Studio procedures question - Tuning

[j2379]

Re: Studio procedures question - Tuning

when my old band recorded the engineer had us tune all the guitars & basses with the SAME tuner. we all had the little boss tuners, he said no use my rack tuner. he also had us retune fairly often, even when it sounded in tune. all my guitars with trems he had me retune after every song/track, no matter what. BTW we recorded at watermusic in hoboken, NJ, hes recorded alot of BIG names. its was fun recording onto a 2" studer with the finest mics & all the highend toys. He also had a really cool way of getting guitar sounds. he mic'd my 4X12 with 5 or 6 mics each had its own slot on the board, then used the board to mix the mics to get different tones.

[Newc]

Re: Studio procedures question - Tuning

Studio/Recording Rule #1:
The Engineer says what will and will not be. It is not negotiable.

#2 - Any member of the band who disagrees with Rule #1 will not be on the recording.

If you do not adopt these two rules and stick to them, your recording time will be excessively long while you argue with each other, or it will be excessively short when the band breaks up.
And NEVER allow a "Democratic Mixdown" - the bassist will say he can't hear himself, and want his track pushed up, the drummer will say he can't hear a certain drum, and the guitarists will cry that they're not loud enough, and pretty soon you end up with worn faders, tired ears, and a sh1tty mixdown that no one is happy with, but they will all blame you because you're the engineer.

So, if they've elected you to be the engineer (or you're the only one who knows how to do it), make sure they understand that YOU have total control over the recording - from tuning to track volume.

Newc

[zeegler]

Re: Studio procedures question - Tuning

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Studio/Recording Rule #1:
The Engineer says what will and will not be. It is not negotiable.

#2 - Any member of the band who disagrees with Rule #1 will not be on the recording.

If you do not adopt these two rules and stick to them, your recording time will be excessively long while you argue with each other, or it will be excessively short when the band breaks up.
And NEVER allow a "Democratic Mixdown" - the bassist will say he can't hear himself, and want his track pushed up, the drummer will say he can't hear a certain drum, and the guitarists will cry that they're not loud enough, and pretty soon you end up with worn faders, tired ears, and a sh1tty mixdown that no one is happy with, but they will all blame you because you're the engineer.

So, if they've elected you to be the engineer (or you're the only one who knows how to do it), make sure they understand that YOU have total control over the recording - from tuning to track volume.

Newc

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