Members dZjupp Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 so my new band is finally laying down some material which we just found out lastnight that our guitarist with the logic and new pro mac got a firebox for the week. so lastnight we scrambled to get the drums set up which we did and they sound killer (he works for a sound production company-so any mics we want). Now i've recorded a few albums eps whatever but never in one week. has any of you guys done the process this fast? i want to do like 6 songs, which i think is possible.... 2 guitars, one vocal, bass and drums, thats it really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dysorexia Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 my band did an EP in 3 and a 1/2 hours. It was pretty intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gonz0 Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 i did my high school band's demo with 6 sm58s, a pa mixer, and a two input usb audio interface for my ibook with garageband. it took two nights to do two songs, basically one for drums and one for overdubs of guitar/bass/vox. you can take that billy corgan track-by-track approach or since you apparently have access to equipment and possibly space, i'd recommend just trying to record it 'live' a couple times then pick out the best parts of the performances and edit it together with logic (that is unless you're bob dylan and just print the whole damn take) just my two cents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mumford Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 7 songs in 16 hours, 12 hours of which was setup. Quality suffered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonaldDemon Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 We have been doing our album with about 11 songs for 2 years now. I go tonight to lay down some rhythm tracks on guitar to the newest song. I am sort of anal and take a while doing my overdubs/tracking. Plus the studio we go to is expensive and we keep having to put it off. *sigh* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CapnMarvel Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 From recording to posting, all the stuff on my Myspace was done within an hour each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dZjupp Posted February 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 We have been doing our album with about 11 songs for 2 years now. I go tonight to lay down some rhythm tracks on guitar to the newest song. I am sort of anal and take a while doing my overdubs/tracking. Plus the studio we go to is expensive and we keep having to put it off. *sigh* sheesh, that would drive me insanewell the way we are doing it is setting down some throw away tracks with me and the guitarist and my vox to a metronome, and then having the drummer track to that. he said he would prefer it like that but i don't know if he's ever recorded that way.i've always recorded live, and the guitarist whose is doing most of the recording work is a seasoned pro who has done everything. so it will be interesting to see what happens in the time we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PFDarkside Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 Our first album which was pretty bad production-wise (but had great punk asthetics!) was done very quickly, drums and guitar on one to two takes at the same time, mostly one take for the bass and a two a piece for the vox. Two days, 12 songs. Our fastest 'ggood' recording was 2 hours from fragment of a song idea to finished mix, each instrument individually tracked. That was an amazing experience, the band really came together writing it. It was so good we used that demo when we started recording the next album (all done in the basement with Cakewalk, turned out pretty good but that demo was special). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members voerking Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 my old band recorded and mixed 16 songs in two days at albini's house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dZjupp Posted February 20, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 see i rather like the idea of havnig to rush things because i believe the music comes out better. not necc having a rushed atmosphere or attitude but just an immediacy like a live concert, i think more emotion comes out of a performance like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CapnMarvel Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 Husker Du recorded Zen Arcade in 18 hours, wasn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Happy_Thom Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 We record everything onto one live take with only 2 mics so it only takes us about 15 mins per song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluehuricane Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 i had to get a demo for a show i wanted to play (that i didn't get into) and we put off recording it until the day of. 1 hour for drums, 2 guitars, bass, and vocals. sounded like {censored}, and i'm hoping that the recording is why we didn't make it in rather than a lack of talent. i know my band was better than 4 of the 5 bands that made it. (one of the bands's dad owned the radio station that put on the concert) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonaldDemon Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 sheesh, that would drive me insanewell the way we are doing it is setting down some throw away tracks with me and the guitarist and my vox to a metronome, and then having the drummer track to that. he said he would prefer it like that but i don't know if he's ever recorded that way.i've always recorded live, and the guitarist whose is doing most of the recording work is a seasoned pro who has done everything. so it will be interesting to see what happens in the time we have. Yes, it sucks but I really wanted to make the songs the best I could with the most available funding. I am not in a rush to put the album (obviously) out because we don't plan on being rockstars or anything. I admit that now it is becoming annoying and we are going to mix what we have done so far after this song just to have something decent to sell/give away at shows. A bid part of the problem was that we had lost our drummer for 6 months and had to start over with a new guy. Next one we do will not be so meticulous and have more of a live feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members godard Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 When I first saw the title I immediately thought, "Brewtal metal apreggios at 666 beats per minute!!!".Depending on what it's for, sometimes I've had to do one take then move on no matter what due to a deadline, that speeds things up considerably... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRINGO_LOCO Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 Depends on the quality you're seeking, the tightness of the band, he skill of the engineer, whether or not you involve the band in mixing, etc, etc. The album I just did was recorded and mixed in a month, which is pretty quick for a major label album...especially cutting 14 songs. GRINGO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TIKILOCKEDOUT Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 We have been doing our album with about 11 songs for 2 years now. I go tonight to lay down some rhythm tracks on guitar to the newest song. I am sort of anal and take a while doing my overdubs/tracking. Plus the studio we go to is expensive and we keep having to put it off. *sigh* I'm betting at least 6 of those hours were spent chanting Ranal Ape though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I've done entire albums in under 10 hours, and single songs that took a month / albums that took years. The better prepared everyone is (IOW, well rehearsed, arrangements worked out in advance, etc.) the quicker you can work. The less "picky" you are, the quicker you can work. The more you rely on the engineer to "fix stuff", the longer it will take. Neither fast or slow is always the "right or wrong" approach... it just depends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cantoXIII Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 2 mics in the basement, one takes, transfer to computer, polish in audacity = about 30 minutes per song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CapnMarvel Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 2 mics in the basement, one takes, transfer to computer, polish in audacity = about 30 minutes per song. +1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DonaldDemon Posted February 20, 2007 Members Share Posted February 20, 2007 I'm betting at least 6 of those hours were spent chanting Ranal Ape though! No we just have a ritual of lighting 25 candles and hosting a music vigil for 16 hours before putting our magic suits on and starting the first take. Is that bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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