Recording- learning fast and need help.

[stealth_prod]

Dear god, I didnt come to this site for a lecture on what is lawfully correct. All I wanted was some recording advice. I wouldn't have asked if I knew I was going to get so much b'shit back. I apologise if I pissed you guys off but can we just get back on topic like seriously? All my band wants to do is send a demo out to some BotB organisations.


Thanks for the detailed response mattr, it was awesome.

Your asking people to quickly teach you what took literally years to learn. What did you expect? You throw some pictures of a board and rack and think someone is going to make you a instant engineer. Talk to your teacher, if he/she wont let you use it, then move on. Dont be stupid because it wont do anything for you but get you into trouble.

Or come to realize that if your band is this impatient being this young, you are in for a bumpy ride.

 

[DrewPeterson7]

Honestly, man, I gotta reiterate the general sentiment here - I've been recording as a hobbyist for the better part of a decade. You could put me in a multi-million-dollar studio, and while I could probably churn out something that sounded fairly good, I'm not going to put something together that SOUNDS like it was from a multi-million-dollar studio.

Recording is WAY more of an artform than having the right gear, setting levels, and hitting "record." If you want to record yourself, then I admire the sentiment, but expect to have to spend a LONG time working on it before you get really good results, and if your idea is "let's sneak in and cut a demo before anyone notices," then that tells me you think you can record a good sounding demo with no experience in less than an hour, which is crazy.

 

[mattr]

I agree that this guy came here with the wrong attitude, but everyone's taken their turn in giving a little lecture and I think now if he wants some genuine advice he deserves it.

Everyone has to start somewhere, and while he probably won't get anything amazing sounding from this escapade into the school's studio, he's certain to learn something from it and now that he has permission he's at least not going to get into trouble for it. Even if all he learns is, "wow, this is more difficult than I thought" then its a step in the right direction.

I remember the first time I got thrown in at the deep end. I was 13 and helping out at a gig at our school - the guy on the desk wanted to run off to grab a drink and asked if I could watch it for a second... I suddenly found myself in front of a 32ch A&H desk feeding FOH and 2 monitor mixes, with 8 compressors, 3 EQs and 2 reverbs. I stood there, sh*t scared with no idea what to do, and in the end didn't touch anything for the whole 10 minutes.

But that got me interested.

Now I run that rig with my eyes closed.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

in the end didn't touch anything for the whole 10 minutes.

Ironically, that's an important double lesson you learned "the hard way" (so to speak) right off the bat; understanding your limitations and knowing when NOT to do something. IMHO, those are the #1 and #2 lessons to be gleaned from this thread.

G.

 

[doctorfungi]

The reason you got "b'shit" back is because you asked for advice, you were given advice (ie. don't do what you're planning on doing), and you were stubborn about it and insisted on it.

Honestly, if you don't know how to use the gear, you'll just get your hopes up over nothing and come out of the whole ordeal more stressed then when you went in. I've seen bands break up because of recording sessions that didn't go well.

Seriously, no one here has anything against you, and it's in everyone's interests that you get the best advice.

If you have someone who can use the gear, and permission from your teacher, go for it! But as the others said, you can't just come here and expect to learn years worth of information and skills by posting a thread.