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Thee Alex · 21st January 2008, 11:33 PM

Can you borrow any more dynamic mics?

johnfinizio · 24th January 2008, 04:56 PM

I sent two vocal mics to channels two and three on a yamaha 16 channel mixer, panned them both hard left. I sent left out of the yamaha to line in track 1 of a Boss Br-1180 digital recorder. I sent the left line out of the boss directly to a crown amp that was connected to a jbl cabinet for monitoring the vocals. I sent a Roland dr-10 hyper cardioid mic to channel 4 on the yamaha mixer, panned hard right and sent main right on the yamaha to line in on track 2 of the recorder. I placed the roland mic between the bass amp and drums. I faced the guitar amp toward the roland mic. I recorded about 30 seconds of a song, listened to the mix and adjusted the mic placement. I did this 3 times before getting a desirable mix. We then hit record and let it fly. We recorded 10 songs like this and I was really surprised by the sound when I got the Boss home and hooked it up to a pair of Edirol near field monitors. The vocals are scarey clean on track 1. A little muffled on track 2 because the monitor was facing away from the roland mic but by bringing up track 1 into the mix...Presto...there it is!...a really good sounding mix.

Thee Alex · 24th January 2008, 05:10 PM

Post some mp3s?

Was any of the advice useful?

johnfinizio · 24th January 2008, 07:19 PM

yes! it was. The next time we get together, I'm going to record with two different 8-tracks. On my fostex 8, I'm going to put vocals on track 1 and guitar on track 2. On the bass player's Boss 8-track, I'm going to put bass on track 1 and drums on track 2. When I start recording, I'm going to make a sound that both machines will pick up. After the recordings are complete, I'm going to put the boss tracks 1&2 onto the Fostex in 3&4. Digital scrub track 1 and find the sound that I put on both machines. Enter start point and end point will be however minutes the recording end is. The to point will be wherever the first sound is on track 3. Then move and paste tracks 3&4....Presto....all tracks should be synchronized. I would love to send you an mp3. How?

johnfinizio · 25th January 2008, 04:34 PM

I will send an mp3 of this session. A couple of the best cuts but can you explain how to get the mp3 uploaded?

Thee Alex · 25th January 2008, 04:48 PM

Try virb.com, or yousendit.com

johnfinizio · 26th January 2008, 03:13 AM

Your site is die-ing....Plese respond.

Thee Alex · 28th January 2008, 01:08 PM

What?

johnfinizio · 30th January 2008, 06:56 PM

There does'nt seem to be very much activity in "home recording and producing". I would like to discuss digital 8 track recording. Techniques and whatnot.

Thee Alex · 30th January 2008, 07:14 PM

I used to use a Roland VS-840-EX recorder, very good machine even though it did record onto 'Non-more-retro' 250mb Zip Disks.

I now do everything on my MacBook.

johnfinizio · 30th January 2008, 07:41 PM

I'm recording with a boss BR-1180. Nice sounding machine. I load tracks from it onto a PC with "Audacity" audio software. I don't have a lot of memory on my desktop. 512 M. Is there another software program I could download for free off of the internet for audio that doesn' need a lot of memory to function well?

Thee Alex · 30th January 2008, 07:46 PM

Kristal Audio is pretty good - googling should find it.

humndislocation · 30th January 2008, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnfinizio

There does'nt seem to be very much activity in "home recording and producing". I would like to discuss digital 8 track recording. Techniques and whatnot.

Yeah, unfortunately that's the case, but if everyone lets that put them off, it'll probably stay dead, so feel free to keep posting.

24th January 2008, 04:56 PM	#17 (permalink)
johnfinizio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 Band: -	recording of wednesday I sent two vocal mics to channels two and three on a yamaha 16 channel mixer, panned them both hard left. I sent left out of the yamaha to line in track 1 of a Boss Br-1180 digital recorder. I sent the left line out of the boss directly to a crown amp that was connected to a jbl cabinet for monitoring the vocals. I sent a Roland dr-10 hyper cardioid mic to channel 4 on the yamaha mixer, panned hard right and sent main right on the yamaha to line in on track 2 of the recorder. I placed the roland mic between the bass amp and drums. I faced the guitar amp toward the roland mic. I recorded about 30 seconds of a song, listened to the mix and adjusted the mic placement. I did this 3 times before getting a desirable mix. We then hit record and let it fly. We recorded 10 songs like this and I was really surprised by the sound when I got the Boss home and hooked it up to a pair of Edirol near field monitors. The vocals are scarey clean on track 1. A little muffled on track 2 because the monitor was facing away from the roland mic but by bringing up track 1 into the mix...Presto...there it is!...a really good sounding mix.

24th January 2008, 07:19 PM	#19 (permalink)
johnfinizio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 Band: -	yes! it was. The next time we get together, I'm going to record with two different 8-tracks. On my fostex 8, I'm going to put vocals on track 1 and guitar on track 2. On the bass player's Boss 8-track, I'm going to put bass on track 1 and drums on track 2. When I start recording, I'm going to make a sound that both machines will pick up. After the recordings are complete, I'm going to put the boss tracks 1&2 onto the Fostex in 3&4. Digital scrub track 1 and find the sound that I put on both machines. Enter start point and end point will be however minutes the recording end is. The to point will be wherever the first sound is on track 3. Then move and paste tracks 3&4....Presto....all tracks should be synchronized. I would love to send you an mp3. How? Last edited by johnfinizio : 25th January 2008 at 12:26 AM.

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21st January 2008, 11:33 PM	#16 (permalink)
Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,915 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Can you borrow any more dynamic mics?

24th January 2008, 05:10 PM	#18 (permalink)
Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,915 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Post some mp3s? Was any of the advice useful?

25th January 2008, 04:34 PM	#20 (permalink)
johnfinizio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 Band: -	I will send an mp3 of this session. A couple of the best cuts but can you explain how to get the mp3 uploaded?

25th January 2008, 04:48 PM	#21 (permalink)
Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,915 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Try virb.com, or yousendit.com

26th January 2008, 03:13 AM	#22 (permalink)
johnfinizio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 Band: -	Your site is die-ing....Plese respond.

28th January 2008, 01:08 PM	#23 (permalink)
Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,915 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	What?

30th January 2008, 06:56 PM	#24 (permalink)
johnfinizio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 Band: -	There does'nt seem to be very much activity in "home recording and producing". I would like to discuss digital 8 track recording. Techniques and whatnot.

30th January 2008, 07:14 PM	#25 (permalink)
Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,915 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	I used to use a Roland VS-840-EX recorder, very good machine even though it did record onto 'Non-more-retro' 250mb Zip Disks. I now do everything on my MacBook.

30th January 2008, 07:41 PM	#26 (permalink)
johnfinizio Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 12 Band: -	I'm recording with a boss BR-1180. Nice sounding machine. I load tracks from it onto a PC with "Audacity" audio software. I don't have a lot of memory on my desktop. 512 M. Is there another software program I could download for free off of the internet for audio that doesn' need a lot of memory to function well?

30th January 2008, 07:46 PM	#27 (permalink)
Thee Alex UGS Assassin Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Solihull, West Midlands Posts: 3,915 Band: Thee Moths, Wülfstabber, Explosions and Screaming, Catface, DJ Wrong Homer, Señor Citizen, Thee Infinite Golden Universe, Sports, WRRRMS, former member of Lipsick!	Kristal Audio is pretty good - googling should find it.