Alright!!! Finally have started a mixdown gig for my new client after my week from hell trying to get the computer to record 24 bit files properly.
Anyway, this is about 2 1/2 mins. of a song we are almost done mixing. Spent about 5 hours so far on the mix, and about 1 hour of that was trying to chase down some elusive snare drum sound the client wanted. He just wound up wanting what was there....
. 2.44MB 128kbs MP3 file. The mp3 was encoded at 128kbs because I didn't want to spend all damn morning uploading it. So, some of the depth is gone, but it still sounds pretty decent at 128. I will be finishing the mix today and will upload a full version of the mix at 192kbs, but, if you choose to go back and download that one, be prepared, it is 6.75MB!!!
Anyway, just a short history about the tracking, which I didn't do, but was done by a producer I work with all the time. All was recorded on ADAT XT-20's using ART and TL Audio mic pre's. There was a bunch of different mic's used, but mostly it was SM-57's, AT 4033's, RE 27 n/d, C-1000 S, Tascam PE 125, and a few others. Like I say, I didn't track it so am not sure about all the tracking production.
All was mixed to my computer using my new Lynx One card. I am using a recording program Lynx sent me to test the card. The application is so simple, you just pick a sampling rate, a bit depth, and where to record the file to. Then you just see the input meters and transport controls. So simple. I am using this program to record now because of the very low overhead on the system. I don't really need anything more then it provides to record mixes, so why not?
Anyway, I didn't do any mastering except to convert the bit depth and sampling rate from 24/48 to 16/44.1 so I could encode the mp3.
Enjoy.
Ed Rei
Echo Star Studio
www.echostarstudio.com
[This message has been edited by sonusman (edited 03-07-2000).]
