How do they do this in professional studios?

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Having never really seen a band record, and having done all my stuff as a soloist, i am not fully clued up on this:

Say there is a four peice band: bass, drums, guitar and vox.

Do they all perform together and record together
or
Do they record all the instruments and then the vox
or
Does each instrument play in their own little room together?

If someone could just give me an example using said four peice band, i can sleep easy.

cheers.
 
Unfortunately, I think the answer to your questions will be:

Yes.
Yes.
Yes.

There is no right way. Whatever is most comfortable for you and the band is probably the rightest way you'll find.

Slackmaster 2000
 
Slack is exactly correct.


And what I see alot in studio's is a full band playing together (the drummer playing along with a click......

And then they replace the bass, and guitars and vox all with seperate overdubs.....Taking good time to find good miking techiniqes and guitar effects etc...

So, thats sort of a mixture.....


I think they say, that way, they keep the "vibe" or something..... Although, I don't TOTALLY buy that ideal..:)


Personally, I prefer to track everything seperately... including some drums....I always take drummers cymbals away from him and over dub them later...

Been in lots of dummer-engineer fights this way... but fortunately (for me), my stubborness and quest for perfection always wins... :D
 
There's no standard or set way. For the absolute maximum in isolation, everyone either tracks in isolation booth/rooms or tracks one at a time but sometimes that can be a bit sterile. All at the same time sometimes is the only way to "groove". It's all good.
 
How?

Recorded everyway. But like has been stated, whatever feels right. Isolated tracks DO make for a sterile enviroment, and whoever it was that said the grove is THERE when laying the basic trak together knows what they are talking about. But in any event, whatever is easiest for you.
 
Wow...

Greetings,


VOXVENDER you take their cymbals away...don't that make them REALLY cranky??

Granted I have only ever played with 4 dummers in my life, but for the love of God none of them could get through a song with a click...nevermind overdubbing stuff....thats mind boggling.

SirRiff
 
VOXVENDOR said:
Slack is exactly correct.

Personally, I prefer to track everything seperately... including some drums....I always take drummers cymbals away from him and over dub them later...

Been in lots of dummer-engineer fights this way... but fortunately (for me), my stubborness and quest for perfection always wins... :D
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YOU EVIL EVIL MAN.....if you took my cymbles from me youd have the worst fight on your hands..how can you do such things to us poor drummers...coombine that with puttin mics in the most obtrusive place possible...ggggrrrr i hate engineer types who dont understand drummers.i mean we spend hours tuning a kit to perfection only to have some guy come up and cover the skins in about 500 rolls of gaffa your all evil ya hear evil!!!!
 
Sorry That you guys don't agree with that...

But It's the way I work...


Im not dealing with awesome drummers... Im usually dealing with garage bands and usually the drummers are much less than perfect.... I find alot of novice drummers are light on the skins and crash the cymbals with stick-breaking power....

Im sure if I had Neil Peart or someone in my studio with the aptitude that allows thoughts about how hard to hit each drum, then I would probably "allow" the drums to be recorded as a full kit...
 
How bout that gorilla goo stuff??

Or filling the snare with cotton balls??

Or the pillow in the kick??

Man am I glad I'm a vocalist. :D
 
what are you recording this band on?what kind of equipment do you have?is it a four track analog,or a twenty four track digital?it would make a little difference in the methods i used?do you have use of a studio with seperate rooms and microphone set ups,different accustics?what's your set up,man?
 
My best experience in the studio was with the three-piece band I played for during my college years.

We started by all three of us "jamming" the song together, to keep the "groove" or "vibe," while recording Chris' (our drummer) tracks. If he made a mistake during any song we re-rehearsed until he got the timing down and without mistakes.

Then Greg (our guitarist/singer) recorded his guitar tracks to the drum track laid down by Chris.

Next, I played my bass lines along with the pre-recorded drum and guitar tracks.

Afterwards, we all laid down our vocals in separate sound booths.

The whole experience was pretty fun and short-lived, but definitely worth it.

Peace,

Randall
 
I have a question here.
I read in the clinic that someone says the mix sounds 'Muddy'.
Can this be due to recording everyone at one time and the sounds over lapping in the mics?

Some songs sound so good, then others muddy or cluttered. I'd like to know what causes the mud in a mix.
 
zip said:
How bout that gorilla goo stuff??

Or filling the snare with cotton balls??

Or the pillow in the kick??

Man am I glad I'm a vocalist. :D
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gorilla snot is a kind of temporary adhesive to prevent sticks from slippin(or at least thats what its used for in over here)

snare with cotton balls?either youve got a ton of cotton balls or a very small snare....ive never heard of that being done...besides it'd take away the natural resonance of the instrument by filling in the place that is supposed to be hollow

pillow in the kick...i thought that was standard practice other wise you get this evil as hell ringing noise
 
drummer1000 said:


gorilla snot is a kind of temporary adhesive to prevent sticks from slippin(or at least thats what its used for in over here)

snare with cotton balls?either youve got a ton of cotton balls or a very small snare....ive never heard of that being done...besides it'd take away the natural resonance of the instrument by filling in the place that is supposed to be hollow

pillow in the kick...i thought that was standard practice other wise you get this evil as hell ringing noise
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I've seen gorilla snot used in pro studios to slightly dampen ringing toms...vs tape which can sometimes take the life outta them...

Although I've never tried it (I don't own drums) this is another studio trick w/ the cotton balls to really deaden the sound. I'm recording a band here next week. I wonder if I can convince the drummer to try it.

And yes...pillows are standard. :p
 
Everybody is right there is no set way. However lately I have been laying down bass, drums, and acoustic together because it seems to add to the song and not make it sound so programmed.
But I have also tracked individually as well. last week I tracked everything with a click track then brought in a drummer to play with what I already tracked. WHATEVER MAKES YOU HAPPY.
 
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