Recording A Rock Band Live In One Room - Audio Mixing Breakdown 

Oren Fisher thanks man! It’s very nice when it comes together like that!

Thanks a lot!

Right on! I’d love to hear how it comes out!

Awesome!! Thanks for watching! Congrats on the console and new space. I'm not recording as much these days because I'm working on building a brand new studio up here in northern New York state. I would LOVE to get a console of some kind! We'll see if I can find a good one...

Thanks so much!! Making more as we speak 👍

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching

Thanks! Yeah, I'll go there too... but rarely for a down and dirty live sesh!

Glad you’re enjoying them! The vocals go into a preamp and then I run a bit of compression and sometimes reverb on the computer and the singer hears themselves in the room with headphones 😁

Hidden Machine 😁

Thanks! It wasn't for an album recording, it was for a radio show, so it was more like a "live" thing. Here's the performance: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mme3LNEMGxs.html

I compress the crap out of the snare and usually get a TON of rack tom in the snare mic. But I do this mostly for quick, live sessions and videos. If I’m recording an album or single I do clip a mic on the tom for good measure.

@@RobotDogStudio Thank you for the reply! I have a studio space (mostly for video) but I really want to try and record bands. Gonna try this ASAP.

Max Gerlock thanks so much for watching! Trying for one new video every week!

Aww thank you so much!! Yeah it’s only rock n roll after all ya know? 😁🤘

@@RobotDogStudio 🎸❤️👍

Thanks so much! I have experimented with different vocal mics, but always come back to an SM58 for a vocalist in the room. It just works and has the most innocuous bleed when mixing. Quiet singer / loud band - that is definitely tough. Honestly you may just have to put the singer in a separate room, which we can do comfortably cause we have a big sliding glass door for line of sight. Other than that, it's just practical stuff-no trick to it. Like you might just have to coach the singer to "project more". Or have them overdub the vocals later. Or record guitars direct and have the drummer play quieter, stuff like that. Like I said, practical, simple fixes are what I'm always shooting for. Cheers and good luck!!

In this studio they would have been going into various outboard preamps and then into an audio interface. In my new studio, I got a mixing board that is also an interface. So it's all in one.

Thanks so much!

Awesome!! You're welcome!

Keep it on the DL haha

Agustin Gallo for this session ALL at the same time in the same room! No overdubs

That’s definitely what we would do if we were recording an album. This was actually a down and dirty radio show performance. Here’s a live setup with more isolation: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PlF8lo4jGys.html

Thanks!! Hopefully you're not just referring to the thumbnail 🤣

I have never used a unit like that, but I’ve heard they’re great for location recording. I’m just more comfortable seeing things on a computer screen. I’d recommend a used Mac and a Tascam 16x08 interface running Logic or Garage band.

I used an Apogee Symphony Mk II for this session, but I do plenty of recording with a $400 Tascam 16x08 that sounds exactly the same. I shoot them out here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-06khfrsUdao.html

Thanks!!! Check out the metal one just dropped: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iFs42fs_Yzs.html

You’d have to ask the amazing keys player / producer Christopher Hawthorn! I just put a some subtle harmonic distortion and a bunch of compression on it in the mix.

Cannot wait!

Thanks for checking out my videos! Nebula is Doc Fear-a Pultec-style EQ I use as a high boost. I almost always mix/master in one session. I’m using an Apogee Symphony mkII interface with a mix of API, CAPI and Yamaha preamps. However, I do plenty of projects recorded on cheap gear and they sound the same. Check out my interface shootout video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-06khfrsUdao.html I definitely went through a phase where I was never satisfied with the sound of an SM57 on a guitar cab, snare drum whatever… it’s a pretty bland mic, but it’s a sound we’re used to hearing on records. You’ve gotta tweak your amp settings, change pickups, tune your drum or move the mic if it’s sounding “blah”. Then don’t be afraid to EQ it in the mix to get it the rest of the way. Thanks again for watching!

@@RobotDogStudio you seem like one of the few youtubers who actually make awesome music, and has skill. i wondered, do you have a recommended reverb plugin? even the expensive plate plugins, they all sound grainy and lacking real depth. and one last question. i already got a 500 series neve, and i want more preamps, and better conversion. would you go for RME UFX, more colored pres, or in better microphones maybe? btw, regarding the drum trigger, it tracks better if you put a good Gate like Pro-G, in a very extreme settings, that way there are no inconsistencies. i tend to put a floor tom trigger to give kick drums a more vintage sound. thanks

@@imslicc Thanks a lot! I’m not much of a reverb connoisseur… I find one that works and stick with it. Generally that’s Altiverb - Wendy Carlos EMT 140 plate, but I totally use Valhalla Plate ($50) a ton as well and find it’s super dark and smooth on the “lithium” setting. I wouldn’t worry too much about AD conversion… I’ve blind tested and personally can’t tell the difference between my $8000 Apogee converters and my $300 Tascam ones. It’s internet mythology that converters make any difference in sound quality. Preamps are fun but similarly don’t make a huge difference imo. I’ve got expensive stuff cause it’s expected to have in a pro studio. At home or on the road I use cheap stuff with the same results. If you have ADAT ins on your current interface, you could get an Audient ASP800, which has great conversion, 6 clean pres, and 2 clean/color pres. This performance was recorded all on that unit: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EEyBfZfcGqM.html Depending on what type of music you record, I would recommend getting some decent, industry standard mics like SM57s, an AKG D112, a small diaphragm condenser pair, a large diaphragm condenser, etc. to cover drums, guitars, vocals, etc. I don’t have anything crazy expensive for mics myself! In fact love Audio Technica AT2020 condensers which go for about $60 used! That’s a great tip on gating before triggering! Makes so much sense!

@@RobotDogStudio apologies for this keep going on and on, but do you have an opinion on Neumann tlm 103/49 VS Aston Spirit VS Austrian Audio OC818? actually i've made a comparison between the 1gen Focusrite and Lavry convertor, and there was a noticeable difference. i actually was most impressed by the surf band video where it was recorded on tape. felt really glued.

@@imslicc It would be wrong of me to give an opinion on those three mics having never used any of them! BUT if I was buying for my studio, I would get the Neumann for name recognition and the greatest investment/resale value 😎