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vegasdrummer
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I am in a semi-Progressive/Death Metal band. Let me explain my dilemma and maybe someone here can help me, for a price of course.
I have played drums and/or guitar in bands for a long time. Anytime it ever came down to record, it was a studio setting with Engineers doing the technical stuff and me just playing. I have stepped into the home-recording/digital world all at once, and I had talked to my guitar player about finding an outside mixing source, since we suck terribly at it. It's just he and I, btw.
Here's my "studio" setup:
- Windows XP PC
- Cakewalk Sonar 3.0
- Midiman Delta 66 Soundcard (4 ins, 4 outs)
- Alesis D4 Drum Module
- Cheap Triggers
- Pod XT
I also have a Peavey Unity 2000 16-Channel board, but I only use it for mics.
I think I'm getting decent sounds, but once I have them, I suck.
For Drums, I trigger'd an acoustic kit using an Alesis D4 module and cheap-o triggers from Musician's Friend. I had to go back and re-dub a lot of parts that the triggers didn't pick up, but it seemed to work okay. I put an SM-57 overhead of the kit to get the cymbals, and it seemed to work...well, better than nothing
Certainly not as good as a Condenser mic, but I have spent as much on equipment as I want to spend, and I just want to get through a few recordings to see if I'm even going in the right direction before I spend any more.
For Guitars, my guitar player has a Pod XT that we both are still trying to figure out, it's working decent enough, but it's hard to tell when our speakers suck.
ANYWAY, if anyone would be interested in taking the sounds that I get and mixing them for us:
1. What would you charge?
2. How would you want the files? Right now they're in Cakewalk format, can you convert them to whatever you use, or can you separate them out of a wav if I mix it down or what? (I'm a complete novice, sorry!)
For a trial, maybe I could just send you the Drum Tracks and you can tell me if they're even workable?
If you'd take a look and see what you can do, I would be happy to pay you, just let me know!
bloodofthepriest@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance,
Jeremy
I have played drums and/or guitar in bands for a long time. Anytime it ever came down to record, it was a studio setting with Engineers doing the technical stuff and me just playing. I have stepped into the home-recording/digital world all at once, and I had talked to my guitar player about finding an outside mixing source, since we suck terribly at it. It's just he and I, btw.
Here's my "studio" setup:
- Windows XP PC
- Cakewalk Sonar 3.0
- Midiman Delta 66 Soundcard (4 ins, 4 outs)
- Alesis D4 Drum Module
- Cheap Triggers
- Pod XT
I also have a Peavey Unity 2000 16-Channel board, but I only use it for mics.
I think I'm getting decent sounds, but once I have them, I suck.
For Drums, I trigger'd an acoustic kit using an Alesis D4 module and cheap-o triggers from Musician's Friend. I had to go back and re-dub a lot of parts that the triggers didn't pick up, but it seemed to work okay. I put an SM-57 overhead of the kit to get the cymbals, and it seemed to work...well, better than nothing
Certainly not as good as a Condenser mic, but I have spent as much on equipment as I want to spend, and I just want to get through a few recordings to see if I'm even going in the right direction before I spend any more.For Guitars, my guitar player has a Pod XT that we both are still trying to figure out, it's working decent enough, but it's hard to tell when our speakers suck.
ANYWAY, if anyone would be interested in taking the sounds that I get and mixing them for us:
1. What would you charge?
2. How would you want the files? Right now they're in Cakewalk format, can you convert them to whatever you use, or can you separate them out of a wav if I mix it down or what? (I'm a complete novice, sorry!)
For a trial, maybe I could just send you the Drum Tracks and you can tell me if they're even workable?
If you'd take a look and see what you can do, I would be happy to pay you, just let me know!
bloodofthepriest@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance,
Jeremy
