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Post by Steelpriest on Mar 27, 2004 17:50:06 GMT -5
Hi Folks! Who of you is interested in homerecording and has made experiences with that? What equipment do you use? Do you like the old fashioned way of analog recording, do you use stand-alone HD recorders or are you into things like Cubase or Logic Audio? Please let us know your opinions...  |
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Post by Ol Geezer on Mar 27, 2004 18:25:00 GMT -5
Analog recording has a great "sound" that digital is only now approaching with higher resolutions. If I could get together enough good analog gear I might go back, but the ease of editing in digital -- and lossless transferring and copying -- is hard to walk away from.
I'm currently recording and sequencing in Cakewalk software running on a P4, though I do my editing in Sound Forge since it's a lot more convenient and intuitive for me.
But, I have a lot of outboard gear in front of the digital input because I like to control what's happening and have the feel of turning actual knobs and the visual feedback of watching meters and LEDs. Then, I send my mix signals out of the PC through more outboard gear on its way to the mastering deck.
Much of this is probably from habit and my being set in my ways, though....
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Post by cage77 on Mar 28, 2004 1:00:03 GMT -5
I run Cubase on a P4. If I could, I would love a nice Neve console going to a 2" deck, but....for now....
I'm pretty happy with my current setup at home. Through an out board controller, I can move faders, tweak settings, control the transport and more. I get the feel of working at an analog console, still get to use all of my outboard gear, and edit and mix to my hearts content. My clients like it too....
If anyone has questions about recording, general or direct, I'll be around to answer....
Brandon
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Post by Ol Geezer on Mar 28, 2004 23:56:10 GMT -5
Brandon, Since you're still actively in the biz I'll defer to you....  |
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Post by cage77 on Mar 29, 2004 0:31:44 GMT -5
(With a Southern accent)Why siiir, that's mighty nice of you.....
LOL...... ;D
I'm not a guru by any means, but I do my best. Currently I'm in the middle of 2 projects. One is the demo stage of my bands album before we go to a "pro" studio". The other project is a remix of an acoustic group who recorded locally but was not happy with the mix the guy did. My website is terribly outdated as far as sound files and such so I'll be uploading some stuff soon...as long as I get permission from the artsits involved.
But, don't defer everything to me. I'm sure that you can teach me some techiniques that I don't know yet and vise versa. I still reference books and websites for ideas when I'm stuck and can't get the "right" sound. Hell, I post to web and ask for reveiws from certain people before I even let the client listen to it.
All in all, home/project/pro recording is a lot of fun. As I tell all of my clients, this will take about 2 times longer than you expect. Sometimes more, sometimes less. But in the end, it's all about getting what your vision of the song is out there for other people to hear and enjoy....
Look at the time.....I need to sleep......I am looking forward to discussing this topic more with you and other memebrs.....
Brandon
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Post by Ol Geezer on Mar 29, 2004 16:05:33 GMT -5
Brandon,
Well I was quite good at demagnetizing razor blades before editing.... ;D
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Post by gearhead41 on Mar 31, 2004 19:29:11 GMT -5
Hey cage77! Wanted to drop ya a note to say hello! I'm glad to have a place where I can post what I THINK!
What about u?
-james
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Post by cage77 on Mar 31, 2004 23:12:46 GMT -5
Hey man....I agree completely!!!
Brandon
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Post by guitarzan on May 30, 2005 16:47:46 GMT -5
I use a program in my computer called audacity. It's pretty straightforward to use, you do one track at a time, and do your final mix and the results are pretty good for a free program. I tried cakewalk, and a few others, but this audacity is by far the easiest to use. The only sore spot, at least with my program, is there are no effects like reverb for vocals, you have to go to their website and download them separately, which in my view is kind of a pain, but, I guess if you want them bad enough, which I don't, you'll get them. But it's a whole other program that just eats up diskspace. Anyway, that's what I use, and I'm pretty happy with it.
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