The Recording Thread

[kwame k]

That's why you went back to Michigan, and Motown Records did not.

Oh no! Did I hurt your little feelings there, Clay.

Now how would you run your USB

independant

moron.

[kwame k]

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You mean this?

[Diamondjimi]

Wow, you picked those out! Good for you..

Eat a dick.
Sesh, drunk off his ass is still 100 times the player you are...

[Satan]

On the subject of recording a band rehearsal or the whole band at once...........we've had success with putting guitar cabs in other rooms, vocalist in the bathroom, running the bass direct and having the drums in the same room we were jamming.

Recording the whole band in the same room with all the instruments in the room too, can and has worked for years of recording. That's how it was done way back when. The only time I've ever had success doing this was when all the guys in the band were on board recording that way and we could balance the room, so to speak. Making sure everything could be heard equally and no one instrument was overpowering another instrument. You have to be willing to have give and take in that situation and willing to do whatever is best for the overall sound of the band, not the individual player.

I'd have to choke my drums way down and use thin cymbals so the cymbal decay was fast and not too loud.

You can still record with everyone in the same room. Just depends on how you set up the room. Take this diagram from Pathe-Marconi studios in Paris, circa 1977, for example......



This is how the Rolling Stones cut one of their greatest albums, Some Girls. Yeah sure there were some overdubs. Definitely vocals, maybe a guitar part added here and there, other things like sax and harmonica added in later, but the raw tracks were done here with everyone in the room.

And it comes out something like this........

[kwame k]

Yep, Your Most Unholiness.........knew about that room setup. Notice how there are isolation panels around Charlie and the others.

Great find

[GAR]

You mean this?

sorry NO.

[GAR]

You can still record with everyone in the same room. This is how the Rolling Stones cut one of their greatest albums, Some Girls.

Thought I'd point out at this juncture, Van Halen never recorded with "isolation panels."

Must've been a reason huh..

[Diamondjimi]

Shh, go away...

[GAR]

.. said the guy whos gardener drags in a curb-find slant cab with greenbacks "oh meestah I fond deez nayks dooah.. " my ass..

[Seshmeister]

So, was this supposed to be Whole Lotta Love?
Your melody line reminded me of "American Woman".

Based on something I saw Prince do at an after show in London a few years back. It's generally a bad idea I think to cover a cover but it was a quick lazy idea.



I think we needed more cowbell.

What is undeniable is that I was and still am taller than him...

[chefcraig]

Based on something I saw Prince do at an after show in London a few years back. It's generally a bad idea I think to cover a cover but it was a quick lazy idea.

Is this another of those "New Power Trio" recordings? From what I've heard, these are largely hit and miss affairs, ranging from inspired Hendrix-like riffage to tediously annoying and patience testing dreck. There were 3 or 4 tracks by the group on his Lotusflower album that were OK, but as for the rest...

[Seshmeister]

From the Indigo Nights album which you could only buy if you bought his $40 coffee table book or something.

It's patchy. I think Prince has improved as a guitarist as the years have gone on but I don't think he's one of the greats.

I've just noticed his version is 50% longer...

[Seshmeister]

He did 21 shows at the O2 Arena in London. To be fair to him he only charged £31 for tickets which is cheap these days plus you got a free album on the way in.

It was possible to buy additional tickets for a club beside the Arena where most nights his band would turn up and do a set. On a few nights he turned up and did a set with them and I was there on one of those nights. I was standing beside the mixing desk and he didn't actually leave the stage until the engineer had ejected the recording, pushed through the crowd and handed it to him.

Being a Jehovah's Witness doesn't seem to instill great trust in your fellow man...

[Satan]

Thought I'd point out at this juncture, Van Halen never recorded with "isolation panels."

Must've been a reason huh..

Well, for one thing, Van Halen has one guitar player (or two if Dave was playing acoustic.) The Stones had three guitarists on most of the Some Girls tracks, and you'll notice Mick's amp is isolated as well. Otherwise you would hear one muddy mess of guitar, rather than 3 properly balanced guitar tracks.

Of course the above You Tube clips don't illustrate this point very well, but the finished product does.

[Diamondjimi]

.. said the guy whos gardener drags in a curb-find slant cab with greenbacks "oh meestah I fond deez nayks dooah.. " my ass..

Hey, ya still interested in the codes I retrieved off the vintage Greenbacks?

[kwame k]

Hey, ya still interested in the codes I retrieved off the vintage Greenbacks?

Speaking of which.....thanks for the codes on those, Jimi.....I would of never thought that was what they were.......killer find

[jhale667]

[GAR]

I'm guessing - Dec 12, 2002, same date code as your roadside cardboard placards: "1 4 NL" right?

[Diamondjimi]

I'm guessing - Dec 12, 2002, same date code as your roadside cardboard placards: "1 4 NL" right?

[jhale667]

As usual, GARfail...

[Diamondjimi]

As usual, GARfail...

Holy shit, when reading the Trolls post's. That is exactly what he looks like!

[jhale667]

Holy shit, when reading the Trolls post's. That is exactly what he looks like!

Exactly, exactly.

[jhale667]

Once again, back on m-f*ing topic...

Since I'm already planning on upgrading my PC's Motherboard and processor soon, thinking (if it's not ridiculously expensive) I'm also going to look into this Pro Tools HD upgrade; it would be a cool addition...and would seriously expand my (by then revamped) existing system's capabilities....!



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Definitely something to at least think about... The ability to be even more cross-functional with HD users would be a huge bonus, since if/when I take my LE versions of my tunes to a real studio and add tracks to them, chances are when I got them home there'd then be too much info for my current system to handle insert/effect-wise, even if there weren't too many tracks...

[GAR]

Definitely something to at least think about...

Not for those who've already upgraded since the Pentium II came out.

[Diamondjimi]

Not for those who've already upgraded since the Pentium II came out.

Give it up Shitheel. Your attempt at humour is pathetic. I can honestly say I've never chuckled at a single one of your attempts at being funny.

Face it, this shit is waaay over your balding head. So do everyone a favour. Sit down, stfu, read and learn.

And most importantly never reply in Gear Street AGAIN!

[jhale667]

That was an attempt at humor?


Nah...as usual, project much, epic GARfail? Only asking 'cause I heard the Alhambra library's computers are still P2s...

[Diamondjimi]

Lady GAR GAR!

[GAR]

I've never chuckled at a single one of your attempts at being funny.

Don't be so exsanginated.

[Diamondjimi]

Don't be so exsanginated.

Your piss-poor attempts at humour are fellatious ...

[GAR]

How unbecoming! How uncouth.. how vapidly owned and extinguished.

Just give it up and quit being a dicktard.

[jhale667]

You first, dicknose. You admittedly don't own any recording gear, so why the fuck are you posting in this thread again? Oh, that's right...because you're a useless troll...

[Diamondjimi]

You first, dicknose. You admittedly don't own any recording gear, so why the fuck are you posting in this thread again? Oh, that's right...because you're a useless troll...

Exactly, exactly!

[GAR]

I don't need a dedicated DAW computer, when the wavelengths of my powerful will alone can etch glass, record direct to tape and hard-disk, and most certainly erase your mind from 30 miles away so don't fuck with me.

I have wavelenths, and I will use them if provoked. I mean, at this stage of my evolution, using the Interwebs is laziness on my part.. I apologize for stooping to your folks' level electronically, but when I get bored I like to reach out once in awhile even if it's not to mind-zap others.

[Diamondjimi]

I don't need a dedicated DAW computer, when the wavelengths of my powerful will alone can etch glass, record direct to tape and hard-disk, and most certainly erase your mind from 30 miles away so don't fuck with me.

I have wavelenths, and I will use them if provoked. I mean, at this stage of my evolution, using the Interwebs is laziness on my part.. I apologize for stooping to your folks' level electronically, but when I get bored I like to reach out once in awhile even if it's not to mind-zap others.

[GAR]

simple response enough..

[jhale667]

I don't need a dedicated DAW computer, when the wavelengths of my powerful will alone can etch glass, record direct to tape and hard-disk, and most certainly erase your mind from 30 miles away so don't fuck with me.

I have wavelenths, and I will use them if provoked. I mean, at this stage of my evolution, using the Interwebs is laziness on my part.. I apologize for stooping to your folks' level electronically, but when I get bored I like to reach out once in awhile even if it's not to mind-zap others.

Dude, step away from the crack-pipe. Slowly.

[jhale667]

Seriously.

[BigBadBrian]

How unbecoming! How uncouth.. how vapidly owned and extinguished.

Just give it up and quit being a dicktard.

I came here to get a primer on recording. You're a primer on stupidity.

Get the fuck out of my thread, bitch.

Thanks to all others who are trying to help.

[Diamondjimi]

I came here to get a primer on recording. You're a primer on stupidity.

Get the fuck out of my thread, bitch.

Thanks to all others who are trying to help.

The ONLY forum GARfail should be allowed to post in is The Dump.

So... B.B.B. Where are you at with your decisions. Have you made your mind up on what you wanna do?

[Diamondjimi]

I came here to get a primer on recording. You're a primer on stupidity.

Get the fuck out of my thread, bitch.

Thanks to all others who are trying to help.

The ONLY forum GARfail should be allowed to post in is The Dump.

So... B.B.B. Where are you at with your decisions. Have you made your mind up on what you wanna do?