help on recording guitars & bass process

[devidmike]

I am new in home recording and production, i have a MOTU 8Pre system and using Nuendo3 as DAW.

I was reading about the process of recording electric guitars and bass because i will work with a swedish studio so they can produce (mix and master) the songs i will record but they are requesting me to use DI + 2 mic signals for guitars and bass. So i have some questions:

1) Which DI box would you recommend me that could be in a good quality but low budget ? Also can i use the same DI box for guitars and bass or do i have to buy one for each?

2) When recording electric guitars i have read that normally you do two takes and then pan them hard left and the other hard right to get the "wall effect" BUT these guys are requesting a DI take also so i have the following doubts:

- On each take on recording guitars i will have 3 tracks, one from the DI box, another from the dynamic mic and the last one for the condenser, all these tracks will be recorder at once...then i will have to record again the rhythm guitars with the same mic positions and i got 3 tracks again so i total i will have 6 tracks recorded for each rhythm guitar....3 panned to left and 3 panned to right. Is that ok?

- On recording the bass lines as far as i have understood i will have 3 tracks at the end, one from the DI box, other from the dynamic mic and the last one from the condenser mic. Also i will just do 1 take to record bass lines right?

I will really appreciate a lot your answers and tips.

Best regards

 

[rayc]

Use the search function to find threads about "recording bass" & "recording guitars" there a 100's of variations on the theme.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

I am new in home recording and production, i have a MOTU 8Pre system and using Nuendo3 as DAW.

Lose the pirated software and your tracks will sound MUCH better. .

i will work with a swedish studio so they can produce (mix and master) the songs i will record but they are requesting me to use DI + 2 mic signals for guitars and bass. So i have some questions:

You should be asking them, not us. But as long as you ask...

2) When recording electric guitars i have read that normally you do two takes and then pan them hard left and the other hard right to get the "wall effect" BUT these guys are requesting a DI take also

This is only a guess - like I say, you should be asking THEM these questions - but it sounds to me like what they are asking for is a variety of tracks so they can mix/match them as they see fit to get the best sound for the mix.

They don't want three separate tracks as part of a panning plan, necessarily, but simply to be able to choose the best possible track or combo of tracks to get the best sound for that single instrument for the mix.

In other words, for each part you want considered for the mix, you will have three different copies of each take, recorded simultaneously, two from different mics, one DI. And then you'll send them the three copies of the final take(s) of each track you want to send them. Then they will decide what to do with those copies, which ones to use or not use, etc. in order to get what they consider the best sound.

if you want to automatically choose hard-panned rhythm gits for your sound, then you would record each "side" as a separate take with the three copies of each take. This would make a total of six tracks that you're sending them, from which they would choose the best combination to get that kind of sound you're looking for.

The very first thing I'd do - after asking them these questions, of course - would be to come up with an agreed-upon naming scheme for the files so that they can tell immediately which file is what, because - assuming my interpretation is correct, your going to be sending them a lot of files, many of them sounding quite similar. Keeping them organized will be paramount to getting the project done efficiently.

G.