Click tracks and home recording rocks and What have you learned here?

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Thanks homerecording.com and all the peeps on it. Since joining this forum I have learned so much, way too much to list. All of it has sunk in at different times, but I often go back to previous threads to check out answers to questions I've asked and got some really great help with.

The most worthy thing to mention for me is making myself learn to play to a click track. Seems pretty simple, but I never had lessons so it never crossed my mind how important it was. Best thing I made myself learn. Also, you guys make me laugh.

What's the best thing you learned, or got out of the forum?
 
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Nice post. :)

I think the best thing I learned was to try to get the sound right at the source.
I can't say my technique is perfect; We're all still learning, but I used to just get any old recording done with this idea that problems could be fixed 'in the mix'.

If you go in with that attitude, you'll be chasing your tail for a long time.
Seems so obvious, huh? :facepalm:
 
Steenamaroo said:
Nice post. :)

I think the best thing I learned was to try to get the sound right at the source.
I can't say my technique is perfect; We're all still learning, but I used to just get any old recording done with this idea that problems could be fixed 'in the mix'.

If you go in with that attitude, you'll be chasing your tail for a long time.
Seems so obvious, huh? :facepalm:
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True dat. I reckon what everyone says in reply to this post will be something I agree with, but getting the recording right at the source is a massive one for sure. I was listening to my very first recordings just a few hours ago. They sound so freaking bad. I'm pretty sure I'll be saying the same thing in a year's time about the stuff I do now, but I don't mind really, keeps me busy. :D
 
I learnt that other people's ears are better than mine, and that I didn't sound as bad as I thought I did. :)
 
I've learned that whatever I've learned so far is only the beginning! There's so much more to learn coz the puter world advances so quickly, as soon as I think I got it, damn thing moves on again & I'm now using the old method!
But boy am I enjoying!
:guitar::D
 
The best thing I learned is that everyone here's sense of humor is harsh and makes them all come off as dicks, even though they're just trying to help.

If I hadn't learned that, well shoot, I'd have totally missed out on about 95% of what Greg has taught me. :laughings: :p
 
MrWrenchey said:
The best thing I learned is that everyone here's sense of humor is harsh and makes them all come off as dicks, even though they're just trying to help.

If I hadn't learned that, well shoot, I'd have totally missed out on about 95% of what Greg has taught me. :laughings: :p
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I haven't felt this at all. But I can't discount that I might have escaped too much harshness on account of being a chick. :D

The first feedback I got on my music was from family and friends, but after 3 songs I got well sick of hearing, 'it's really good' and nothing else. It's not their fault. They just had no idea, and neither did I.

It wasn't until I came on this forum that I started to improve my playing and recording.

What's great is that everyone still puts in the effort to give me stuff to work on. Every time I put a new song out I learn something new. Folks on here are more dedicated than my family.
 
Armistice said:
I learnt that other people's ears are better than mine, and that I didn't sound as bad as I thought I did. :)
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Definitely you don't sound bad, opposite in fact. True though, the additional ears are fantastic. When I've heard something 100+ times my ears just accept/ignore the problems. I post it on here, someone will mention something/s, I'll have another listen and wonder how the hell I didn't hear that myself.
 
"What's great is that everyone still puts in the effort to give me stuff to work on. Every time I put a new song out I learn something new. Folks on here are more dedicated than my family."

There is much to be said there^^.

Yeah, some members here may seem a bit arrogant, but even if they are - they are here right? Giving free advice. Props to that.

It seems to me that it is people who are hard headed, and unwilling to take advice, that get put off by someone giving honest opinion. That to me is the bad kind of arrogance.


I can't even begin to state how much I have learned from members of this community. Saw/heard some really funny stuff too. :)
 
I think one of the biggest things I learned here was about the tracking levels. Gettin em lower actually helped me get louder punchier CD's.
Another thing is the importance of the room.

Most of all, I'd say it's the folks here that keep me coming back.
Good people, I'd say. "woof"!
:)
 
I've learned more stuff here than I'm going to go into right now. Because I tend to think that most people have a valid view if they've done something that has worked for them, even if it runs counter to commonly held views of the moment.
Long before I sent anyone here copies of stuff I'd done, I noticed that having so many people around that were so opinionated but also who recorded good songs made me want to work harder at pretty much everything I was doing.
There are beneficial sides to peer pressure.
 
I've learned there is more to a song than just strumming some strings and singing a few words. And if I want it to sound good, I've got to play the parts good.

There are so many talented musicians and songwriters here. They keep bar set high and the learning curve steep. :)
 
When I started out recording in my home, about a year before I joined this board, I just thought I was crazy. Now, I no longer think I am crazy, just eccentric.

And of naturally, I have learned many new things, but more importantly, have a place to ask.
 
Home recording.com enables the ordinary, anonymous Joe or Josephine to learn about recording, mixing, mastering, writing, selling and other aspects of music, freely and at one's own pace and {in general} without giving the feeling that it's a divine and mysterious art, open only to the elite selected few. That may well mean that overall, the standard of music gets dumbed down over time, but I'm a believer in the notion that those that continually turn out 'crap' don't carry on whereas those who really love creating music and recording it for posterity do and get better at it. And the cream does eventually rise to the top.
 
fritsthegirl said:
The first feedback I got on my music was from family and friends, but after 3 songs I got well sick of hearing, 'it's really good' and nothing else. It's not their fault. They just had no idea, and neither did I.
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Yep, we're better than your family. Remember that, because eventually you'll have to choose.
 
I have reached a conclusion, if you are not in the creative process of making music (mixing, recording, whatever), feedback is very limited. I have decided only to ask for feedback from those who understand and are active in the process.

For those who are not, they just get to determine, hey I like it, no I don't. I really have stopped soliciting feedback from them. Just hey here it is, they just become listeners. I've stopped asking for feedback from them.
 
It's true.
I have to groups of feedback-givers.

People on here, and people like them, are going to give good, useful, constructive, educated criticism about the balance and sound of the mix.
Friends and family are going to tell me if a song is catchy, or if it would fit in on radio.

These things we learn. :p
 
Steenamaroo said:
I think the best thing I learned was to try to get the sound right at the source.
I can't say my technique is perfect; We're all still learning, but I used to just get any old recording done with this idea that problems could be fixed 'in the mix'.
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I agree with this 100%. I used to press record and that take/sound was it. Although I had good fun for years, I never really recorded anything I was proud of, as a recording. Just shitty sounding demos.

Gain staging and mic positioning are the 2 most important things I've learned from this forum. I've read so much and gained so much knowledge from this place that I could never list it all. Credit and respect to the great members of HR.

I've been a long time lurker of this place and a member since 2008 and I'm quite proud of the fact that I've only ever asked 2 questions. Full proof that nearly all the questions are already answered, just got to search.

I've only started 20 threads in all my time here.....I'm slacking!

:thumbs up:
 
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