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Originally Posted by paynez 2) Any suggestions for engineering your own recordings? |
Decent minimum setup. Read up all you can find on engineering. Ask questions if you get stuck. Use a reference recording to check your mixes.
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Originally Posted by paynez 3) How would your record a basic drum set for the sounds I am going for with what I have? |
I wouldn't worry about any drum sounds (assuming you are going to record your own drums in your room), just get a nice isolated hit, and then I would get Drumagog to replace sounds as needed.
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Originally Posted by paynez 4) If I had $5000.00 to spend to upgrade this studio, how would you do it? (Keep in mind I am going to stick with the 002 and protools for a while, so using that as my base system, what would you add on?) |
Hmmm, might want to get an external 7200 rpm firewire drive to use as an audio drive. Laptop harddisks are very slow.
Might want to consider a new desktop computer to get more native power for plugs.
But, as you learn more about engineering and as you get into your own recording, you will dislike some sounds so intensely that you will want to spend money to improve them.
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Originally Posted by paynez 5) To get a good acoustic guitar sound (strummed), much like what I hear on the coldplay album/ David Gray, where its really earthy sounding, but not too brite and not too bassy...That might be too vague, so disregard that if need be. How would you setup the mics and mix? |
Try the usual acoustic method: Shure KSM32 or Octava MK012 three or four inches from the 12th fret then an Octava MK012 positioned off the body of the guitar.
Just my .002 cents.