The Colonel
Silver Member
...not the coast! (Sorry Bernard)
On Sunday, my band New Planets will be heading to a *gorgeous* high-end studio, and I will finally have some new recordings, and my first with the band.
The place is super-expensive, so we are *very* grateful that someone who works there loves us and is offering the place free of charge. The guy is sort of on the lower-edge of the studio's totem pole - but that pole includes people who are 1st call for major studios, artists, etc, so I assume he'll be more than competent. (the guy doing it already said he's gonna have one of the main mixer guys do the mixing afterwards)
We will be getting there around noon, and have the place till about 4pm (which includes setup/teardown) with 3 maybe 4 recording engineers present to give different perspectives (they work there and asked if it was okay to sit in and offer advice - we said "uh...SURE! - and THANKS AGAIN!")
No drumset so I'm bringing my new[old vintage] 4 piece and my usual two rides/hi-hats - the most setup is our guitar player - takes him honestly 30 minutes to get his pedal board squared away...
We aren't going to be playing to a click - which the engineer is very happy about. We will be doing takes together - or at least guitar & drums, and the vox done later. We'll be in the same room with our headphones, with the guitar amp in another smaller room.
So, if we can get to it, we can do 2 songs, possibly a 3rd if we're 1st take wonders. Time is the part we're up against, so if any of you guys have any time-saving tips/tricks or anything like that, that'd be great. I've recorded once in a studio, and a few times in the "home studio" setting, so not totally noob-ish, but not a "studio guy" by any means...
I'm gonna buy some new heads and get the drums sounding purrrdy tomorrow, and I'm gonna bring along my snares and cymbals, but I'm pretty sure of the equipment I'm gonna use...
So, anything glaring I'm not thinking about, or might not think about till after there's a problem?
On Sunday, my band New Planets will be heading to a *gorgeous* high-end studio, and I will finally have some new recordings, and my first with the band.
The place is super-expensive, so we are *very* grateful that someone who works there loves us and is offering the place free of charge. The guy is sort of on the lower-edge of the studio's totem pole - but that pole includes people who are 1st call for major studios, artists, etc, so I assume he'll be more than competent. (the guy doing it already said he's gonna have one of the main mixer guys do the mixing afterwards)
We will be getting there around noon, and have the place till about 4pm (which includes setup/teardown) with 3 maybe 4 recording engineers present to give different perspectives (they work there and asked if it was okay to sit in and offer advice - we said "uh...SURE! - and THANKS AGAIN!")
No drumset so I'm bringing my new[old vintage] 4 piece and my usual two rides/hi-hats - the most setup is our guitar player - takes him honestly 30 minutes to get his pedal board squared away...
We aren't going to be playing to a click - which the engineer is very happy about. We will be doing takes together - or at least guitar & drums, and the vox done later. We'll be in the same room with our headphones, with the guitar amp in another smaller room.
So, if we can get to it, we can do 2 songs, possibly a 3rd if we're 1st take wonders. Time is the part we're up against, so if any of you guys have any time-saving tips/tricks or anything like that, that'd be great. I've recorded once in a studio, and a few times in the "home studio" setting, so not totally noob-ish, but not a "studio guy" by any means...
I'm gonna buy some new heads and get the drums sounding purrrdy tomorrow, and I'm gonna bring along my snares and cymbals, but I'm pretty sure of the equipment I'm gonna use...
So, anything glaring I'm not thinking about, or might not think about till after there's a problem?