Synths Recording Techniques

[b-face]

I'm producing rap beats with the triton rack, motif 6 and proteus 2000. What are the best way to record these synths? Mono or Stereo? I listen the sounds in mono it doesn't sound as crisp. Synth drums are normally pan out in the stereo field. How should I record the synth drums? I have been recording everything in mono and making my own stereo field. Please help me out.

 

[hasbeen]

Nevermind, I didn't see the other post...

 

[the maestro]

I dont even know how to record my synths how do you record your synths?

 

[sota30002000]

my opinion

I usually track my drums in stereo, and then,, depending on the instrument and the importance of that instrument to the groove, track the rest of the sounds. for example for that west coast big bass sound you may also want to put you bass sound in stereo.

just my opinion

 

[gordone]

Plug the outputs of the synth into your recording unit. Press record. Play. Press stop.

I dont even know how to record my synths how do you record your synths?

 

[Atterion]

Plug the outputs of the synth into your recording unit. Press record. Play. Press stop.

And be sure to play some notes between hitting play and stop.

I usually track each part seperately (Especially drums, i.e. record just the snares, and just the kick, and so on). Then I pan them, set volumes, compression etc., then group them on busses. Oh and I usually use mono or dual mono (Instead of stereo for most instruments), you get a little better imaging, as you don't have to deal with the way software deals with it's panning laws (Which can be a tool in itself, especially on backing vocals). Rule of thumb here is 1 Mono output=1 Mono track, 2 mono Outputs=2 Mono Tracks, etc. Provided you have the available horsepower to run extra tracks, it's the way to go. If a track is going to be especially heavily FX-laden, I'll use just one stereo track or buss them together (Depending on how many tracks will get the FX), and insert the FX on the buss.