Thanks for the reviews. Here's my track notes on this song.
MAC, the 840EX has a bunch of internal effects, and I started off with one of the presets and tweaked it a little. Can't recall which patch it was offhand and I am at work right now. I can check later if you want.
Anyways, here's the high level scoop:
Gear - Roland 840EX,
ART Tubepac, Rode NT1
Acoustic guitar - cheap Ibanez 6 string acoustic/electric. Recorded 2 different takes both direct in and miked with NT1 through Tubepac. Recorded onto 4 separate tracks and mixed down to a stereo pair. Individually, the direct in sounded a bit tinny and brittle and the miked tracks sounded kinda boomy and bassy, but when mixed, I thought it came out okay. Direct ins were panned hard left and right and the miked tracks were panned to about 25 left and right respectively. I experimented with different effects on the guitar, but ended up keeping it absolutely dry.
Bass - Ibanez active bass run direct in through Tubepac. No effects applied, might be a bit too low in the mix.
Drums -
Boss DR770 synched to 840EX, but ended up recording to a stereo pair for main beat. Bounced to another stereo pair with internal effects. Too much reverb perhaps??!?!?!? Cymbals and fills were added by banging on the little pads at mix down (flange effect from the DR770 was used - very obvious on the fadeout cymbal crash).
Vocals - NT1 to Tubepac to 840EX recorded with Dry Vocal patch and then added additional internal effects after. I like the sound that I got on the vocals and I also approached the limit of how high I can sing!!! It took a gazillion takes on the vocals to get it where it is, not perfect, but not too bad.
Mixed from 840EX to Philips 765 stand alone CD recorder via optical out. Mixing is the hardest part to me. I am using consumer stereo equipment to listen to the mixes (cheap speakers too) as well as Sony headphones.
Thanks guys,
Wish