AbuseTheMuses
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Please I'm sorry if input is a bit unknowledgeable, I have a problem knowing how to use my finite resources.
I will tell you elders what I have, in essence, a cluttered room with a 4 piece set, a nice 'Accoustic' bass amp, a Roland KA/PA 350, and a 15 watt Peavey Vypyr guitar amp which has awesome tone but doesn't get too loud before I fear that it might explode.... Guitars work just fine, no problem on instruments... it's the micing and/or amp-sim modelling I would like some advice on.
so thats the instruments... the mics SO FAR are a built-in on a handheld recorder and a "comes with the startup recording package" wanna-be SM57 dynamic kind of mic. I have about 1000 U.S. dollars to pump into something that I can expect to reasonably do a 4 pice drum set, a bass amp, and a gtar amp, and a vocal track (yeah just one, I'm very stripped down) I don't need to
I was looking at the zoom cd burner recorder HD8CD thing because that lets me record to discs too, but it only has 2 inputs, and according to reviews, the preamps are decent, but it only uses 2 at a time. So after all the babble... does anyone knowing-ish know if it is a good way to use two condenser mics to get a full 'band' recording 1 piece at a time in a living room and get decent guitar and bass sound to tape (uh.. to disk...) with just those two inputs. I was thinking maybe good room microphones would make up for the number of inputs on a single close-miked drum set, and maybe throw an extra one in for the kick.
I have a thousand bucks to spend, and no way back once I spend it. Anyone with any experience with my type of recording scenario please let me know what has worked best for you. My scenario: all good on amps/guitars, living room kind of setup, 1-man band with small drumset facing corner, 1 bass/amp, 1 gtar/amp, 1 vocal/amp working around the cats, furniture, girlfriend. I want either the best mics for the job or the best mixer/recorder and I'm welcome to any suggestions.
Can I do it with that 2 channel mixer/recder? It's great if I can because it also burns off discs, but am I better off sucking it up and getting more mics?
I will tell you elders what I have, in essence, a cluttered room with a 4 piece set, a nice 'Accoustic' bass amp, a Roland KA/PA 350, and a 15 watt Peavey Vypyr guitar amp which has awesome tone but doesn't get too loud before I fear that it might explode.... Guitars work just fine, no problem on instruments... it's the micing and/or amp-sim modelling I would like some advice on.
so thats the instruments... the mics SO FAR are a built-in on a handheld recorder and a "comes with the startup recording package" wanna-be SM57 dynamic kind of mic. I have about 1000 U.S. dollars to pump into something that I can expect to reasonably do a 4 pice drum set, a bass amp, and a gtar amp, and a vocal track (yeah just one, I'm very stripped down) I don't need to
I was looking at the zoom cd burner recorder HD8CD thing because that lets me record to discs too, but it only has 2 inputs, and according to reviews, the preamps are decent, but it only uses 2 at a time. So after all the babble... does anyone knowing-ish know if it is a good way to use two condenser mics to get a full 'band' recording 1 piece at a time in a living room and get decent guitar and bass sound to tape (uh.. to disk...) with just those two inputs. I was thinking maybe good room microphones would make up for the number of inputs on a single close-miked drum set, and maybe throw an extra one in for the kick.
I have a thousand bucks to spend, and no way back once I spend it. Anyone with any experience with my type of recording scenario please let me know what has worked best for you. My scenario: all good on amps/guitars, living room kind of setup, 1-man band with small drumset facing corner, 1 bass/amp, 1 gtar/amp, 1 vocal/amp working around the cats, furniture, girlfriend. I want either the best mics for the job or the best mixer/recorder and I'm welcome to any suggestions.
Can I do it with that 2 channel mixer/recder? It's great if I can because it also burns off discs, but am I better off sucking it up and getting more mics?
