New Tricks
Platinum Member
Although I have played in band/live situations hundreds/thousands of times, I never made it into a studio. With today's technology, the studio is in most of our homes now so I have been experimenting with songwriting. Who would have thought that the drums would be difficult.
I just had my first recording reality check. Even with a click blasting away it took me 5 attempts on a relatively simple composition to even get close to acceptable.
A lot of slop happens in a live situation but, when recording, you have to play dead nuts on and it ain't as easy as it seems. The timing on all the other tracks have been adjusted perfectly so there is very little slack.
I am recording a 5 minute song with typical fills maybe every 8 measures and the first time thru, I was late coming out of almost every single one. I even built a kick and snare sample to try and help but, about 10% of the snare hits sound like flams because I was early/late.
Crikey. I just gained a bit more respect for the professionals.
The good news is that I improved it about 90% after 5 or 6 takes so I'm on track.
It also makes me wonder how much they fix in the studio, post recording. I can see how it would be easy to fix things once you know what you are doing but it was easier for me to just keep trying. It is also good for my brain to work things out.
I just had my first recording reality check. Even with a click blasting away it took me 5 attempts on a relatively simple composition to even get close to acceptable.
A lot of slop happens in a live situation but, when recording, you have to play dead nuts on and it ain't as easy as it seems. The timing on all the other tracks have been adjusted perfectly so there is very little slack.
I am recording a 5 minute song with typical fills maybe every 8 measures and the first time thru, I was late coming out of almost every single one. I even built a kick and snare sample to try and help but, about 10% of the snare hits sound like flams because I was early/late.
Crikey. I just gained a bit more respect for the professionals.
The good news is that I improved it about 90% after 5 or 6 takes so I'm on track.
It also makes me wonder how much they fix in the studio, post recording. I can see how it would be easy to fix things once you know what you are doing but it was easier for me to just keep trying. It is also good for my brain to work things out.