Recording Workflow

Nitebob · 2013-10-28T11:39:13+00:00

I always hear my own compositions so vividly in my head, but when it comes to recording, it doesnt sond nearly the same. I came to the conclusion that my workflow is screwy. Mostly because I dont have a set workflow. I was wondering how you guys do your stuff. Keeping in mind, I have to play everything! Rgds

Mo-Facta

Cubase has a function called "Iterative Quantize" that enables you to set the degree of quantisation based on a percentage value. You can even do it to multitrack audio like drums. It's usually a lot more "human" than hard quantising but in the last project I did I hard quantised everything just because it sounded best with the songs.

And I agree. Mixing in some shakers recorded live will definitely humanise the whole shebang. In that case you could probably get away with hard quantising the kick and snare.

Cheers ?

domhatch

Nitebob wrote I use ableton :-[ so for drums I quantize (correct any faults on tempo) and then add some breaks and stuff. Been thinking about using shakers and stuff to get a more acoustic feel.

Also read Alan's article on recording an acoustic. Will have to start using mics instead of built in pickups. Thanks for all the usefull info.

damn fine idea. will give this a bash. as it were.

i'll also give alan's article a read. not sure if he covered this (although it wouldn't surprise me if he did!), but i read somewhere it's useful to track both simultaneously - mic your guitar up and go direct - if you can. can get some interesting results playing with the two tracks in the mix.

thanks and thanked
dh|

Nitebob

Oh...and about Alan's earlier question. Don' t really know how to record in midi :-[ will have to youtube that. I record the audio.

kayDUB

Another argument for always recording a DI signal is it makes editing easier - easier to identify the transients with a clean DI signal than with a distorted/effected signal. You can then edit the tracks together taking the DI track as the base. Of course that is if you want to edit ?

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