[Midlandmorgan]

Originally Posted by DigitMus

Well, I start almost every recording by having all the musicians/singers play together, individually miked (or D/Ied). Even if most of the tracks end up being replaced in overdubs, there's something about the 'groove' of playing together as a group that translates to the final product. So I would say 10 or 12 channels of A/D is pretty much the minimum I could get away with. I realize that this philosophy of recording is no longer common (if only because of the number of times in the last decade that I've heard "Wow, what a radical way to record!!" from an artist). But even if this isn't your usual method, wouldn't you like to be able to pull out this "trick" if the standard procedure isn't cutting it?

Scott

What he said...besides, it can be a real time (= client's money) saver to overdub say a mic'd instrument and a keyboard DI or two and redo the bass all at the same time.... on a conservative count, that's 7 right there....