Recording Help

[pllcoolj]

Hey all,

my question is on the other end of the spectrum as the JMC Academy question. I have done quite a bit of live work with a band as their sound man, and now they are looking to invest in some home recording gear instead of going into studio again. they were not happy with their last project that they spent alot of money on. anyway, before i get thrown into this and everybody yelling at me because i don't know what the hell i am doing, i'd like to get some kind of crash course on recording. i don't want to relocate, and i don't want to spend thousands of dollars. any suggestions?

pllcoolj

 

[manning1]

heres how i would do it.
you can get a athlon pc which will do 40 tracks.
and mix the band to cd.
(check out powertracks that i use from pgmusic.com. talk to users on the forum if you dont believe its great for 49 bucks).
you will need a bunch of preamps or a mixer. and probably if you want to record the musicians to different tracks on the pc a multi input sound card like a delta and some mics.
and some sort of headphone distribution system and headphones of course and monitors (eg yorkvilles).
ONE IMPORTANT THING I NEED TO KNOW IS HOW MANY MUSICIANS YOU WANT TO RECORD TO SEPERATE TRACKS AT THE SAME TIME.
because there are cheap and expensive solutions.
you should probably budget around 2k to 2.5k for this approach.

 

[LRosario]

Pro's and cons:


Pro: You can do home recording professionally enough
Cons: it's gonna cost you some money.

You really have to do a little research before any money is spent. It would help to take it step by step.

Consider what your budget is. Consider exactly what type of projects you'll be recording. If you're leaning towards DAWs, then consider CPU power needed for plugin's and VST FXs.

Dual processing, Dual harddrives...sufficent ram...etc. High quality audio demands alot from your CPU and storage.



All too much to just throw at you in one reply.

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

You can do home recording professionally enough

True... if one has the engineering chops to go along with it. If one is a new to studio recording techniques, it's going to be a long time before they even get mediocre results......!

 

[LRosario]

True... if one has the engineering chops to go along with it. If one is a new to studio recording techniques, it's going to be a long time before they even get mediocre results......!

This is always so true!

 

[manning1]

i agree bear and rosario. engineering chops are 90 per cent of the battle imho. but hey - if you dont start somewhere , you never learn.

 

[pllcoolj]

thanks for the responses. i think right now i'm more into learning. not only what eq to get, but the whole process. i know it probably just takes time, but are there any books, videos, courses online that anyone recommends. as i'm learning, i'll post questions for you all, and then mayve we can talk gear.