transfer session tracks to DVD?

[SoundAsleep]

say if I record a live band for 3 one hour sets.

should I work on the rough edits between sets? in order to give the band a rough mix on CD where they can decide what they like or don't like. also what format do I mixdown to for 3 hours of music. wav mp3 or?

Also what about putting the session on DVD? Is that so the band can import the tracks into another DAW? if so how is this accomplished.

I have several export options listed AES31,AFF,OMF.


I'm currently using Cubase. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

should I work on the rough edits between sets? in order to give the band a rough mix on CD where they can decide what they like or don't like.

I wouldn't worry too much about anything until you get the tracks back to the studio. The band will be willing to wait, and they'll be too busy wanting to wipe off sweat, quench their thirst, take a piss, grab a smoke or two, and schmooze with ladies and friends to want to mess with business. Plus their ears and minds will be too messed up from being on stage for 45 minutes a set to be a proper judge at that time. If they want to hear a rough mix for a couple of minutes out of curiosity, that's fine and onlytakes a minute to set up. But IMHO keep control of the situation and recommend that they distance themselves from the performance first and at the same time give you time to make a proper mix before they make any assessments or decisions.

Also what format do I mixdown to for 3 hours of music. wav mp3 or?

WAV. Always WAV. And remember, you won't have 3 hours straight through, there'll be set breaks.

Also what about putting the session on DVD? Is that so the band can import the tracks into another DAW? if so how is this accomplished.

You'd just copy the WAV files over to a data DVD-R. This is assuming they have a DVD reader on their system, of course.

G.

I have several export options listed AES31,AFF,OMF.


I'm currently using Cubase. Any help is greatly appreciated![/QUOTE]

 

[SoundAsleep]

Thanks Glenn...I will have 3 hours of recording.(3 one hour sets).I was reading where mixdown to wave64 was intended for long recording times? yeah there are 20 min breaks between the sets....should I save each set or just pause the recoding and resume on the next set?

I agree about telling the band to give it a break but you know how some are

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Thanks Glenn...I will have 3 hours of recording.(3 one hour sets).I was reading where mixdown to wave64 was intended for long recording times? yeah there are 20 min breaks between the sets....should I save each set or just pause the recoding and resume on the next set?

What I meant was you won't have one long 3-hour recording, that because of the set breaks you'll have three seperate recordings (man, one hour sets are a killer for the band.)

That tells you my answer to the second question. Record each set as seperate files if for no other reason than simple safe redundancy; if a file gets lost or corrupted, you've only lost one set of that track instead of the entire gig's worth. That also leaves you free to do the rough mix playback during the break should you or the band so desire.

"mixdown to wave64 for long recording times" is a phrase that means nothing. What one mixes down to has nothing to do with length of recording. Record with Cubase set to 44.1k sample rate/24bit. When you mix it down, if you're going to be mastering it yourself, then mix it down to 44.1k/16bit stereo WAV. If you are having a mastering service do that for you, then ask them what format they'd prefer.

I agree about telling the band to give it a break but you know how some are

Sure. And there's nothing wrong if they want to give it a quick and rough listen during the breaks. But again, I'd advise them not to make any real calls or decisions on anything when they still have an hour or more of guitar amps and stage monitors ringing in their ears. Same thing with you, FTM. Far better for everybody to wait until at least the next day to even begin the actual production mixing with freash ears and clear mind.

G.

 

[SoundAsleep]

Awesome Glen...A great many thanks


where's the beer emoticon

 

[SoundAsleep]

one more thing ....why do you use DVD R?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

one more thing ....why do you use DVD R?

Well, you mentioned that you wanted to go to DVD, which makes sense over CD just by virtue of capacity. A CD can hold only a lttle over two hours (give or take) of a single mono track of WAV at 44.1k/16. You'll have three hours of raw material in (assumedly) a multitrack format. Much easier and more economical to fit it on a single DVD than span everything across several CDs.

As far as DVD format, I can burn to any type of DVD format with my Plextor drive, but I personally find that DVD-R, single layer, is still the most compatable format amongst players. Unless someone tells me they can only work within a certain format because their DVD drive is funky, I'll default to the -R/-RW format just to play the odds.

G.