Ok, I've done the search and there is some useful advice here about recording big band type music, but here's a slightly different scenario.
I will be recording the band here:
www.rubystudios.net
There are a good few rehearsal rooms here, which I will have access to. There is a control room setup already. All rooms have a ceiling height of just over eight foot.
I do FOH for these guys so I know what to expect.
Four piece trumpet section
Four piece bone section
Five peice sax section
V. Good electric bass player
V. good drummer
Good guitar player (Ess w/Twin)
Excellent piano/organ player (no piano available here though, will be using a module.
Various vocalists
I figure I will use the largest room in the place, which happens to be the lounge area (the one with the pool table in the pictures). I plan to record rhythm section and brass parts together, and overdub vocals and solos.
Mic's available:
AKG C414 B-ULS ( x 2)
AKG C1000 ( x 2 )
MXL 603s (Stereo pair)
Sennheiser MD421-U5
Sennheiser e602
Sennheiser e604
Sennheiser e609
Shure/Unidyne III ( x 2 )
Shure Beta 58 (x2)
Shure SM58 ( x2 )
Shure SM57 ( x2 )
Shure KSM32
Shure KSM44
Studio Projects C1
Behringer ECM8000 ( x 2 )
Beyerdynamic M400
The keyboard player, bass player, and guitar player will be playing through their respective amps.
The area I'm thinking about tracking in is about 18ft X 25ft X 8.5 ft.
My main worry is capturing a good/balanced brass sound without to much bleed. I'm not sure which tracks they are doing yet, but I think they will probably be standards. They also do newer seventies stuff like Stevie Wonder etc.
As you can see, individual micing of brass intruments is not an option. When I do front of house, I normally use 1 mic to every 2 brass instruments, but I wonder will this create a phasey mess in here with the band so close to each other, and guitar/keyboard amps being used.
And on top of that, this has to be put down to 10 channels !
Anyone in the mood for sharing some thoughts on this ?
Cheers,
Nathan
