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[kirkt]

The No Pints would like to record but we can't afford Captain Toms or owt like that. Anyone got any idea how we could record a few songs at a low low price? I know Voice of Aggression managed it. We need it to be good cos its for a compilation featuring high quality acts such as The Virus, 17 Stitches and Poundaflesh and another song for a split 7" with Swordface and Regal Beagle

[Hog]

You can hire a 4 track or maybe an 8 track recorder from central library I think.

[Pete]

Use a computer.

have you tried cool edit pro??

its pretty good to an extent, but you will never get everything perfect soundwise

[eat your parents]

Download some music software (cubase or sonar are industry standard apparently), and if you need it, go to some of the computing firms/offcies around Aberdeen, to try and blag an out of date computer (they up date, and tend to dispense computers either through the workforce or in the trash, well that's how we managed).

You'll need to put all the software on there, as the memory will have been wiped (and you'll need to buy extra memory too, because wave files etc are big.

There's a member on here who goes under the name M Hucknel, or something, and he has sm57s (guitars/percussion) and sm58s(vocals) for about £50 each. They're good mics, and versitile too (that's if you've got the funds, but they're worth it).

Egg trays are good to stop flutter echo in a room, and you can get about 100 of them for £5 at the right places. Second hand curtains are also cheap from charity shops.

We were thinking about helping a few bands out for a small price, but it's just thoughts at the moment (other than Gav recording Politik).

Hope that helps

[Frosty Jack]

Unless you're going to be doing a lot of recording from now on, it seems a bit pointless splashing out that much cash on mics, pc etc. when a live recording session deal at Tom's is surprisingly cheap. Someone else can provide better details, but iirc you can get an hour practice, then two hours recording for around £60ish (?) You should easily get 3/4 tracks sounding good out of that.

[Hog]

I could let u guys use my Akai digital 12 track. It could record your stuff with a good quality sound!

Hog

[Rob Karloff]

VoA got Phat Tom of 10EW to record them on his computer in Paul Sammat's lock-up. Maybe you could organise to do something similar with Tom? Finding the venue to do it in may be the tricky part.

[eat your parents]

Originally Posted by Frosty Jack

Unless you're going to be doing a lot of recording from now on, it seems a bit pointless splashing out that much cash on mics, pc etc. when a live recording session deal at Tom's is surprisingly cheap. Someone else can provide better details, but iirc you can get an hour practice, then two hours recording for around £60ish (?) You should easily get 3/4 tracks sounding good out of that.

I disagree completely, I'm afraid.

The live sessions are a waste, if you're wanting anything more than the demo's of a few songs.

I heard Dedalus got a pretty good live recording out of Exile, however.

Overall, I'm not a fan of live recording. Maybe that's just me.

[Biz]

Great for about £60 as Frosty says,XS RELOCAT went in and recorded 15 songs in 2 hours,and I prefer the live warts and all recordings,too much production makes ye sound like namby pamby shite.The central library is the place to go for free or cheap loans of equipment.