#78891 by RhythmMan
Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:55 pm
Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:55 pm
I’ve been recording tracks for several different songs.
I usually do the guitar and drums first, then I’ll add bass or vocals.
Next I’ll edit - balance volumes, L & R channels, and miscellaneous fades.
Mixing takes a long time, especially if there is a lot of tracks. After every few changes, I have to listen to the whole song again, and see how it sounds.
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I have over 30 unrecorded songs.
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I’ve been recording brand new music, and setting it into ‘song-form.’ These are rough recordings, which help me to decide tempo and song lengths. Usually these songs are recorded to just a click-track. If the speed seems good - I’ll experiment and decide a drum pattern. Sometimes I’ll actually change the whole song around: same chords, but a different style of music.
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Also, I’ve been recording some new tracks for songs which are already complete, but which have been never recorded, or those songs which only have rough guitar tracks . . .
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. . . a guitar track here, a drum track there. I want to have a few songs prepped for the other fellows in the band to record.
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Often there’s 40 - 80 hours of behind-the-scenes practice, recording, erasing, re-recording and editing behind a 3-minute song.
I usually do the guitar and drums first, then I’ll add bass or vocals.
Next I’ll edit - balance volumes, L & R channels, and miscellaneous fades.
Mixing takes a long time, especially if there is a lot of tracks. After every few changes, I have to listen to the whole song again, and see how it sounds.
.
I have over 30 unrecorded songs.
.
I’ve been recording brand new music, and setting it into ‘song-form.’ These are rough recordings, which help me to decide tempo and song lengths. Usually these songs are recorded to just a click-track. If the speed seems good - I’ll experiment and decide a drum pattern. Sometimes I’ll actually change the whole song around: same chords, but a different style of music.
.
Also, I’ve been recording some new tracks for songs which are already complete, but which have been never recorded, or those songs which only have rough guitar tracks . . .
.
. . . a guitar track here, a drum track there. I want to have a few songs prepped for the other fellows in the band to record.
.
Often there’s 40 - 80 hours of behind-the-scenes practice, recording, erasing, re-recording and editing behind a 3-minute song.