Re: [LAU] A short story: from zero to recording the drums in a budget

 Hello there,

I synthesized sounds of drums here:

http://www.letime.net/vocale/lmmodel1jo.tar.gz

 to compile use qt5 and sox

 with a video but my microphone is broken

http://youtu.be/NvUZO01-ZOI?list=UU8nvL7tmlr6UxwggMIZbCEg
<http://youtu.be/NvUZO01-ZOI?list=UU8nvL7tmlr6UxwggMIZbCEg>

Essayez avec cette orthographe : *désolé* pour mon pauvre langage anglais
sorry for my poor English language

2014-07-22 8:36 GMT+02:00 Carlo Ascani <carlo.ratm@email-addr-hidden>:

> 2014-07-21 21:52 GMT+02:00 Robin Gareus <robin@email-addr-hidden>:
> >
> > Thanks for sharing. That's good info.
>
> I think that the most interesting part here is the computer.
> It is a P4 with 512MB of RAM and it does a great job as a digital recorder.
> And it is extremely silent.
>
> >
> > What software and plugins did you use to record and mix?
> >
>
> I recorded using Ardour 3.
> I mixed on my laptop, sharing the whole session using git.
> The plugins I used are eq and compressors from calf and gverb.
> In details:
> the kick has eq and comp
> the snare has comp
> the toms have eq
> the overheads have nothing
> the whole kit has gverb
>
> Under Ardour 3, there is a plain archlinux installation.
> Stock kernel, and a very inexpensive window manager.
> On the mixing machine, which is a Thinkpad X201,
> I have exactly the same setup.
>
> I am not a big fan of "multimedia distros", just because
> I am using the same software setup for recording, mixing and do my daily
> job
> for almost 10 years now, (just changing the hardware).
>
> >> So guys, what do you think?
> >
> > Sounds very good to me. I've heard pro studios do worse with much more
> > expensive equipment. I prefer the dry raw sound [2] here for the demo.
> > Though things will be different in mix with other instruments.
> >
> >> If I would improve the quality of my recordings, where should I spend
> >> more money?
> >
> > I don't think you have to. Tweaking mic positions and adjusting the mix
> > will have greater impact in this stage.
> >
> > If you really really want to waste some cash: one can never have good
> > enough Mics and analog preamps :) but you'll have to go up an order of
> > magnitude on the price-list for it to make a significant difference - if
> > any.
> >
> > You're fine on the digital side. the Echo Layla has only 20 bits but
> > that's plenty here. Don't worry about this.
> >
> > The weakest part of your setup are probably the KRK Rokit 5 monitors.
> > I've heard those in comparison and was not convinced for
> > mixing/mastering in general, but I cannot judge them for drum mixing on
> > a budget.
> >
> > Note however, that this directly affects the processing
> > (compression/eq/etc) that you'll be doing and it may or may not be
> > possible to 'get used' to these monitors and learn how to properly tweak
> > details of the mix with them.
> >
>
> Thank you for the tips guys!
>
> A bit OT:
> I would like to emphasize how good is the Revox M3500, the mic I used
> on the snare.
> I find it far better than the SM57, which is a mic you can compare it to.
>
>
> --
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