Re: Recording an Album

[Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com>]

Off the top of my head and without much experience, I'd recommend
going the studio time route, at least for your first album.

I've tried buying nice microphones for home recording, but it's still
a struggle to get the sound just right. I imagine it would probably be
advantageous to see how a professional engineer sets up the mic, then
use that knowledge for an "on your own" future album if you want.

But that's from no experience. As a mostly electronic musician, my
records so far are recorded from a direct signal, and I hire a guy to
master the disc afterwards.


-- 
Matt Davignon
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On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com> 
wrote:
>  Dear Prolific Looping Album Maker:
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> So I've been sketching out songs for my first all double bass album and 
>I'm wondering how I should go about the tracking. My bedroom is perfect 
>to stay focused and sketch out the songs but sound wise it's shit. Either 
>way it's going to take me some time to save up enough dough but do you 
>guys think the money would be better spent:
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> 1. Buying a nice microphone. Then contacting churches, auditoriums, etc. 
>to try to find nice big rooms to record in and do the tracking myself.
>        Pros: Can record at your own leisure
>        Cons: Noise/distractions, having to ask to someone borrow their 
>space(hopefully for free or trade), locked into sound of the 1 nice mic, 
>having to play and engineer at the same time
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> 2. Book studio time.
>        Pros: Quiet, high quality gear, use of different channel 
>strips/mics for different colors, can focus on just playing instrument
>        Cons: Limited amount of time. clock is ticking
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> I want to to get the best possible sounds I can record out of my 
>instrument and I'm interested what worked best for you from your past 
>experiences or whatever  your opinions are on the subject.
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> Thank you in advance for any comments,advice, or experience you can 
>share,
> -Todd Matthews
>
> PS - Yes, I do realize there are also the mixing and mastering stages 
>but I will already have that taken care of by the time I get to that 
>stage.
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