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  2. Live recording

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    There would be no extra work for the sound guy. I do my level checks at the same time as the sound guy. As i said the the mix of the levels dont have to be spot on as long as i get a good recording signal for each signal. 80 to 90% of the mix is done after the recording. If the sound guy turns down guitar foh then i can turn them back up later. I can fix errors overdub add fx, comp, gates, maximizers, eq just about anything you like. This would cost a bit more.

    Whats the going rate for mastering in Aberdeen?

    Flash would £30 be for a quick recording without any final mix and master?

    Flash where can i hear some demos of your recordings?

  5. Live recording

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    Line out

    If i can get a desk with line out pre or post fade then thats all i need. Then i can record 18 tracks.

    This is a recording of my band using my pc. The pc has 3 soundcards. The built in one, creative and line port. This gave me 5 mono line ins. I also had a mini disc recording 2 mono lines. The keyboard is midi using the grand 2 vst. So altogether I had 7 tracks and the keyboard midi. The mini disc recording was added to the pc recording later. To get all the cards to work together i use asio4all drivers. The band desk has 8 line outs. These can be pre or post. But since im not trying to get the sound right straight away then as long as the signal is right in the recording level it should be ok for mix and master at a later stage.

    Here is the results i got

    http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dazza1040/Mp3/7%20you%20really%20got%20me.mp3

    Lets say my desk has 18 ins and 18 out then the band could go through my desk and the line outs to the main desk.

    By the way ian its darren.

  6. Live recording at the tunnels?

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    Not great!

    Yea - we recorded there once. The minidisc player wasnt there the other night so u would be best to take your own. We have one of the songs on our myspace if you are interested in hearing how it comes out....Look for 'Go'

    http://myspace.com/killingtimemusic

    Pete

    That sound is just not great at all. Unless you record everything onto seperate tracks or are mixing the desk for recording then you wont get a good recording. Doing it this way lets you mix and master it better afterwards.

  7. Live recording

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    Do you guys think there is a market for live recording during a gig. I ask this as some people are talking about live recordings from the desk to mini disc. Well the songs i have heard are not that great as these are only mixed for front of house. My point is i have been doing some live recording of my band on my pc. After which i mix and master later. The results are pretty good.

    Here is some examples:

    http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dazza1040/Mp3/9%20my%20sharona.mp3

    http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dazza1040/Mp3/2%20mustang%20sally.mp3

    I record each instrument to its own track so more editing can be done.

    Its like a portable studio that can go and record the band rather than band going to the studio.

    Email me for more info.:band:

  8. Desk Jocky and Techy Chap Wanted

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    Have seen the band once was well impressed. Just had a look at your website and everything is looking well proffessional. The only bad comment would be the audio demos on your site. They dont sound that good. All that gear too.

    If you still need help i may be available. Just email me.

  12. hogmanay on the north sea

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    I have a track that was made up using cars on a dual carrigway.

    What i did was to stand at the side of the road and record a video of the traffic.

    Then i had to choose some notes depending on the coulor of the cars.

    For example a red car would be the note (A) blue car (Csharp) and so on.

    I then tapped in on a keyboard every time a car on the first lane past a certian point.

    This was done for all 4 lanes of traffic giving me the rythm.

    I then had to adjust the notes to the colours of the cars.

    I gave the lanes of traffic a instrument that was like bells and things.

    The last thing i did was to speed up the tempo.

    Just thought i would share my experince with you lot.

    It came out sounding pretty good. I will try and post it so you can have a listen.

    If i wanted i could paint a pic of the road using the music.

  15. Hows this sounding?

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    I would use all the waves plug ins.

    This is an example of a song recorded and masterd using waves.

    The more you get into this though the more you need to know.

    Have a look at this

    http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM04/Content/Waves/PR/Prod-Mixing-Mastering.html

    This is available to download at

    http://www.audionews.ru/signup.php

    This gives you whole songs recorded and mixed.

    Just open a song into sonar 5, cubase or pro logic.

    Everything opens up in different tracks as if you recorded the whole band.

    All the settings are in place for the master mix using waves plugins.

    You can learn by them and remaster the song trying out different plugins.

    Or you can use the setting to save as template and add your own recordings.

    This would put in place the waves plug ins so that you just have to play about with them to master your own songs.

  17. Benefits of a decent soundcard?

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    Hog what spec is your pc?

    Have you looked at the lineport ux2.

    For recording guitar this is knees bees.

    Of course it depends if you want to record more than one istrument at a time.

    I have 3 soundcards, built in one on motherboard, c-media and lineport.

    I use them all at the same time using Sonar giving me 6 mono line ins or 3 stereo.

    Any keyboards can be done using midi.

    Live recording set up.

    Track 1 Keyboard midi

    Track 2 drums 1st soundcard left

    Track 3 drums 1st soundcard right

    Track 4 guitar 1, 2nd soundcard left

    Track 5 guitar 2, 2nd soundcard right

    Track 6 vocals lineport soundcard left

    Track 7 bass lineport soundcard right

    This all depends on what line up you have and can be overdubbed such as backing vocals.

    Hope this helps.

  20. Sound Card Advice?

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    Asio4all did the trick for me.

    I have now got 6 x mono line ins or 3 x stereo line ins.

    This was done using asio4all driver and 3 different sound cards.

    All soundcards are made into 16bit using the asio4all program.

    Asio4all also lets me get the latencey for midi using vst programs such as bfd and the grand 2 down to real time playing. So now i can record my roland dt6 electric drum kit through midi using bfd as the sounds in real time.

    All done using Sonar 5.

    Just in case you want to know it also gives me 14 x mono lines out or 7 x stereo lines out.

    Spec P4 3ghz , 1 gb ram , 200g hard drive and 80g hard drive. Running Windows xplite

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