My recording setup. Tell me what you think!

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Here is my setup that my band will use for recording demo songs for our friends. I know that the sound quality probably will not be the best but tell me what you think and how the sound will come out.

Guitar, Bass, Drum Mics, Vocal Mics, Keyboard-------Mixer------Koss Dual Deck CD-Recorder.

Any comments will be appreciated. Thanks.
 
OK

So basically you will recording live straight through????
 
That's a pretty vague description (the specific components do make a pretty big difference). Theoretically it looks like you are all set for 'live to tape'.

CD recorders aren't really that great for live recording unfortunately.
 
What are the other types of recording? I guess I am "recording live" as you guys say. What other types of recording are there?
 
Multitrack recording using sound modules, samplers, keyboards, AND combinging that with live instruments. (drums, guitars, etc.)

Boy, u r a newbie! :)
 
As opposed to DAW recording. Essentially what you would do is track all of your instruments through the mixer and into a computer (assuming you're using the mixer for it's pre's). Tweak the tracks on your computer and apply plug-ins as necessary. You can then mix down to a single stereo track and dither to CD format (depending on what you recorded at), send that through the mixer to adjust the levels or just send the soundcard outs directly to the Koss deck to record.
 
ok, drummerdoug86..... tell me about the comuter you are typing on right now. What is it, Who's is it.. what are its specs.. how big are its hard drives... ETC. IN DETAIL.

What you have is the equivalent of setting up a tape recorder in the room and taping a rehearsal... it can be good... but it can only be SO good. Keep doing it. But soon we will move you into track-at-a-time multitracking.

xoxo
 
Alright my computer specs below:

Pentium III @ 1 ghz

20 GB hard drive

8x12x4(I Think) CD-R

192 MB RAM

It is my computer

SoundBlaster PCI Sound Card

DSL Internet

Ok, thats pretty much it.
 
TexRoadkill said:
That's a pretty vague description (the specific components do make a pretty big difference). Theoretically it looks like you are all set for 'live to tape'.

CD recorders aren't really that great for live recording unfortunately.
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I thought the same... However... My dad used his Teac dual-well burner to record some of his songs (one-man-band type shit)... All he was using was his J200 copy, an SM58, a Roland Human Rhythm Machine, through a Roland powered mixer and then RCA line-in to the CD burner... It came out damned impressive! Maybe one of these days I'll post mp3s... somewhere...
 
It would be easier for one individual to do a direct to CD burn as he has more control over all of the levels.

If you've got four or five guys doing this all at once direct, all it takes is one enthusiastic note on the bass or an overly aggresive cymbal crash to send your levels through the roof unless you squash the piss out of it with compression. And you know what that sounds like.

I'm not saying it can't or shouldn't be done. It's just a little trickier to do.

CD's aren't as forgiving as tape and they don't saturate well at all.
 
Hmmm... I see your point... It aaallllllll maaaakeesssss sseeeeensee..... hehe
 
tf5_bassist said:


I thought the same... However... My dad used his Teac dual-well burner to record some of his songs (one-man-band type shit)... All he was using was his J200 copy, an SM58, a Roland Human Rhythm Machine, through a Roland powered mixer and then RCA line-in to the CD burner... It came out damned impressive! Maybe one of these days I'll post mp3s... somewhere...
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I'm not saying a CD burner won't work or sound good. The problem with stand alone CD burners is that they are prone to errors because of vibrations and when recording bands with a drummer and bass player that should be a concern.

Direct to 2track can work fine. I would rather record that way than on a crappy cassette multitrack. Sometimes it's a good way to get up and running quickly if you can't afford everything at once.
 
Your computer specs should be able to handle a mutli track recording setup. Perhaps something from http://cakewalk.com would be in order. Like other users said, you're pretty much doing things live all in 1 take, wiht no editing! Using a pc and audio software you could record several takes and use the best one.
 
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