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Lovefist
12-18-2007, 02:17 PM
So I found a studio in downtown Chicago that will record my band and I was rather excited about it, because it was going to cost about $200 bucks for a day and I figured we'd put down 4 songs. Don't get me wrong the place is wonderful and has great stuff, but my guitarist figures we could just cut all of our songs on his Mac book (some protools stuff). The advantage to this is we save some cash and we get to use our own stuff instead of going with the studio gear (we didnt want to drag our stuff on the L). Anyways I gotta some stuff to figure out, so is the studio even worth while? I mean we just want a CD to push to different venues and stations. Plus our guitarist at this point said that we should just make a shitload of cheap copys and go to Kinkos for the album art. Well any ideas would be good...btw we have decent gear for recording and we most likely would just mike the amps.

PS I'd be using my Roland Dbass 115 and my Jerry Scheff skyline and my Darryl Jones bass
rh15951
12-18-2007, 02:20 PM
http://www.myspace.com/mouthbreathermp3
All that stuff is yet to be mixed/mastered properly and was a live recording with mic'd amps in a sh!tty run-down barn.
If you can record and mix yourselves, try that first rather than paying for it :thumb:
Lovefist
12-18-2007, 02:24 PM
Rolo rules man and nice records

(fantomas rocks)
rh15951
12-18-2007, 02:27 PM
Cheers bud :)
Haha you should see the state of the barn we recorded in:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/rh15951/DSC00145.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/rh15951/DSC00047.jpg
deemo
12-19-2007, 01:45 AM
record yourself with his protools, seriously. cheaper, no time constraints and being rushed, if something sounds off, you can fix it easily. if something sucks at the studio, you pay for the time to fix it.
exit
12-19-2007, 04:09 AM
No harm in trying to record it yourself first. If it really really doesn't work out, you can still go to the studio. But if it's just to make a decent demo with 4 songs and you have a couple of good mic's to record, i'ld definately go for home recording
Jody LeCompte
12-19-2007, 04:10 AM
Are you making 30,000 copies?





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I had to! :upset:
Damrod
12-20-2007, 07:43 AM
Not to offend any studio folks, but we have a better sound with our self-recorded stuff than any studio here in town. And we are by far not the uber-musicians from hell... If you can get stuff like Cubase with Addictive Drums and Guitar Rig into your hands, and have a decent AudioInterface (about 150 Bucks), you can do a lot at home.

Quick example, the first two demo songs of my band:

http://myspace.com/inariband

If you mix for the first time though, maybe look for someone that can give you a head start and quick introduction what you need to pay attention to. Mixing can be very tricky and hard to get done decent. It will take some time (we mixed about two to three weeks for one song).
exit
12-20-2007, 07:57 AM
Unfortunately the link doesn't work for me :(

Anyway, like you said, you spent 3 weeks mixing on a song. Don't you think spending the same time in a studio won't deliver even better results? It's darn expensive though and thats why i fully agree with you when you say its better to invest that money into some homerecording stuff and take your time with it





Allthough i think you didn't bought the software because in the end, getting cubase and decent VST's can get pretty expensive
Damrod
12-20-2007, 09:40 AM
Link fixed
exit
12-20-2007, 10:05 AM
Nice recordings!!
Just one question, how did you mic'd up the drums? That always seems to be a problem for recording on your own and it sounds great with yours.
EADGC
12-22-2007, 03:38 AM
I'd only recommend home if you have good equipment and know what you're doing


also keep in mind that recording/post production is a painful process that takes a hell of a lot of time


just so you know what you're getting into.
rh15951
12-22-2007, 06:49 AM
Not to offend any studio folks, but we have a better sound with our self-recorded stuff than any studio here in town. And we are by far not the uber-musicians from hell... If you can get stuff like Cubase with Addictive Drums and Guitar Rig into your hands, and have a decent AudioInterface (about 150 Bucks), you can do a lot at home.

Quick example, the first two demo songs of my band:

http://myspace.com/inariband

If you mix for the first time though, maybe look for someone that can give you a head start and quick introduction what you need to pay attention to. Mixing can be very tricky and hard to get done decent. It will take some time (we mixed about two to three weeks for one song).

That was so good :chug: