
dr.colossus
New member
so the group wants to lay down a track....you've rehearsed the song a thousand times, then out comes the adat....you want a well separated sound to allow for easy post production, so you tell the drummer to lay down the drum track, and of course the effort is terrible to say the least, even with the guitarist playing through the drummers headphones...why? you have never played the song like this before and are missing vital body language signals from other members of the band, not to mention the "live vibe"..... the headphones are a pain in the arse because you want to hear the natural kit sound, and all these micsa are obtrusive, etc.etc.
you will never lay down a perfect take under these circumstances, so the guitarist plugs intop the laney v50 you take off the headphones and create a perfect take...... on playback there is enough guitar bleeding through the drum mics to supply the red cross for the next twenty years.....
you try mattress upon mattress of seperation and the drummer once again sticks the headphones over his ears and is stuck in this uncomfortable nether world.....good take and little bleed, but still not good enough......
some songs are definatly written for live situations and visual cues for changes, hard hitting accents, and slight tempo variations are of utmost importance a good musician can play the track on his own without worry, but a better musician relies on cues from other band members much like an orchestra has a conductor
you'll never get a good take sitting the drummer/ guitarist/ bassist down on his own and pressing the little red record button, just as you'll never get a great clean separted sound recording the musicians together in their natural environment.....
so i ask... what do you do.....what do you do??
you will never lay down a perfect take under these circumstances, so the guitarist plugs intop the laney v50 you take off the headphones and create a perfect take...... on playback there is enough guitar bleeding through the drum mics to supply the red cross for the next twenty years.....
you try mattress upon mattress of seperation and the drummer once again sticks the headphones over his ears and is stuck in this uncomfortable nether world.....good take and little bleed, but still not good enough......
some songs are definatly written for live situations and visual cues for changes, hard hitting accents, and slight tempo variations are of utmost importance a good musician can play the track on his own without worry, but a better musician relies on cues from other band members much like an orchestra has a conductor
you'll never get a good take sitting the drummer/ guitarist/ bassist down on his own and pressing the little red record button, just as you'll never get a great clean separted sound recording the musicians together in their natural environment.....
so i ask... what do you do.....what do you do??