I Suck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fenderlikingood]

i've been recording my drums 3 channels to one track. sounded good to me, but i have been reading alot in here and slowly learning, and all of a sudden i want to be able to control the level of each mic upon mix down or bounce. ok, so from what i have gathered i can record each mic(channel) to an individual track and then raise or lower the levels on mixdown or bounce, oh yeah im recording on a 424 analog 4 track so i guess i will be bouncing to one track. heres where recording technique help is needed.

bottom line is I SUCK!!!!! at trying to play the drum parts without listening to the rest of the song( the guitar part at least) through the headphones. so i have been recording the guitar part first to one track which only leaves me 3 tracks. can i record the guitar part, then cue it , and lets say listen to it while one of the drum channels is recording over the guitar part and still have a track to bounce to??????????? or can i bounce three tracks to the track that already has the guitar part???????? IM DUMB FOUNDED

im recording with 2 overheads and a kick.

anything would be appreciated.
thanks.

 

[chessrock]

Fret no more, my friend.

Help has arrived:

1) Look at yourself in the mirror, and repeat after me: "I do not suck." There. Feel better? Look, we've all been there. You didn't learn to be a drummer or guitar player overnight. And hell, the fact that you can play two instruments puts you ahead of about 99% of the people on this board, musically.

1) Alright, so we got 4 tracks. Let's record a click track to track one. If you don't have a drum machine or metronome that can do that for you, then you're SOL. Just kidding. If you don't have anything you can use as a click track, then try recording yourself playing the guitar and stomping the beat with your foot really hard. I know it sounds funny, but it's important.

2) Assuming you have a click track recorded to track 1, now try laying down your guitar part to track 2, playing along with the click track on your headphones (sorry if I'm stating the obvious, here).

Now, mix/bounce your click track and guitar track down to track 4. This will be your reference track. If you didn't actually get a hold of a click track and went with the foot-stomping thing instead, then use that as your reference.

3) Free up tracks 1-3 (erase whatever you have recorded on them). Now you can record your drums on tracks 1-3 while piping track 4 (reference) through your cans.

4) Erase your reference track (track 4), and mix/bounce your drums (recorded on tracks 1-3) down to track 4.

Now you drums are bounced on to one mono track (4), and mixed just the way you want them. Now you can erase tracks 1-3.

You now have one mono track for drums, and 3 tracks freed up for guitar or whaterver.

 

[fenderlikingood]

ohhh yeah!!!!!!!!!

CHESSROCK!!!
thank you!

great info , exactly what i was looking for, i can even understand what your talking about, awesome.

except for one thing( and here comes the newbie in me) how do i erase a track, DAH!!!!!

do i pick the track i want to erase, then just hit record(with the mic line switch in the tape position) will this do it.
man i just dont know, but im learning thanks to guys like you.

thanks a pant load!!! <<<<<<<<<<<<ewwwwww

 

[chessrock]

I wish I could help you out there, but it's going to be different depending on on what kind of recorder you're using.

How 'bout this: Instead of erasing the tracks, you can just record over them instead.

Keep it up, and don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. It's the only way you learn anything.