Best way to utilize Vegas for live recordings/entire albums?

LooneyTunez wrote on 4/23/2003, 12:52 PM
I've been a Vegas user since VV2, but it's usually been just doing one song at a time. I will be starting some projects where I will need to have a consistent workflow, like doing live recordings and entire albums. Let's say I'm recording a band at a gig...What's the best way to do this? Do I want to record a whole set at a time, (16-1 hour tracks) or do I split it up into individual songs, (16 tracks for each song, each having it's own set of tracks)? If done this way, would I be able to keep it all in one workspace, and just split the songs, or would I need to have a new workspace for each song? (This is important, because there is no quick way..that I know of...to "record enable" your tracks when opening a new workspace).

Also, when recording in a studio situation, do you have one workspace for the entire album (ex. project.veg), or do you use a new workspace for each song of that album (ex. song1.veg, song2.veg, etc)?

Sorry for sounding so naive, but I've never done entire projects on a DAW of any kind before (I'm originally from the old school of recording to tape), and I'm not sure how to approach this.

Examples of how you veteran Vegas users approach this would be very much appreciated...and if I haven't explained myself well enough, please ask questions.

Thanks!

Jay

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drbam wrote on 4/23/2003, 1:35 PM
For the live stuff, even the folks with the best, most stable setups usually record simultaneously to a backup media (typically ADAT or something similar). Personally I would never attempt a live DAW recording without some sort of backup (if I was getting paid for it). Just let the recording flow, because as you said, it takes time to arm your tracks for the next song.

In the studio, I set up a new session for each song.

HTH,

drbam
LooneyTunez wrote on 4/23/2003, 1:47 PM
drbam,

Thanks for the insight! For the live stuff, just letting it roll is an option, but I thought I read somewhere (on this forum) that Vegas tends to bog down as time goes goes by/files get very large. Any truth to that? Just had a thought that maybe I could do a combo of "letting it roll" and still separate the tracks. Couldn't I record an entire set in one workspace, but stop the recording after each song, advance the cursor a few seconds, and begin recording the next song...rinse, lather, repeat? That way, my tracks would stay "Record enabled", tracks would be separate, and individual file sizes would remain reasonably sized? Is this a wack theory, or could this work?
drbam wrote on 4/23/2003, 6:17 PM
<<Couldn't I record an entire set in one workspace, but stop the recording after each song, advance the cursor a few seconds, and begin recording the next song...rinse, lather, repeat? That way, my tracks would stay "Record enabled", tracks would be separate, and individual file sizes would remain reasonably sized? Is this a wack theory, or could this work? >>

Yes, this should work fine and is probably the better approach. ;-)

drbam
seeker wrote on 4/23/2003, 11:33 PM
LooneyTunez,

I realize this comment is not responsive to your topic title, but have you considered using Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge?

-- Seeker --
Foreverain4 wrote on 4/24/2003, 10:59 AM
make sure the band allows a bit of time between songs if you stop the recording. vegas will build the peaks. i think you may be able to turn this off though.


LooneyTunez wrote on 4/24/2003, 11:53 AM
If I were to do just a two track recording, then SoundForge would be perfect, but I'll be doing multitrack.