Question On "Mixing Down"

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Ok, I am recording live onto a CD-R standalone deck. I plug all my instruments into my mixer and then hook the mixer into the CD-R. Now that the music is on the CD, how do I mix down the music and re-record it? I know I have to mess with my mixer to mix the sound, but how do I send the music to the mixer so I can hear what I am doing? When I do send the sound to the mixer and mess with it, do I just press record on the CD-R again, and I just record at the same time I mix? Please tell me what to do! Thanks.
 
Your stuck with everything you recorded 'as is'. That's what people were trying to tell you before.

You need a multitrack recorder.
 
On a multitrack you can record several tracks at the same time (for ex 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24 tracks). On an ordinary cdrecorder, you can record 2 tracks, left and right.

So, the way you would work with a multitrack: you record the kickdrum on one track, the snare on one track, toms on one track each, overhead left and right on a track each, bass on a track, and so on. So each instrument on one track.

Then after the recording is done, you put each track seperately to one input of your mixer, and mix them. So you can EQ every track seperetaly, define the balance (left/right) for each track seperately, and the volume for each track.
 
Ok, so basically, what I intend to do, is a VERY bad idea.
 
Yes very very bad! But since that's what you intend to do, who can stop you ? Please, reconsider before it's too late. Before you hurt yourself.
 
There's nothing at all wrong with 2-track recording..... if that is your intented way of recording - it can work very well!

It does have the limitation of not being able to separate individual tracks afterwards though.... so if that's important to you (as implied by your original post), then live-to-2-track recording is NOT the method you should be using............

You have to be aware of the application before you choose a recording method!
 
drummerdoug86, that's a great article. It sure is an eye-opener. I've heard of even award winning recordings of recent that were done on 2 tracks, but I guess I never really took it seriously because it's so risky - the magic would seem to disappear if you even had to do a second take, much less third...fourth... All those ducks would have to be lined up perfectly to pull that off.

I'd have to say that it's not for me right now, but I'd hope that it could be some day :)

When the article referred to "Holly" is that Holly Berry (sp?)?
 
"Just read this article. Though it was pretty interesting. Check it out. "

Consider the source of the article.
Are you another Laskow plant? If so, I'm tellin Gidge! He's the Spam Marshall around these parts!

According to the "article" (pitch), their two-track direct recording was done with 25 musicians! If you have 25 musicians, a room large enough to record them in, 25 mics, pres,etc., the engineering chops to get it all in one take, I say GO FOR IT! Then send your CD into Taxiscam and become rich and famous.
Wassamatta Laskow......running out of marks?:D
 
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