***The Official Home Recording Studio Thread***

@easyrider

5 short Beatles songs just for you from our practice on Thursday. It was the first time we'd done All You Need Is Love and She Loves You so pitching is off a bit.
You wouldn't believe how hard it was to get the timing on All You Need Is Love.
Same 3 blokes who were in The Trooper video above with Jule's (his back to you) future wife just off to the left on bass. I can't believe she has sat down and learned these songs in a couple of months from never picking an instrument up before.

http://www.dmpoole.co.uk/mp3/beatles.mp4


MP3 of all the session including acoustic version of Sultans Of Swing and 4 Badfinger tunes
http://www.dmpoole.co.uk/mp3/WeddingProject.mp3

Lennon being behind the beat on All you need is love.....it’s a tricky tune albeit being only 3 chords or so...Very cool mate and some nice harmonies ...thanks for sharing :) is that a Martin you were playing ?
 
I haven't bought a plugin in ages. I have too many, I'm always tempted though. :p

I have the waves and slate SSLs otherwise I'd probably jump at the PA ones.


The PA version is far better IMO. Plus it has TMT so every instance can be ddifferent just like real console.
  • 72 different (!) TMT Channels in one plugin, just like a real console
 
PA-MEGA-20-OFF for $20 extra off on the PA sale, glad I waited before pulling the trigger but sucks for anyone who bought on day 1 of the sale :(

Regroover essential is also free at Plugin Boutique on any order, seems like a decent tool as well


I bagged the HG-2 for $49 with it late last night when the email hit. :D
 
If you can up the budget £50 you could get a Mic Pre as used in Professional Audient Consoles. And a really decent mic

Audient ID4 -https://audient.com/products/audio-interfaces/id4/overview/

Audio Technica AT2020 Professional Condenser Microphone

This would give you Pro results and you can use the Volume knob on the Audient as an encoder to control you music software Plugins and Faders etc...Very cool

Also comes with https://audient.com/arc/ and Cubase LE

If you need more scope in a DAW (digital audio workstation then what once was SONAR is now Free)

Cakewalk Bandlab


https://djmag.com/content/sonar-re-launches-free-daw-cakewalk-bandlab

Good times to be making music :D

 
Reverb.com is your best bet for second hand hardware

The thing with entry level gear is it’s low value anyway so you don’t really save much over new...

I bought my Audient ID22 new for £299 new... they sell fo £250 used

I doubt you can pick up an iD4 for £50 even used...its quality gear and holds its value well...
 
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Easyriders suggestion above is what I would go for, it'll last you for a good while but....if budget really is a concern you could get a super cheap behringer interface and an sm57. If you're completely new to it and want to experiment you could save some money for now but will want to upgrade in future.
. :)

He certainly won’t need to upgrade for sound quality only if he wants more inputs...I increased my IO to ten on my ID22 by connecting an Audient ASP 880 mic pre over ADAT so I could record live drums...:)
 
Just had this for the band so we should be able to do some great live recordings while out gigging.
We all go directly into the PA including electronic drums so all is controllable.
It can also be controlled with a Tablet and we can individually control our own in-ear mixes with our phones - super duper Tommy Cooper

presonusstudiolive.jpg

Noice Rodney :)
 
Very tight on time but to summarise;

Gear looks fine.
Position? Lift the lid to its highest setting. As a *STARTING* point put the mics XY with the centre line pointing toward the middle of the lid, about 50cm back from the piano. Adjust to suit - get the player to do a minute or so or recording in sound check and listen back.
Don't use any camcorder audio, it'll be horrid. Just use artificial reverb if required, will sound far better.

If I was there, I’d put my two Realistic PZMs hanging from either side of the balcony’s :)
 
I did mix the sound with the ambient sound of the camcorder mic. I think it sounds pretty decent, here's my performance. Please don't be too harsh :)

I think it sounds high quality but at the same time you definitely can hear that it was played in a big roomy church.


Sounds good mate..what mics did you use again?

Waren Huart from produce like pro swears by one of hese for piano recording....

https://www.lewitt-audio.com/microphones/lct-recording/lct-640-ts
 
Thanks mag.

Interesting piece, 1, 2, 3... What are you using to make that? I like the strings.



Thanks easyrider, used these Russian badboys https://www.thomann.de/gb/oktava_mk_01201_mkii_matched_pair.htm

And the ambient sound was from my Sony FDR-AX55 camcorder.

It's those 2 mixed together.

The video I linked above which is me mic'ing my teachers piano has no ambient sound, it's purely the Oktava mics if you want to hear what they sound like isolated.


I have those mics as stereo overheads on my drumkit :)
 
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