Recording General Knowledge Needed

[rrogers]

I am wanting to record some decent demos for my band. We have three members: a drummer, a bassist, and a guitarist/vocalist. It's your basic three man rock band. I have an 8 channel mixer with the ability to adjust eq's and send an output to a computer as well as all your other common mixer uses, I am using Magix Music Maker 16 for my computer program. We are using an electronic drum kit, and the bass amp has an output jack to send to the mixer. However, my guitar amp does not have an output and I need to know what type of microphone I need to record it with, as well as what type of microphone i need to record vocals with. I'm wanting to record all the instruments at once to get a simple live take. Should I do the vocals on a seperate take or is it possible to do them at the same time as the instruments are being recorded? Basically, my main question is how do i record live with microphones and manage to get the mics to only pick up what is in front of it without getting bleed from the other sounds going on during the take. Any help would be appreciated!

 

[kidkage]

I am wanting to record some decent demos for my band. We have three members: a drummer, a bassist, and a guitarist/vocalist. It's your basic three man rock band. I have an 8 channel mixer with the ability to adjust eq's and send an output to a computer as well as all your other common mixer uses, I am using Magix Music Maker 16 for my computer program. We are using an electronic drum kit, and the bass amp has an output jack to send to the mixer. However, my guitar amp does not have an output and I need to know what type of microphone I need to record it with, as well as what type of microphone i need to record vocals with. I'm wanting to record all the instruments at once to get a simple live take. Should I do the vocals on a seperate take or is it possible to do them at the same time as the instruments are being recorded? Basically, my main question is how do i record live with microphones and manage to get the mics to only pick up what is in front of it without getting bleed from the other sounds going on during the take. Any help would be appreciated!

A Shure SM57 will take care of your amp micing needs as well as vocals. It's the "industry standard"

If you only have one mic you'll have no other choice but to do the vocals separately
but as long as you've got more than one mic and can sing and play fine then there is no reason for you not to record live if you want to

 

[kidkage]

And bleed into a SM57 is minimal. The bleed in rate on most dynamic mics is so low that it doesnt matter in the recording of a song, especially since you plan on recording live.

 

[grimtraveller]

You're going to get some bleed from your guitar into your vocal mic if you record live but if you turn the amp away from your vocal mic, that can help to cut down some of the bleed. If you check back on the newbie, microphone and guitars forums, you'll find such an abundance of opinion on useable guitar amp and vocal mics. Personally, I experiment with everything and use whatever is at hand. Of course, results vary. But where you place your mics as well as your mic technique as a singer play a 'not to be overlooked or skimped on' part too.