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Permalink Reply by c# merle on August 10, 2013 at 7:35am

i had the easy job - just collecting the tracks, you guys are the stars for actually recording the awesome music. cheers!

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 10, 2013 at 7:46am

Hmmm...WWBT? He'd prolly stare fixedly at a point somewhere past your shoulder. Maybe mumble something like "Least you didn't cover Neil's shit."

Permalink Reply by Busyhands Slim on August 10, 2013 at 7:14am

That seems to be working.  Thanks,  Merle!

Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on August 13, 2013 at 5:57am

Sound great...

 

I would love to know what people recorded their songs onto, if you are willing to share?

and if multi tracked or not?

 

I normally use a Line pod UX1 and a cheap sale copy of sony acid pro, cheap mic, but mess with Ipad's for live video (when the kid's haven't smashed it!)  and Iphone irig record for live stuff currently..for ease as it's always with me..

 

Aso what did you use for leveling the tracks and tagging them Merle, as you seem to have mastered this much better than me for the Stones tribute album?

 

Great Job by the way and thanks for all the hard work running it and delivering it... (as it's not quite as easy as it looks)

 

Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on August 13, 2013 at 6:05am

Audacity multi track sequencer and my usual colllection of ageing hardware - Shure SM58, Boss SE-70, cheapo mixing desk.. (-:

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 13, 2013 at 6:51am

For "All Along The Watchtower," I used the following:

1) My custom Swamp Witch Enchantress with bobby pin frets, tuned GDG, plugged directly into my Crate V16 all-tube amp, at full Gain but low Level for the distortion, plus the Reverb set at about 5.
2) I recorded the amp through the iRig mic, placed slightly off axis to the amp speaker with an AmpClamp.
3) The iRig mic was connected directly to my iPad, monitored through SkullCandy earbud headphones.
4) All tracks (guitar, vocals, harmonica, tambourine and shakers) were recorded as separate Audio tracks using the iRig mic into GarageBand; each track had slightly different in-built effects applied. The guitar track was quadruped, then 2 each panned full left and right for stereo effect. Vocals had the Dreamy setting applied, while all tracks had Large Hall Reverb and a slight amount of Echo added. Vocals and shakers were time-shifted where needed.
5) Final mix down was in Audacity, converting the GB multitrack m4a file to mp3 two-track stereo, doing some slight noise filtering, adding a few seconds of silence at beginning and end, and applying fade out to the end.

Permalink Reply by Jamie MacBlues on August 13, 2013 at 7:00am

I recorded my song on the couch !     ;)

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 13, 2013 at 7:12am

That would explain the fuzz, lost change, and biscuit crumbs in the background then...;-)

Permalink Reply by Jamie MacBlues on August 13, 2013 at 8:01am

Lol Ron ma man. Also explains me fallin asleep halfway thru recording ! :)

Permalink Reply by Vinylhed on August 13, 2013 at 7:44am

I record directly into my laptop, with some guitar tracks miked up and others were plugged straight in.

Everything is mixed together and messed around with on Mixcraft 6 Recording Studio, which is a PC equivalent to Garage Band. You can download it and have a free trial here  http://www.acoustica.com/mixcraft/. 

I recently bought a Blue Yeti USB mic, but I'm not happy with the vocal recordings I made. I'm 100% sure it's down to how I'm recording, and I need to have an experiment with different environments, recording levels and my proximity to the mic. If anyone has any advice it would be gladly accepted.

Permalink Reply by turtlehead on August 13, 2013 at 9:19am

I used these instruments on "Shelter": 3 String CBG, 3 string CBBanjo, Washtub Bass, and Cajon for percussion.

CBG and Bass went through a small Behringer mixer into the computer via USB.  Banjo, Cajon and Vocals were recorded with an MXL 990 condenser mic.  I mixed in Audacity, just panning and volume. then exported to the demo version of Fruity Loops, which I use for "mastering".  The demo is full featured, but the limit is 5 minutes.  I apply EQ, Compression, Reverb and Limiting in FL and that's about it.  I like to leave the levels fairly low in the recording and mixing process, then bring them up in FL.  Seems like there is less noise that way and can add a lot of fullness in the final stages.

Permalink Reply by Jamie MacBlues on August 13, 2013 at 10:41am

OK jokin aside (but not for long! lol)  : On "Senor"

I recorded vocal and harp ,and tinjo backing track( a 4 string tinjo made  by jabes) ,  into track one of my Tascam 4 track. (Tinjo was amped with  wee Cube).

Then  added   banjo fills (5string banjo made by Anthony), onto track 2. (did not amplify banjo)

Then added tinjo  guitar solo on track 3 .(l I did not use track 4).

Mastered/mixed track on Tascam.

Converted wav. file into MP3 using Audacity.

Had a cup of tea and kit kat

The End  :)

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