Recording...what do you lay down first??

[gtrman_66]

What I usually lay down first is the credit card in front of the 'ol lady so she can go shopping. If I can't get her out of the house for a while, I can't record anything

Damn, this recording thing is expensive

 

[Track Rat]

What I usually lay down first is the credit card in front of the 'ol lady so she can go shopping. If I can't get her out of the house for a while, I can't record anything

Damn, this recording thing is expensive

HA! Now that's funny.

 

[BentRabbit]

Yo Grail:

You'll never get anything done--your studio is too NEAT!

You need a few empty beer cans, some tangled cables, and a synth from which you can't reach to controls of your recorder, and a couple of mics dangling from the ceiling and two upright on the floor, and two hot chicks singing, Doo-wah Doo-wah Doo-wah.


Nice set up.

Green Hornet

Plus I didn't see a lava lamp anywhere....

My normal order recording solo

CLICK TRACK! Sometimes this is as simple as a tamborine or hi-hat 'chik' coming from my Roland module, or sometimes I'll find a comfy 'boom-chuck' rhythm track on my cheap little Casio keyboard (which displays tempo bpm on an LCD)

If I have any Midi stuff, I'll do it next (thankful that I know the exact bpm)

Now it's Guitar --> Drums --> Bass --> Keys --> Repeat

And that order is subject to change depending on the song...

As a drummer, I find it pretty simple to overdub the drum schtuff once I've established the groove with the click and guitar....

ciao

 

[MadTiger3000]

This is what i did just 3 weeks ago with my band in preperation for final recording.

I miked up the drums and the singer and DI'd the bass and guitar. Now we just played the songs through as if we were practising them and didn't think about the fact that we were being recorded. Then i did a bit of eq, compression etc and leveled out the whole thing in about 5 minutes. This gave us a basic backing track where i could take out the parts that some one was playing. For example if the bass player was tracking then I took out the bass but left everything else.

Now I don't know if this is the right thing to do but who cares it worked.

During final recording i did the drums(my part)first then bass, guitar, 2nd and 3rd guitar overdubs and then the vocals.


Dave

I think that is the most "natural" way to do it. Of course, there are other ways. But for guys trying to get things done, it works. Minimal fuss. Some might want the drummer playing to a click (depends on the music).

 

[Fire Dome]

I think that is the most "natural" way to do it. Of course, there are other ways. But for guys trying to get things done, it works. Minimal fuss. Some might want the drummer playing to a click (depends on the music).

cool i did that without really knowing wether or not it was right it just made sense to me.


Cheers man


Dave