fstrat76: Thanks So Much!!! Please Answer A Few More Questions
Thanks again. Great Advice.
So if I mic my keyboard through my good amp (Fender twin reverb, all tube) to record a track in my Cubase LE software program. Then it gets recorded as an audio track, just like vocals, amping my guitar or bass, etc.
Now the question is, will this produce as good of sound vs. my recording the keyboard direct through my interface (which goes to my computer) by connecting my midi cables and all that so it becomes a midi track.
I have never found a plug in/synthesized instrument or effect on my computer that even comes close to the real sound of a "live," real time instrument, amp, good quality mic to record to, etc.
Do you feel the same or am I living in the old days? I still think anything recorded audio far surpasses in quality the sound from midi instruments/effects. If this weren't true, try comparing a real great singer that you record through a mic (audio), which is the only way you can do that anyway, with a synthesized vocal sound. Can't work.
Also, try matching a digital, computerized instrument (with amp simulators and effects, whatever) with the sound of great expensive speakers you record live and there's no comparison with the rich, deep, authentic sound you get from micing live instruments and amps. Do you agree?
You can mic you midi devices this way too to record them as audio tracks (keyboard, orchestra instruments, drum machines, etc.) Again, no comparison when I mic them through a good mic, good speakers, and record them this way as audio tracks (even though they are from midi devices). No computer software program can compare in the sound you record (even though you can do more editiing if you just chose to save the track as a midi recording).
Do you agree or not agree? Hey, 90% of live, big name bands (or solo artists) who play live concerts use 75%-100% of audio-type instruments (vocals, guitar, bass, etc.) when they perform. They don't show up without their gear and just have a computer software program play their parts and they only sing live. Look at Metallica. See any midi instruments when they perform? Answer: none.
I can see where computers can balance sounds vis the digital mixers for live bands, but the actual music is all real, audio sounds.
If this is all true (and most albums/singles involves "real" singers, guitars, bass, sax, keyboards), then why even record in the midi mode?
Can't you still edit, mix, and master with a computer software program with audio tracks as easily as you can if you were dealing with midi tracks? If not, then how do you explain the great vocals from all these great bands or solo singers that have hit records when the vocals cam't be a midi production to begin with? All those vocals have to be edited or mixed as audio tracks, right?
Mike Freze