digital recording, need some help

[kralco626]

ok i want to record digitally onto a computer.

I want to record a whole band (includeing vocals and drums)

SO... i have a few questions

1. what mics should i use? i have been told condencer mics would work? is this info accurate? ect.

2. Can i hook these mics directly up to my computer? and do the mixing ect. on the computer? Will these cause a lot of squality loss?

3. I would need to buy some type of sound card to do this... what type? I currently have a pice of crap...

I bielive if i were to get condencer mics and get a sound box to hook them up to and then the sound box/card would obviously be hooked to computer that might work?

YES?/NO?

compeatly wrong?/good idea?

Thanks for any help or advice

 

[blueroommusic]

blasphemer!!!!! to the newbie section with you.

 

[kralco626]

lol ya... something like that lol

but it said that if there was a dedicated forum for that topic to post in that forum rather than the newbie forum so i did

so um any advice sicne u seem to know so much more than me?

 

[scorpio01169]

ok i want to record digitally onto a computer.

I want to record a whole band (includeing vocals and drums)

SO... i have a few questions

1. what mics should i use? i have been told condencer mics would work? is this info accurate? ect.


This is really an unanswerable question. Go to a local studio with a good stock of mics. Buy a few hours of studio time. Ask them to record your voice using the following mics through a pop filter. Sing about one minute of the same song, but don't identify which mic your using on the track. Have the engineer keep track of each mic and which track it is. DO NOT LOOK AT THE TRACK SHEET. Mics to consider:

Rode's
Audio Technica's
AKG's
Shure SM-7
Sennheiser 421
Neumann TLM-103
Any Beyer ribbon mic
Shure SM-57

Any other mics they have in the below $1,000 price range (MXL, SP, Nady, etc.).

(If they have a U87, or other expensive mics, get recordings of those too, as a reference.)

Have a CD-R made. Go home, hide the track sheet, and listen to all the tracks for a week. Pick the tracks you thinks sounds best and write down the track numbers, then put the CD-R away for a week. DO NOT LOOK TO SEE WHICH MIC IT IS !

After a week,listen to it again and see if you still like the same tracks. If you choose different tracks, put the CD-R away for another week.

After a week, listen to it again and see if you still like the same tracks. When you pick the same tracks twice, a week apart, those are the mics for you. Get the track sheet and find out which mic they are. No cheating, and you can have other people choose as well.


2. Can i hook these mics directly up to my computer? and do the mixing ect. on the computer? Will these cause a lot of squality loss?


no you cant...you need a dedicated interface.....go to your local music store and try them out

3. I would need to buy some type of sound card to do this... what type? I currently have a pice of crap...

I bielive if i were to get condencer mics and get a sound box to hook them up to and then the sound box/card would obviously be hooked to computer that might work?

YES?/NO?


NO

compeatly wrong?/good idea?

Thanks for any help or advice



take a recording class...read some books take your time and learn all there is to know about the Art of recording....cause it is an art and not everyone should be doing it.