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Originally posted by Jules
What do YOU need to have set up at the tracking stage / start of a session?
What FX / plug in / hardware cant you live without? |
I started out recording a lot of bands live to 2-track and have recently started incorporating that into my multi-tracking routine. Since I track the drums through console pres, I mult the insert send to individual A/Ds while also assigning all the channels to a stereo bus. I shoot for a finished drum sound on that stereo bus from the first time I hit record, and record it along with all the individual drum tracks. I keep it dry for the most part, but do patch compression/ EQ in on the side of the mult feeding the insert return. So I monitor the drum mix before any conversion as does the band.
Since I started doing this, I've found I'm getting better drum sounds which hang together than what I was able to do with the separately recorded drums. Maybe I'm just a better live mixer but I think it may have something to do with mixing the direct mic signals on an analog board before ever converting to digital. I do still blend in the separately recorded tracks at mix, but in more of a mult/ additive sense or for f/x sends.
Anyways, that's what I now have to set-up at the tracking stage to feel like I'm doing the best work I can do.