Jed
11-06-2000, 10:41 PM
Hey gang, I've been keeping up on all the hoopla surrounding the new yamaha model and it sounds great, wish we could get one here. Unfortunately what we have is what we have, and here's what we have =) one VS 1680 standard set up with no internal drives whatsoever, one Tascam CD RW 700, and two Audio Technica AT 4051's (I guess they are omnidirectional small condensers). Anyway, here's my question, what can we do with this setup? What should I try to get our schools music director to acquire, on a limited budget no less, that would make what we have even better?
Our recording environment is pretty humble. His office is located in the music building and his office is adjacent to the music auditorium, which is a relatively small auditorium, I'm guessing maybe a hundred to two hundred seating capacity, with nice ambient acoustics, not too reverby or dead, just right for acoustic perfomances I think. His office is on the second floor which and has a window facing the interior of the auditorium and the Roland is set up facing the window. Anyway, I'm just wondering what you all think of this set up and if what we have is capable of producing good recordings that would distributable almost as is after mixdown of course???
My thoughts are that for 'unplugged' performances where minimal amplifier sound is used it would work fine with the auditoriums natural acoustics and 'classical' feel to it, but what about with a full band and trap set??? Anyway, I hope I"ve given you all enough to work with info-wise. The director is also director of all the choirs on campus and seems to be pretty open minded. I expressed my interest in learning how to do digital recording and sound engineering and he tole me I could spend as much time as I wanted learning how to run the thing, and as an amateur musician who's also written lots of my own music I see this as a great opportunity both to learn the basics of recording and also possibly produce my first cd, something I"ve always wanted to do since I started playing guitar. Anyway, let me know what you all think. Thanks!!!
Our recording environment is pretty humble. His office is located in the music building and his office is adjacent to the music auditorium, which is a relatively small auditorium, I'm guessing maybe a hundred to two hundred seating capacity, with nice ambient acoustics, not too reverby or dead, just right for acoustic perfomances I think. His office is on the second floor which and has a window facing the interior of the auditorium and the Roland is set up facing the window. Anyway, I'm just wondering what you all think of this set up and if what we have is capable of producing good recordings that would distributable almost as is after mixdown of course???
My thoughts are that for 'unplugged' performances where minimal amplifier sound is used it would work fine with the auditoriums natural acoustics and 'classical' feel to it, but what about with a full band and trap set??? Anyway, I hope I"ve given you all enough to work with info-wise. The director is also director of all the choirs on campus and seems to be pretty open minded. I expressed my interest in learning how to do digital recording and sound engineering and he tole me I could spend as much time as I wanted learning how to run the thing, and as an amateur musician who's also written lots of my own music I see this as a great opportunity both to learn the basics of recording and also possibly produce my first cd, something I"ve always wanted to do since I started playing guitar. Anyway, let me know what you all think. Thanks!!!