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Old 04-20-2006, 02:55 AM
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Several excellent articles from the Sound on Sound website.

The first, how to set up and record a band where they are playing together (ensemble). Great tips and a real primer for how to get good results.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Mar0...rdingbands.asp

How to mic up a drumkit.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Feb0...drummiking.asp

Mixing multi-tracked drums:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb0...es/drummix.asp

How best to record a guitar:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Dec0...ingguitars.asp
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug9...es/20tips.html

How best to record acoustic guitar:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Aug0...cacgtr0801.asp

How to best to record bass:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Oct0...srecording.asp
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/mar9...ordingbass.htm

Recording vocals:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/Nov0...utervocals.asp

Recording singing guitarists:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996...ngguitars.html

How to record real pianos:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may9...s/recpiano.htm

Recording brass and reeds:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan9...s/brass778.htm

Maximising the quality of your recording without breaking the bank:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/May0...isingaudio.asp

Obtaining maximum levels on digital recordings:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1997...alisation.html

Any more articles (say from homerecording.com etc.)?
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Great information, thanks for posting this!
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Thanks for all the great info!
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Good Info

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how to set up and record a band where they are playing together

How to best to record bass: both articles

I need advice on recording practice session. Have been using one cheap mic and mono cassette recorder. Picks up everything evenly except the bass, no matter where I place the mic.

I want to keep the process pretty simple and cheap.

The above articles are really good, but don't suit my needs. We have limited practice time, and use tapes to practice at home with.

I could use either a Linux box (FC5) ASUS A7N8X-E mobo AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz or windoze box (98SE) ASUS A7N8X-X to record into. They both have nVidia on board sound
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this freakign helps anyone thanx a lot for this.
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Great website that explains most of the basics and how to get started.

http://www.tweakheadz.com/guide.htm
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Again and again I see people posting pictures of their studios with really poor monitoring setups. When recording and mixing music being able to hear what you're doing accurately is the most important factor (with the exception of talent on either side of the mic). If you can't properly hear what you're doing, you can't make critical decisions about what needs tweaking.

Here's some places to get started educating yourself on not only room setup, but proper acoustic treatment placement and materials as well:
http://www.massivemastering.com/blog...oom_Setup.html
http://www.gikacoustics.com/education.html
http://www.realtraps.com/articles.htm

GIK and RealTraps are suppliers, and are looking to sell products, but they are both well respected in the studio acoustics world and their information is accurate.
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Again and again I see people posting pictures of their studios with really poor monitoring setups. When recording and mixing music being able to hear what you're doing accurately is the most important factor (with the exception of talent on either side of the mic). If you can't properly hear what you're doing, you can't make critical decisions about what needs tweaking.

Here's some places to get started educating yourself on not only room setup, but proper acoustic treatment placement and materials as well:
http://www.massivemastering.com/blog...oom_Setup.html
http://www.gikacoustics.com/education.html
http://www.realtraps.com/articles.htm

GIK and RealTraps are suppliers, and are looking to sell products, but they are both well respected in the studio acoustics world and their information is accurate.
This is really, really good to mention. Acoustics are the single most important aspect of getting a good sounding recording together.

This is another good resource, Ethan Winer is one of the RealTraps guys::

http://ethanwiner.com/acoustics.html
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I knew there was a link I was forgetting. Thanks for adding that, Malamute.
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Here's an article I put together with some general recording tips (proper EQ and compression, proper space for each track, etc).

http://www.AtlantaBassist.com/RecordingTips.htm

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If you want to really get into recording/mixing must have books include:

- - Mixing Audio by Roey Izhaki
- - The Mixing Engineers Handbook & The Recording Engineers Handbook by Bobby Owsinski
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a good recording article with steve albini

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep0...les/albini.htm
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Rules of thumb for how EQing effects various instruments in the mix:

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