Anyone on here do any recording?

Have quite a few friends that are really good and I may want to venture into producing albums for them. Reviews on software, hardware, etc would be helpful as well as any tips and recommendations.

so i ask you tww, who on here has experience?

3/25/2013 3:45:41 PM

It's a tough business. Are you wanting to do the traditional studio thing? It gets pretty expensive for high quality stuff.

3/25/2013 4:00:16 PM

nothing professional like for a living or a career

just enough to dick around on and make some quality stuff for my friends that are artists to maybe market and distribute.

Im assuming all I really need is a quality software and quality microphone?

3/25/2013 4:02:47 PM

Don't go to that school in greensboro/winston or wherever. Don't do this if you want to make any kind of money or don't have a job. Here are the things in order of importance

Btw... this only really applies to non midi/sequenced/digital music (ie not dubstep)


1) Location. Retardedly important. You need somewhere that is quiet and that someone can play very loudly. Heads up- most bands end up recording shit at night because of scheduling and shit. Be prepared to take forever because most people who would let someone who doesn't know what they're doing (aka you) record them probably sucks ass and will take forever to nail whatever they want to record.

2) Interface / mixer. I don't really know shit about mixers. I haven't looked at buying one in like 5-6 years. If you ever want to record drums live then this is the 2nd most important thing. Yes before vinylbandit chimes in you can get a perfectly great drum recording with 4 mics or less BUT if you ever have somebody who wants every drum mic'd or wants extra shit then you are fucked.

3) Microphones. At the least you need 2 SM-57s a 609 and then a couple of good vocal mics or other room mics. You probably need other shit but idk.

4) Windows or Mac. Macs will make that shit easy but its harder to steal software and imo there are way less shitty plugins and things for free on the internet for mac.

5) Software: PC - Who the fuck knows. Theres infinite options.
Mac - Logic. One of my friends had $3,000 worth of Logic plugins and features, then his HD failed and when he upgraded to the new Mac OS he had to rebuy all of his Logic plugins. In reality this is the least of your concern. If you know what you are doing with 1 - 3 then you can get very far knowing very little about mixing.

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3/25/2013 4:10:28 PM

i used to pop a tape into the radio and hit record and freestyle while another radio was playin some beat

3/25/2013 4:13:27 PM

wait I forgot.


Read something about microphones. Especially if you're recording guitar. Microphone placement is a huge deal.


Basically look at recording this way. Recording is a sum of parts. If you fuck up on the little stuff there isn't much you can do with software to make it sound better. If you have good source material you can always just spend forever trying to figure out what all the knobs do in a program.

If you want to help me record my solo album (you probably don't) I'm going to start doing it next month.

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3/25/2013 4:18:29 PM

You're going to need a lot of cardboard egg crates.

3/25/2013 4:35:52 PM

No offense, but if you don't even know where to start with mics & software, why can't they do it on their own? If you want to help, that's awesome, but buying their own gear and learning to do it themselves will be a lot more productive down the line.

[Edited on March 25, 2013 at 4:36 PM. Reason : 2]

3/25/2013 4:36:36 PM

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3/25/2013 4:39:17 PM

You don't really need a real mixer, unless you're doing some old school recording. You just need an interface with as many inputs as you plan to record at once, then you can mix in software. I'd do something like this: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/US1800

The you need a bunch of mics, read on the internet and use craigslist for that.

3/25/2013 6:06:10 PM

JT youre a DJ i have a question for YOU


how the hell do you amass a collection of vinyls? i would like to be a DJ but its seems daunting to collect vinyls of hip hop albums, mixtapes, b-sides, etc from the last15 or so years

3/25/2013 7:02:57 PM

http://www.serato.com

3/25/2013 7:52:09 PM

Serato is a copout. A cost-effective and practical copout, but a copout nonetheless.

3/25/2013 8:40:44 PM

^^^^Some people still like 002s.

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3/25/2013 9:00:26 PM

^^I have vinyl and can mix it, but I use Serato at any gig I have.

3/25/2013 9:09:08 PM

I use Traktor

lots of people use it or any digital interface because its way more practical and easy to carry around a portable hard drive than lug 5 crates of vinyl.

that being said, I still have my turntables and can break them out at any point and time.

The thing to do is find someone that is going out of the business or has a huge amount of vinyl and buy it all at once. Thats what I did.

but any digital interface is WAY more cost efficient and effective.



to answer other questions, I may eventually want to have a recording studio but for now i am just tinkering.

and the guy i want to record for, he would never buy this stuff...he doesnt realize how good he is and hes just an old school country boy.

3/26/2013 12:11:15 AM

audacity

3/26/2013 1:45:28 AM

and with a good software setup and programs theres no difference between vinyls and mp3 files like when you scratch and stuff?

thats wassup.

3/26/2013 10:47:12 AM

Check out Hunt Library. Last time I was out there it wasnt open yet, but they have 4 Music Rooms as well as a media production studio.

Here's the info from online:

Quote :

"Media Production Studios Located on the fourth floor near the Oval View Reading Lounge, these two rooms offer state-of-the-art tools for creating and editing digital media, including a "green screen" curtain system, studio lighting, and a 4K video editing suite. Music Rooms Located near the Media Production Studios, four Music Rooms are fully equipped for audio recording, creating and mixing music, audio and video transfer, and digital media editing, with full 88-key MIDI keyboard, microphones, and digital media workstations."

looks like both of them are set to open sometime in April. Looks like the Music Room should have everything you'd need.

3/29/2013 3:23:43 PM

go here:
http://homerecording.com

and also check out REAPER for your DAW. It's good, it's cheap or even free if you want to just keep it in demo mode (which BTW is not crippled in any way)

3/29/2013 8:47:20 PM