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Daenn
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Hey guys, haven't posted here in a while. Hope everyone is doing well. I have a new project and wouldn't mind a little input if anyone has a moment.
My band recently took our drummer into a studio and recorded drum tracks for 12 songs. We're too poor to do the entire thing there, but the we can do everything but drums on our own.
I've recorded tons and tons of songs on my own, but I've never recorded a full album. When we did the drums, every take of every song was on the same file. Sort of like having an analog reel I guess. This makes sense to me because when you get down to mixing phase, you'll have consistent mix and effects on many of the tracks, such as drums, and won't have to redo all your plugins per song. Also if you decide at some point, for example, the snare sound is awful, you can modify it in that one file and it will fix it on all the songs.
But is this really the best way to do it? My band is a sort of prog alternative hard rock band or something, and there will be a lot of varying guitar sounds and tracks and overdubs, so it's not like the guitars will be the same on every track (other than maybe rhythms), and the vocals maybe have different processing on different songs. I can see this file easily becoming a giant mess. I don't even know if my computer could handle that. I generally use 25-30 tracks when recording a song, which isn't a problem for logic, but with 12 songs I feel like it's going to become a mess. I know I could just save settings for plugins and reapply them in different song files, but that could be a hassle too.
I'm curious to hear how other people go about tracking albums, opposed to one song at a time. Any tips would be appreciated also.
Thanks guys!
My band recently took our drummer into a studio and recorded drum tracks for 12 songs. We're too poor to do the entire thing there, but the we can do everything but drums on our own.
I've recorded tons and tons of songs on my own, but I've never recorded a full album. When we did the drums, every take of every song was on the same file. Sort of like having an analog reel I guess. This makes sense to me because when you get down to mixing phase, you'll have consistent mix and effects on many of the tracks, such as drums, and won't have to redo all your plugins per song. Also if you decide at some point, for example, the snare sound is awful, you can modify it in that one file and it will fix it on all the songs.
But is this really the best way to do it? My band is a sort of prog alternative hard rock band or something, and there will be a lot of varying guitar sounds and tracks and overdubs, so it's not like the guitars will be the same on every track (other than maybe rhythms), and the vocals maybe have different processing on different songs. I can see this file easily becoming a giant mess. I don't even know if my computer could handle that. I generally use 25-30 tracks when recording a song, which isn't a problem for logic, but with 12 songs I feel like it's going to become a mess. I know I could just save settings for plugins and reapply them in different song files, but that could be a hassle too.
I'm curious to hear how other people go about tracking albums, opposed to one song at a time. Any tips would be appreciated also.
Thanks guys!
