Digital Recorder/mixing Question

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Hi,
I am in a band and we are hoping to start recording a 5 track EP type thing soon. We were going to have it done by Stuart Anstis, former Cradle of Filth guitarist, but he has a very tight schedule at the moment and we are bottom of it!

Anyway, our guitarist has recently got a digital ?? track recorder and we are hoping to record on this.

My question is, would we be able to create a good sound from just this recorder or would it be best to mix it on a PC (I have Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 but am pretty useless at mixing etc).

Also could someone give me a rough idea of what it would cost to have a studio mix and master 5 tracks (all about 3-4 mins with guitar, bass, drums, vocals, backing vocals and a few samples) as I may consider having it done 'properly'.

Thanks in Advance
Simon Wall
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hiya there,

it's rootin-tootin' skip-along happy sweetnubs here at your service. tell you what, if you don't know what kind of deck you have i'd suggest just going into a studio. because if you don't know what kind of deck you have, you probably don't know what kind of mics you have, where to point them, how to set your gain structure, how to mix, etc. etc. etc. by the time you can afford to buy enough good equipment and gain the experience necessary to know how to use it, you could have finished your album years ago. ok. so get revved up and practice practice practice! it will make you feel ALIVE. ALIVE and TRANSFORMED! a studio will run you probably minimum $450 per day. it will cost you as much as your band sucks! if your good you'll track fast, if you wear out the engineers "punch" finger, it's gonna cost you a lot. don't let it control YOU! you can CONTROL IT! YES with the power contained in this pill you can CONTROL the urge to build a HOME STUDIO! i've seen bands do mostly first takes all playing together and finish tracking in two hours! yes in-deedley doo! and i've seen some craptastic guitarist take days to track one part after cutting, pasting, punching, time stretching, etc. so my new buddy, round the gang up, practice 'till you you can 'shred like a rock-monster and go to a professional studio. hear the pro SOUND! get the pro RESULTS! willy nilly, you will feel great and ALIVE! ALIVE and EMPOWERED!
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thanks

Thanks for the advice. I don't know the deck we got as it's new and it's not actually mine, it was just a general sort of question about the mixing.

I'm also not sure about the mics we'd be using as they are being borrowed from Stuart Anstis, but they are all 'proper' mics suitable for what we need them for, it's just that Stu can't actually record the tracks for us due to time restrictions.

Your right by saying that I won't know where to position the mics, but I found a great tut on the drum micing and I hope to find a few more.

Not sure what we'll be doing yet as we may be able to get Stuart to mix and master it for us just not be able to actually record it, or he may be able to record it just not with his equipment. I'm not really too sure on the situation at the moment as I have got about 4th hand information, but thanks for your advice!

Simon
 
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