Home recording?

eric_B said:
I have to say half a year ago I finally upgraded my over 10 year old home studio PC.
It was still working fine using Reaper, Addictive Drums / Keys and a lot of other music software.
I don't have dozens of tracks and/or very demanding plugins running though.

BTW: I can recommend Reaper as a DAW, I have been using it for over a decade.
Cheap, stable, light on resources, a very active community, great stock plugins (although they look simple).
And there are great video tutorials over at Reaper Mania:
https://www.youtube.com/@REAPERMania
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The "simple" look of the plugins is part of what helps them be very light on resource consumption.
 
eric_B said:
I have to say half a year ago I finally upgraded my over 10 year old home studio PC.
It was still working fine using Reaper, Addictive Drums / Keys and a lot of other music software.
I don't have dozens of tracks and/or very demanding plugins running though.

BTW: I can recommend Reaper as a DAW, I have been using it for over a decade.
Cheap, stable, light on resources, a very active community, great stock plugins (although they look simple).
And there are great video tutorials over at Reaper Mania:
https://www.youtube.com/@REAPERMania
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Yes! The stock plug ins are great. Kenny/ Reaper Mania is a gold mine.
 
tris66 said:
Good advice. I'm not heavy handed when it comes to using plug ins. My suggestion to @Caleb7mm was simply that he look into it, so he can make the right choice. The video I mentioned shows that after 6 cores the negative effect on output quality drops and after 8 you get diminishing returns.
I ran my old 2 core machine for probably a decade with only a few hiccups. The project that made me finally decide to upgrade had 74 tracks. Multiple tracks of hand claps, applause, backing vocals, sound effects, and all kinds of stuff including 2 tracks of plastic toy accordion.... all panned and pre-delayed to sound like they were all coming from different parts of an artificial room. (I don't think I really pulled it off but I tried.) The old machine wouldn't do it. It is impossible to mix when you turn off the fx. Can't mix what you can't hear. The new machine played it with zero problems.
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The other thing that is not mentioned is that the program that you use has to be able to take advantage of having multiple cores to handle separate processes. Most modern programs should be, but some are not, and basically having all that horse power makes no difference in those cases.
 
doggyd69b said:
The "simple" look of the plugins is part of what helps them be very light on resource consumption.
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Right. Some plugin manufacturers seem to have spend most time on looks...
If you're into it, you can also write your own code (JSFX), pretty cool.
Or get the SWS extension, very useful.
 
eric_B said:
Right. Some plugin manufacturers seem to have spend most time on looks...
If you're into it, you can also write your own code (JSFX), pretty cool.
Or get the SWS extension, very useful.
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I tried my hand at Python and it kicked my ass, i'm lucky to be able to navigate the command line in Linux without much difficulty..
 
eric_B said:
LOL! During my break from drums, besides playing bass, I also got back into coding / electronic projects: https://www.hackster.io/ericBcreator
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You got more patience (and time) than me. consider yourself lucky. I have so many unfinished projects and things that I want to learn that I feel like I don't have enough years left in this planet to accomplish. The good thing is I don't think I will ever have time to be bored...
 
So much info! Thanks!!!! I plan on watching some more videos on the daw’s this weekend and making some purchases to get going. I’m excited to get into this part of the music world.
 
Your like me ive got into some home recording i have all the gear what i have Shure and Rode mics Focusrite 18.20 Interface Yamaha EAD10 andLI the DAW i use is the LiveLite12 it comes free complimentary when i got the Interface it sure is a learning curb and hours of fun,
 
Good advice so far! I’d like to add something not related to recording gear.

You mentioned that you could not hear the kick and the cymbals were overbearing when recording with the iPhone. This might imply that you could improve the tuning of the kit as well as your playing balance. Phone mics have come a long way, and you should absolutely be able to hear everything as long as your kit balance and tuning is ok.

Try tuning the kick a bit higher and play the cymbals a bit softer. This will improve the sound of a multi miked recording as well! Conversely, hitting cymbals too hard will just cause more bleed into the close mics, and if the drums aren’t tuned well you’ll struggle in the mixing phase.
 
Great advice already covered here. One thing to be aware of is microphone placement. You have to experiment by making incremental changes in your microphones--or in your current situation, iPhone--until you hear that sweet spot for whatever drum or cymbal you're recording. The slightest adjustment sometimes is all that's needed. You'll learn to hear the difference between ballpark and sweet spot over time.
 
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