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dale116dot7 · 25th January 2006

I like to get a take with everyone playing at once, leakage and all, and go with it when I can. I often record with 6 to 8 tracks of everything else, and usually between 4 and 12 tracks on drums. I like fewer tracks here, actually. If I can get away with kick + snare + overheads then so much the better. Everything else usually includes a vocal, acoustic guitar (mic and DI), electric guitar (usually only one mic but sometimes a DI too), electric bass (mic and DI).

For acoustic bluegrass music, it's usually two mics per person (vocal plus instrument) except sometimes I'll use a pair of mics on an instrument, so that's usually about 8 mics.

-Dale

25th January 2006	#8
dale116dot7 Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 816	I like to get a take with everyone playing at once, leakage and all, and go with it when I can. I often record with 6 to 8 tracks of everything else, and usually between 4 and 12 tracks on drums. I like fewer tracks here, actually. If I can get away with kick + snare + overheads then so much the better. Everything else usually includes a vocal, acoustic guitar (mic and DI), electric guitar (usually only one mic but sometimes a DI too), electric bass (mic and DI). For acoustic bluegrass music, it's usually two mics per person (vocal plus instrument) except sometimes I'll use a pair of mics on an instrument, so that's usually about 8 mics. -Dale