what do you think?

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It was just the other day that I decided to go the homerecording route, until then I had a few songs in my mind not recorded yet, of course, since I bought my 4 track, drum machine and bass guitar, I’ve been progressing, although I’m still a noob. But what I want to discuss is the learning process, on another thread, not posted by me, we were discussing the recording process and the way we laid down our tracks, but how did we got there?? me??? I’m still on trial and error. But what about the micing, getting good sounds, mixing and mastering process, the room acoustics, the recording process itself, etc? Have anyone here taken classes for this? Is there a good reference book? Is best to keep trying and asking than to go to a school or buy some book that will teach how to use the equipments we, home recorders, don’t have available? I’d like to know how others think about this. How do you keep it interesting, I mean, how do you come up with ideas, not musically, but recording wise?
 
Keep doing it. Try different things and see what works for you. Also, look through this forum. There is a lot of information here. It has helped me a lot. I find it easier to learn about recording through reading different individual's situations/personal experiences, and reading how others go about responding to them, since they may have already been through it. Sometimes, I find answers to things I wasn't even searching to find answers to, but they somehow applied to me anyway. As per books. I would imagine there are many books about recording, but I personally feel it may be a bit boring for me to read through the whole thing. Unless you can find a book written by somebody you respect/admire in the recording field.
good luck...
evt
 
:D In a way, I feel sorry for new folks who buy complicated gear, 24 trackers, whatever and then try to read the manual.

As per buying a coffee maker, the manual isn't too difficult. But, to extend the metaphor into an analogy, there is much more to the process of doing a top notch recording than making a pot of automated coffee.

If you start out with a 4 tracker and work your way up, that may be good. It was for me.

It took me three years to figure out the fine machinations of my DX7 synth, which has been put aside for a new synth. [this one will take me six years to figure out.] But, it is an exciting adventure to solve a problem and figure out something dealing with your gear or recording.

So, I guess my message is, take recording a step at a time, ask, listen, learn, ask and ask again. The folks on this site are extremely talented and offer their expertise at no charge. Or, you can take some classes in electronic music at a local collage, not expensive at all, and get a head start.

Whatever, keep recording, keep writing lyrics, and music will carry you to places never reached by other hobbies.

Green Hornet :D :D
 
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