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A pianist friend I play with wanted to record a jam session we had recently at his house, but his pro tools recording equipment had only four inputs, and his piano mic takes up two of those inputs.
That left bass, drums and guitar only two inputs, so he made me and the bass player plug into his keyboard amp, and recorded us directly from the two channel amp.
That left only one input, which he used for the drums. Is that the best solution to this dilemma?Last edited by sgcim; 03-21-2019 at 02:34 PM.
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08-04-2018 03:19 AM
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Results sound good, guy seems to know his stuff. I might do it differently, but it's hard to argue with something that came out so well.
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I'd just try using 2 mics for drums for a bit of spread as they are in live situation. I don't like drums being kinda "mono" instrument on a recording. It's a matter of taste of course. But your guy seems to know his stuff yes - sounds pleasant.
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Sounds good to me.
I don't know jack about recording (-recording well, anyway), so I have no advice to offer, but I'm glad I heard this.
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Consider a transparent mic mixer up front (+ more mics, have the players chip in for the mic/stand fund) where you can get a wider array/dispersion before mixing down the signals into his 4 channel PT.
Patching a headphone monitor into the mixer is another useful option—hear what the mics are hearing, not only what your ears are telling you about the room and the player dynamics.
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Proof that it is not in the equipment - but in the fingers! AND the ears of course!
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Thanks for the advice and kind words, guys. I'll relay them to our novice recording engineer/pianist.
I lowered my volume when I was comping for the bass solo, and forgot to turn back up enough when we traded fours with the drummer, so you can barely hear my fours with the drummer.
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it sounds good..fine..and nice playin
but i'd not record the piano in stereo..on 2 channels...a good well placed piano mic into a single channel would be fine...and then you'll have one track for each instrument
i get that it's the pianists show..but...hahaha..equality!
cheers
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the recording sounds good.
the drums sound could use the most improvement to my ears. could try changing position or a different microphone.
a stereo room set up could be good too (possibly only using two mics total, or a mono mic on the piano?)
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Unfortunately, the recording is good enough to show that the guitarist never bothered to learn the melody!
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Originally Posted by ronjazz
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Originally Posted by sgcim
what the good must endure!!!
cheers
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yeah well thats exactly what i meant..the good...
gotta bend a bit..extenuatin coicomstances (as slip mahoney used to say)
dont take it as a challenge to be conquered!!
luck
cheers
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Originally Posted by djg
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Submixing the drums would be a good solution: a small mixer with 4 inputs, 4 mics on drums, take some time to balance them, hit the red button!
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Originally Posted by ronjazz
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That sounded sweet. Nice.
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Originally Posted by Artied2
He wants to record the guitar with a DI box (which neither of us have) direct into the board, rather than going through his amp (which is an acoustic guitar amp) with an XLR jack like he did before.
He also wants to mic my own amp in stereo, along with the DI box.
It's all experimenting at this stage, so we appreciate any suggestions/comments. We'll probably re-record Stella and Foolish Heart with his new stuff.
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Originally Posted by sgcim
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Originally Posted by Artied2
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Been there, done that. (Still am.)
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Originally Posted by Artied2
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Sounds great
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Originally Posted by mrcee
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Very very nice. Btw, I love how the bass sounds there so much
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