How many times does it take you to get it right...

[ApeDosMil]

for recording? Just wondering. Do you guys do the song in parts? play the whole thing perfectly? I'm just wondering. it seems like the song becomes 100x harder for me to record... i get tensed up. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[kuerbo]

Re: How many times does it take you to get it righ

It used to happen to my when i first started recording my stuff, but i got used to it, and now it almost the same as rehearsing.

I usually practice 'til i got everything where i want it, and then record in one take.

[guitarsjb]

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I can play something great it seems...then I hit "record" and I fukk it up HARD. It took alot of practice and to teach myself to just play through it, even the mistakes and let the tape roll. It does work. Never stop, just keep doing it...you will get better with the recording aspect of it. Or at least I did. I still tense up, but I KNOW I am going to play through it no matter what..so I just do.

[jazzman]

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Once that little red light is on, it always seems like the pressure is on.

[micha]

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yahman, me know that... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

my recordings usually take a couple of takes too, but I think that's pretty normal. it's not coz I suck more than usual when I record, it's just that I don't hear my faults immediately, just in repetition and I always want to do it close to perfect. if you listen closely there's always something, that could have been better. a string is not muted perfect, the tone fades out too soon, whatever... I guess most people wouldn't even notice it (at least the non-musicians), and I usually don't give a **** on gigs or rehearsals, if not everything is perfect. that's live for me. music is about emotion, not perfection.
it just sucks to hear the same damn, tiny fault on a recording everytime you listen to it... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
it can be 98% perfect, and I don't hear anything from that, it just seems to shrink down to this one damn scratch or whatever...

I'm never satisfied. but that prevents from beeing sloppy and keeps you getting better I think... [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[micha]

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didn't we have that four letter word thing already btw?
just mentioned they're gone again...

[metallicarocks]

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Try using a punch in/out pedal. Play with the recording, and where you screwed it up use the pedal to play over the bad part.

I think all of us have the same problem. Mine is usually just starting up the song. After I get into the song a ways, it doesn't matter too much.

The most important tracks of them all are the rhythm tracks. When I record, I program the drum machine first, then move to the bass. When those two are nailed down, the rest of the recording will be heaven.

[ApeDosMil]

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ya, i got the drum and bass set up (both Midi) until my friend can learn the bass riff that is kind of hard.

[Ace]

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It depends on where I'm recording. If I'm just writing stuff in my room and recording it to remember it, then the pressure is pretty low. I usually fukk that recording up the worst though because the riff is new to me, but it's just for me to hear, so who cares really? As I write the part into a song, I play it over and over for days just writing it. Then by the time I've taught the band the part, and we've rehearsed it and we are actually in the studio cutting tracks, I'm pretty fluent with the part. I can usually nail the track in two to four takes, then just do quick punch in's where I might be able to do just a little better.

I still do feel a little bit of pressure when the red light is on, but the more it's on the more you get used to it. If you're recording on someone's computer or something similar, where you aren't paying for time and you can easily erase tracks you don't want to keep, go ahead and record as much as you want. Record some jams, riffs, practices. Then just delete them. It'll take the pressure of recording down significantly.

[BLOOD SPLATTER]

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Haven't done much recording in a long while but it usually requires a couple takes to get it right!!

[diablomozart]

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depends on the song...i always prefer to do rhythms all the way through in one pass...sounds more "honest" to me...i quit counting takes a long time ago...you do it til you get it right...a lot of my solos are anywhere from 1st thru 15th take depending on how difficult i make it for myself...sometimes getting the right feel for a solo takes time...d.m.

[GodOfRhythm]

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OH heavens. I seem to have a problem where I play the thing perfectly and then when I hit record or we start to record I just **** it up. I should hit record before rehearsing, next time...

[axeman81]

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I used to be pretty bad at recording, whenever I'd hear that metronome I'd tense up! but after a while, you get more relaxed about it. Also it depends if you get geared up or not, especially for fast parts you have to be a bit psyched I think, to nail it just right.
I usually go between 5-25 takes on average before I'm satisfied. It just comes with a little experience, try to relax and remember you can always retake..you have to focus on playing and let everything else go, then it will come to you.

[GodOfRhythm]

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To be honest, I don't play to a metronome that much. I know I should, but I don't...

[ApeDosMil]

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Well i just got part of the song i'm covering done. I had to do it in parts [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] oh well. I sounds pretty damn good so far.