Journal #6374
Posted 14 years ago2010-02-04 07:42:55 UTC
My band Broken Silence went into the studio yesterday for the first time to record a song, was sort of like a test run to see how things work out.
Once a few minor problems were sorted out with the mixing desk, tracking began! It really shows you how important it is to practice to a metronome, because it isn't easy!
I can honestly say that I really enjoyed it, it was a slow start but towards the end of the day we were getting some really nice stuff done, totally impressed with how it came out considering it's our first song, all I have to do now is mix it so it sounds somewhat professional!
Myspace with the song will go up in a few days, I want to get the final mix done for the song so we have something to put on it.
I hope this band goes far, we all loved it!
Once a few minor problems were sorted out with the mixing desk, tracking began! It really shows you how important it is to practice to a metronome, because it isn't easy!
I can honestly say that I really enjoyed it, it was a slow start but towards the end of the day we were getting some really nice stuff done, totally impressed with how it came out considering it's our first song, all I have to do now is mix it so it sounds somewhat professional!
Myspace with the song will go up in a few days, I want to get the final mix done for the song so we have something to put on it.
I hope this band goes far, we all loved it!
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ANd before you master it, get a rough mix of the track and listen to it 10 or 20 times a day. You WILL find stuff that you want to fix once the novelty wears off. You're spending money on this. Your money. You dont want to have a mastered track that you arent 100% proud of.
Just a little warning, because my band fell into this hole in our first 3 times in the studio.
Anyway, congrats on getting into the studio! That's awesome, i wish you and your band good luck, and i wanna hear those tracks!
Grats on getting recordings done! I don't know what your band does, but I'll be willing to listen to it to find out
I've already tracked the song, I'm mixing it myself from all the things I've learned from 2 years of studying music technology, I think I'm getting pretty good at it now, I'm panning my overheads of the drums left and right for a sterio field, panning my toms relative to where I was sitting when tracking them, getting a nice click but with some body to the kick too.
The only problem I have is that occasionally I'll struggle to keep something loud enough in the mix, for example if I add a click onto the kick, it will drown out the snare, so I almost have to start again with mixing the two!
All the final mixes I do with the monitors sound good, but when I bounce them to .mp3 they always come out to bassy, which is irritating, but adding some high-end into the mix will cause it to clip. These are some minor problems I have.
Mixing and mastering is literally like doing your own little project which requires a shitload of work and time.