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studio vs. live recording
I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy
and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. |
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In article .com,
Josh wrote: I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. Put everyone together in a big room and have them play together. You may need to sacrifice some isolation, and you may need to compromise and retrack some things (especially vocals) but the point is that by playing together you maintain the groove where the performers can work together and riff off of each other. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Beer/ Gobos/Friends ???
"Josh" wrote in message oups.com... I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. |
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Scott Dorsey wrote: In article .com, Josh wrote: I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. Put everyone together in a big room and have them play together. You may need to sacrifice some isolation, and you may need to compromise and retrack some things (especially vocals) but the point is that by playing together you maintain the groove where the performers can work together and riff off of each other. --scott Indeed this is (or at least *was*) done for quite a bit of rock recording. Some setups I worked on and others that I saw being done had the guitars and bass in the room together with the drums, but their amps were in iso rooms, and everyone was on headphones. I think it's a reasonable compromise so that a good degree of isolation is acheived, but the rhythm players feel the live drums in their guts and everyone has eye contact. I've always felt that it's pretty impossible to play any kind of music without those things. Of course it's done, but IMO there's alway something missing. Karl Winkler Lectrosonics, Inc. http://www.lectrosonics.com |
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Josh wrote: I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. Check out the way Garth Richardson tracks things some times. Everyone together in the same room, amps sealed away somewere ( iso box or other room), no headphones. Uses a PA for all the monitoring. just like playing a show for the band. He trys to use phase canceling to keep it outta the drum mics. Its a pretty crazy set up. I probably wouldnt atempt it. But it you had a place to set up were you could afford the time to "trial and error" you could probably get some good results. nace |
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Hello Josh,
Most of what I record are live performances, a couple sessions from rehearsals, and only a few isolated individual tracks projects. We'll tap off of either a couple banks of DI-800's (Link or unbalanced Outs) at the stage or off a patch panel at the FOH booth. We'll try to get each source on it's own track but sometimes need to do some submixing. A couple room mics are included. The easiest is when the room mics alone get a good grab of the entire number. Electronic drums are clean to work with but a couple overheads will work. Gets cumbersome sometimes if effects are added downstream from the taps. A touch of audience in the mix can be good... Regards, Andy |
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"Scott Dorsey" wrote in message
... In article .com, Josh wrote: I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. Put everyone together in a big room and have them play together. You may need to sacrifice some isolation, and you may need to compromise and retrack some things (especially vocals) but the point is that by playing together you maintain the groove where the performers can work together and riff off of each other. And bring a small audience into the studio. Peace, Paul |
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well hell... We recorded our tracks all in the same room together, amps
turned down a bit to reduce bleed, threw out those as scratch tracks and then overdubbed everything onto the drums. My mixes end up sounding sterile. Too clean. Take a listen and maybe you can tell me what I am doing wrong: http://www.turntofall.com |
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On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:01:10 -0700, Josh wrote:
well hell... We recorded our tracks all in the same room together, amps turned down a bit to reduce bleed, threw out those as scratch tracks and then overdubbed everything onto the drums. My mixes end up sounding sterile. Too clean. Take a listen and maybe you can tell me what I am doing wrong: Try not overdubbing EVERYTHING. That was the whole point. Keep anything that doesn't suck. Only replace what sucks. |
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Josh wrote:
well hell... We recorded our tracks all in the same room together, amps turned down a bit to reduce bleed, threw out those as scratch tracks and then overdubbed everything onto the drums. My mixes end up sounding sterile. Too clean. Take a listen and maybe you can tell me what I am doing wrong: What you're doing wrong is overdubbing everything and throwing out the original tracks. The bleed is your friend and properly used, the bleed can help the sound a lot. And the overdubs never have quite the same feel as the original track. Try making a mix from the scratch tracks and then one from the overdubs and compare the two. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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"Josh" wrote in message oups.com... well hell... We recorded our tracks all in the same room together, amps turned down a bit to reduce bleed, threw out those as scratch tracks and then overdubbed everything onto the drums. My mixes end up sounding sterile. Too clean. Take a listen and maybe you can tell me what I am doing wrong: http://www.turntofall.com I don't have to hear it to know that "groove" can only come when the whole band is jamming together. |
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"Josh" wrote in message oups.com... I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. What studios have you tried? What live venues have you recorded in? -- David Morgan (MAMS) http://www.m-a-m-s DOT com Morgan Audio Media Service Dallas, Texas (214) 662-9901 _______________________________________ http://www.artisan-recordingstudio.com |
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In article pVMue.5460$G4.568@trnddc09, MAMS\
wrote: I don't have to hear it to know that "groove" can only come when the whole band is jamming together. I've found that guys who play a lot together live can lay great grooves even while overdubbing. And the best acoustic rhythm guitar track I ever recorded was cut as an overdub last holiday season. It's feel is stunning. The guy who played it (Stu Kimball) had spent the year touring with Dylan. And it was at the end of a long day of overdubs to boot! David Correia Celebration Sound Warren, Rhode Island www.CelebrationSound.com |
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"Josh" wrote
I love the isolation and clarity of a studio recording, but the energy and feeling of a live one. How can I get the energy and vibe of a live sound in a studio mix? This is for a hard rock band. Invite a whole lot of groupies into the control room for the recording sessions. Anthony Gosnell |
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"David Morgan (MAMS)" wrote:
I don't have to hear it to know that "groove" can only come when the whole band is jamming together. The Beatles recorded Abbey Road in overdub mode. I thought that record had a cool vibe and a groove. PapaNate |
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"Papanate" wrote in message ... "David Morgan (MAMS)" wrote: I don't have to hear it to know that "groove" can only come when the whole band is jamming together. The Beatles recorded Abbey Road in overdub mode. I thought that record had a cool vibe and a groove. PapaNate It's easier with 10 albums under the belt. Predrag |
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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 17:26:15 +0200, Predrag Trpkov wrote:
"Papanate" wrote in message The Beatles recorded Abbey Road in overdub mode. I thought that record had a cool vibe and a groove. It's easier with 10 albums under the belt. It's also a lot easier with Sir George at the helm & Emerick at the desk. And being the Beatles probably didn't hurt. |
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"david" wrote in message ... In article pVMue.5460$G4.568@trnddc09, MAMS\ wrote: I don't have to hear it to know that "groove" can only come when the whole band is jamming together. I've found that guys who play a lot together live can lay great grooves even while overdubbing. And the best acoustic rhythm guitar track I ever recorded was cut as an overdub last holiday season. It's feel is stunning. The guy who played it (Stu Kimball) had spent the year touring with Dylan. And it was at the end of a long day of overdubs to boot! Shows to go ya'.... there is no substitute for talent. ;-) |
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