live recording

[daveblue222]

hey

i plan to record an albums worth of material with my over the next few months. the lineup consists of 2 acoustics, acoustic bass, violin, trumpet, and drums (brushs, hotrods), vocals.

im not enitrely sure about recording everything seperate as we have always recorded demos live using stereo micing techniques etc... how should we go about recording, di the bass? record the drums first? (how would we do this without a drum booth and how could we stop the guitars bleeding through on the guide track?)

any tips/tricks would be much appreciated

thanks

-dave

 

[gecko zzed]

There are many ways of doing this. You will have to try and see which works best for you.

1 Record everything live to a single stereo track.

2 Record live, miking everything (perhaps DIing the bass), recording to separate tracks, mixing to taste afterwards, and mixing to taste afterwards.

3 Recording the basic rhythm parts live, then adding the leads afterwards.

4 Record a guide track (e.g. guitar and vocal), use this against which to record all the other parts, then trow away the guide track.

5 Some combination of all the above.

Spill that may arise from using the techniques above need not be a problem. After all, it is an inherent part of any live mix.

 

[leddy]

What kind of music is it?

 

[NYMorningstar]

hey



any tips/tricks would be much appreciated

thanks

-dave

What gecko zzed said and get someone else to do the tracking if you're one of the musicians.

 

[daveblue222]

the music is mix of acoustic/fingerstyle/country

main influences are bright eyes/nick drake/mississippi john hurt/johnny cash/ devendra banhart/classical guitar


thanks for the advice