terms of overdubbing and some compression/ equalization, etc.
I have a Tascam M30 that we have been using for live gigs and just recently picked up a first generation 2488 to record all 8 tracks on. I have an Audio Technica $100 special condenser, 2 SM57's, 2 SM58's, and a few other mics of no notable quality (not complete shit, but nothing fancy). Our live sound is very solid and is what I want to capture most. From what I have read on a few forums on the intranets, I think I will record rhythm guitar, bass, and maybe "drums" in one take and add vocals, guitar, and mandolin on top of it.
I would like to record as many instruments in stereo as possible, unless you change my mind.
I thought that a good idea to catch the essence of our "live sound" would be to run a dynamic in a sweet spot of our room to catch whatever reverb I can and put that in the mix for a little bit of color.
I intend on running the M30 straight into the 2488 and using the onboard compression and reverb for the mixing / mastering.
I have been lurking this site for quite some time and want to ask if there is anything else I need to know before I go into this journey, or if the experience itself through the process will be enough to learn what I need to get a good solid CD to sell on an upcoming mini tour.
I am not looking to get a commercial quality recording by any means. I figure I can produce a decent CD with the setup I have, but have a few questions: Should I have my mixes sent out to be mastered for a good finished product? Should I invest in a couple mic pre's? Any mics that I should have to capture the bass and mandolin? Any room positioning or spacial dampening I should install to get good takes? I am open to any and all suggestions and I am very excited to get started.
We are called These Pilgrims. I'd post a video of what we got, but the forum ain't lettin me. Sorry 'bout it.
I play in a 5 piece folkish (acoustic) band and have become too impatient to wait for our recording connections to come through, so I have entered the world of recording, hopefully in full swing, for a 5 song EP and beyond.
We have five players:
1 lead singer / guitar player,
1 standup bass player,
1 accordion player / singer,
1 mandolin player,
and I play guitar, sing, and use our accordion box as a bass drum with a tambourine on the 2's and 4's.
Our lead singer / guitar player has instead of a B and E string, an A and D string tuned to standard. Everyone else is normal.
I ran sound for church and a a ton of live shows and I have dabbled with some M-Box recordings and have a generally decent understanding of recording and what I need to do to get a relatively okay recording in terms of overdubbing and some compression/ equalization, etc.
I have a Tascam M30 that we have been using for live gigs and just recently picked up a first generation 2488 to record all 8 tracks on. I have an Audio Technica $100 special condenser, 2 SM57's, 2 SM58's, and a few other mics of no notable quality (not complete shit, but nothing fancy). Our live sound is very solid and is what I want to capture most. From what I have read on a few forums on the intranets, I think I will record rhythm guitar, bass, and maybe "drums" in one take and add vocals, guitar, and mandolin on top of it.
I would like to record as many instruments in stereo as possible, unless you change my mind.
I thought that a good idea to catch the essence of our "live sound" would be to run a dynamic in a sweet spot of our room to catch whatever reverb I can and put that in the mix for a little bit of color.
I intend on running the M30 straight into the 2488 and using the onboard compression and reverb for the mixing / mastering.
I have been lurking this site for quite some time and want to ask if there is anything else I need to know before I go into this journey, or if the experience itself through the process will be enough to learn what I need to get a good solid CD to sell on an upcoming mini tour.
I am not looking to get a commercial quality recording by any means. I figure I can produce a decent CD with the setup I have, but have a few questions: Should I have my mixes sent out to be mastered for a good finished product? Should I invest in a couple mic pre's? Any mics that I should have to capture the bass and mandolin? Any room positioning or spacial dampening I should install to get good takes? I am open to any and all suggestions and I am very excited to get started.
We are called These Pilgrims. I'd post a video of what we got, but the forum ain't lettin me. Sorry 'bout it.
