Brendan Thompson
March 8th 04, 10:58 AM
Keyboardist/Rhythm guitarist fell thru a glass table. He can play keys, but
not guitar. So the new lineup is...
Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Keys
Bass
Drums
The new setup will need:
2 vocal mics, one guitar mic (or line if it comes down to it), keys and bass
line in, drums miced.
Just say I put up 2 drum mics, and one guitar mic, and 2 vocal mics. That's
my 5 mic inputs gone, and that leaves one input for line in - and I think
I'll take bass and keys into the keyboard mixer and then into this input. Of
course, this means I'll be doing a fully mono recording...
I still need suggestions on the placement of the 2 drum mics, as I'd be
inclined to just put one on the kick and one on the snare... but this may
not pick up the rest of the kit as much as i'd like. Would they be better as
overheads?
The guitar mic will likely just be resting in the back of the amp (it's open
backed and I like this sound better than a badly placed front mic. It's my
failsafe position for recording guitars...).
From there, I can feed the FOH from the main out, the foldback from an aux
send, and have the other aux send going into the laptop.
The reason for recording it is not as much to work out what levels need
altering, as this will change with each venue, and plus it's not the regular
lineup anyway (different bassist, no rhythm guitar). It's to work out things
like timing, feel, etc...
Thanks to all who replied, if anyone has any more insight i'd appreciate any
comments you'd like to make.
not guitar. So the new lineup is...
Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar
Keys
Bass
Drums
The new setup will need:
2 vocal mics, one guitar mic (or line if it comes down to it), keys and bass
line in, drums miced.
Just say I put up 2 drum mics, and one guitar mic, and 2 vocal mics. That's
my 5 mic inputs gone, and that leaves one input for line in - and I think
I'll take bass and keys into the keyboard mixer and then into this input. Of
course, this means I'll be doing a fully mono recording...
I still need suggestions on the placement of the 2 drum mics, as I'd be
inclined to just put one on the kick and one on the snare... but this may
not pick up the rest of the kit as much as i'd like. Would they be better as
overheads?
The guitar mic will likely just be resting in the back of the amp (it's open
backed and I like this sound better than a badly placed front mic. It's my
failsafe position for recording guitars...).
From there, I can feed the FOH from the main out, the foldback from an aux
send, and have the other aux send going into the laptop.
The reason for recording it is not as much to work out what levels need
altering, as this will change with each venue, and plus it's not the regular
lineup anyway (different bassist, no rhythm guitar). It's to work out things
like timing, feel, etc...
Thanks to all who replied, if anyone has any more insight i'd appreciate any
comments you'd like to make.