8 piece band.
should i record them all mic’d up all at once or individually?
cheers…
record the whole band as a guide track…
your first recording should be the drums… then work from there… bass>guitars>vocals.
always a good idea to give yourself a day in between to tidy up the drum timing before doing the rest.
We could do a how to sound like grunge!!
Individually starting with drums to a click, I would also leave vocals till last if you are recording some also!
Hated recording bands in college, think mainly though because they were s-hit and I had to do alot of tidying up!
You need to do it individually so you can probably mix it later on.
As already mentioned, start with the drums but first record everyone playing together so they have something to listen to and jam along with through their headphones whilst they’re re-playing their solo part.
Phil - SA is definitely missing some live recording tuts.
[quote]roben (27/07/2010)[hr]
Phil - SA is definitely missing some live recording tuts.[/quote]
Yeah, but no one wants to see a HTSL grunge tutorial either. Maybe like a Live PA thing or whatever. But no one on here wants to learn about recording bands…not right now at least.
[quote]howiegroove (27/07/2010)[hr][quote]roben (27/07/2010)[hr]
Phil - SA is definitely missing some live recording tuts.[/quote]
Yeah, but no one wants to see a HTSL grunge tutorial either. Maybe like a Live PA thing or whatever. But no one on here wants to learn about recording bands…not right now at least.[/quote]
no one?
[quote]howiegroove (27/07/2010)[hr][quote]roben (27/07/2010)[hr]
Phil - SA is definitely missing some live recording tuts.[/quote]
Yeah, but no one wants to see a HTSL grunge tutorial either. Maybe like a Live PA thing or whatever. But no one on here wants to learn about recording bands…not right now at least.[/quote]
I don’t agree, i was really interested when watching the Rock reverb videos, for me I like to see work on real instruments as well. It’s all learning.
I’d love to see some tuts on live elements.
+1
[quote]howiegroove (27/07/2010)[hr]no one on here wants to learn about recording bands…not right now at least.[/quote]
thats pretty unfortunate.
Did I say that I dont want to see a tutorial on proper micing techniques? NO!
I said I dont want to see a HTSL Grunge that Phil suggested. Especially when peeps are arguing about Deep House and Progressive Trance all day long!
Personally, I would love to learn about micing techniques.
[quote]howiegroove (27/07/2010)[hr]Did I say that I dont want to see a tutorial on proper micing techniques? NO!
I said I dont want to see a HTSL Grunge that Phil suggested. Especially when peeps are arguing about Deep House and Progressive Trance all day long!
Personally, I would love to learn about micing techniques.[/quote]
you spoke for us all. unfortunately, we disagreed… lol
[quote]jpgetty2win (27/07/2010)[hr][quote]howiegroove (27/07/2010)[hr]Did I say that I dont want to see a tutorial on proper micing techniques? NO!
I said I dont want to see a HTSL Grunge that Phil suggested. Especially when peeps are arguing about Deep House and Progressive Trance all day long!
Personally, I would love to learn about micing techniques.[/quote]
you spoke for us all. unfortunately, we disagreed… lol[/quote]
Uhhhh…dude, why dont you look around and tell me one topic that asks about anything concerning a HTSL Grunge (or even Rock)? What difference does it make? No one has asked for it. Sorry if I spoke for the group.
how about music business tutorial?
tips for promo, legal stuff, etc
How To Sound Like Lawyer
[quote]howiegroove (27/07/2010)[hr][quote] Sorry if I spoke for the group.[/quote]
i accept your apology
[quote]seanl (27/07/2010)[hr]how about music business tutorial?
tips for promo, legal stuff, etc
How To Sound Like Lawyer[/quote]
+10…
[quote]howiegroove (27/07/2010)[hr]
Personally, I would love to learn about mincing techniques.[/quote]
You wanna find your local Gay Pride for that, they may give you first hand demonstrations 
haha
[quote]phil johnston (27/07/2010)[hr]record the whole band as a guide track…
your first recording should be the drums… then work from there… bass>guitars>vocals.
always a good idea to give yourself a day in between to tidy up the drum timing before doing the rest.
We could do a how to sound like grunge!![/quote]
Kool cheers, So to clarify. mic all up and record everyone at once?
PS dont have much of a time frame on recording side.
Or Should i mic the drummer up 1st, send him a click and record him (while the band plays with no mics on them) then repeast for bass and so on.
another thing is might not have enough mics for all. solutions?
how many mics do you have?
record the drummer without the band will save you a lot of hassle from spills, etc
Probably about 4 mics.
Im not going to get a second round with these folk, basically a few hours and thats it, then bringing the recordings back to my own studio.
another solution to the mic issue is i could get the band to play 5/6 takes by giving different instruments the mics each time?
No look you need to record everyone seperatly because otherwise you A) Will get bleed B) Wont be able to mix and engineer each part of the band seperatly.
The reason you’ll record them as a whole first, is so that when you’re recording them during their solo act, you can play something to them through their headphones for them to jam too, so that they get the timing right, know where their at, etc.
It just helps for a better take.
Then when you have all your parts, you can put them all into seperate channels and start producing / engineering.