Recording

[dkelley]

Well, we went to the studio Friday. My singer and drummer were supper excited and saying how awesome it was to be going back to the studio so I just kept my mouth shut and pretended like I was happy about it.

Our performance was WAY better than when we recorded it at our rehearsal space! I think the singer is just really excited to be in a studio because of the atmosphere and feel of it.

The engineer had just updated his sound cards from 16 to 24 bit so hopefully that will help with the sound.

16 bit sounds exactly the same unless he doesn't know how to set levels correctly.

If his 24 bit recordings sound better it's entirely because he got better or you guys were better..
Not due to being greater than 16 bits. All 24 but audio gives you is detail in the EXTREMELY quiet sections and the engineer gets to record at lower volume if desired.

So don't let him pull the wool over your eyes....

I've been a rec. Engineer for a long time.

 

[Robdrone]

Honestly, your recording doesn't sound bad to my ears. Keep at it and you might be great one day.

If you're shooting for radio play, what I'd be concerned about is the fact that the song is 15 seconds shy of 5 minutes and it takes a minute and a half for the vocals to come in. Radio stations don't like long instrumental sections. Maybe you could make a "Radio edit" and have the engineer edit down the intro and have a better shot at airplay. Otherwise I think it'd have a pretty good shot at making it on a local music program that most stations seem to have now a days.