Better to record 1 track at a time?

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My question is this.

I have a five piece band. Bass, Drums, 2 Guitars (Rythmn and Lead), and Vocals. We are recording an album on my Tascam 424MkIII. However, we are still deciding if it would be better to record all the tracks at once live, or to record Vocals, then guitar 1, etc....?
 
Greykitkat36 said:
My question is this.

I have a five piece band. Bass, Drums, 2 Guitars (Rythmn and Lead), and Vocals. We are recording an album on my Tascam 424MkIII. However, we are still deciding if it would be better to record all the tracks at once live, or to record Vocals, then guitar 1, etc....?
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It depends. In the early days, they used to record all in one "take". To my ears it sounded so "live" and "natural". Multitracking brought with it more "polish", ability to "tweak" things in the post production and such .. So ... if you want the listener to feel like a "fly on the wall" hearing you and your band "live" then do it all at once. If done right, it can sound way cool but know that usually post production work, such as compression, reverb, eq etc .. will be very limited, as you will have to set all these things up before hand. "Old time" recording can be cool though but difficult to set up properly. Multitracking is a much simpler process but may sound less "natural". For example, a band should follow the voice, in order for it to sound natural, and not the other way around. But, recording "live" is sometimes not the best idea, technically speaking. Again, it depends.

Daniel
 
Tape is cheap, my friends! Do it both ways, and decide what sound best describes your band member's music.

I record alotta solo stuff, just me, myself and I. I rarely use one track at a time.
 
I only multitrack, it's the only way to have control over the mix, for fixing and tweaking. Live is great if you're performing live and want to make a "live at......cd" otherwise do multi.
Terry
 
There is no point in using a multitrack recorder if you are going to record all in one take. Use your mixdown recorder -- it will be one generation "cleaner."
 
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