OT: Art of Mixing/Recording?

Hammer wrote on 12/16/2003, 11:31 AM
Any good references out there for the art of mixing/recording in a digital environment. I have mainly used Vegas for home video projects up to now but I decided I would like to add some of my own music for these projects. I know Vegas has some really good audio tools which up to now I have only used sparingly. I would love to get a good book or website reference on common techniques for recording and mixing. Especially things like EQ/Compression/Reverb and other common effects settings. I noticed that Vegas always included Noise gate/compression/EQ as a default and that kind of thing makes me wonder if that should be on every track and how it should be used? Again this is strictly home grown stuff, consumer level keyboard and maybe some vocals. A good example of a question I have is should I used the midi sequencer to set relative volume levels and just record the complete mix from the keyboard, or solo record each part and do all the mixing in Vegas.

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PipelineAudio wrote on 12/16/2003, 12:37 PM
personally I would solo record each part. Make sure you have some sort of sync setup!
decrink wrote on 12/18/2003, 1:06 PM
A great starter book is:

Musician's Guide to Home Recording: How to Make Great Recordings at Home

You can find it at Amazon for just under $20. Its got a good overview with decent starting settings for EQ. Plus its got Peter Gabriel on the cover so it can't be too shabby. All in all, a great starter book.
Hammer wrote on 12/18/2003, 7:06 PM
Thanks for the feedback, i'll check it out.
PipelineAudio wrote on 12/19/2003, 12:26 PM
a lot of stuff is FAQ at www.recordingproject.com too

its a free site with lots of recording info
Weevil wrote on 12/21/2003, 7:02 PM
Anyone wanting to swim with the bigger fishes should check out the PSW forums.

Part gladiator pit, part three stooges movie, but home to some big-time major league hitters.

You can learn more about recording in a couple of months over there than any book could ever teach you.

...Either that or they will eat you alive.