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hey great terve... thanks for listening in...
the recording process is pretty simple... i plug directly into my computer via a MOTU 828mkII firewire interface... it has some simple mic pre's built-in... then i track direct to Logic v.7... i simultaneously track a reverb through a tc electronic g-force... this gives me independent control over reverb levels when mixing...
once i've tracked the first part, i set about seeing what could be added... sometimes nothing (17th June) other times up to 6 parts... it depends on the tune and the mood... and also the time... if it took me a long time to write/track 2 parts, then i'll leave it... if i belt through a few tracks easily, i have more time to explore...
all the parts are played in entirety... i don't cut and paste and I don't sample and sequence... i want to know it can be done live
after all the tracking is completed, i do some rough mixing... nothing more than some simple compression and panning to help with part separation, and lately some simple eq (the strings are old now and some frequencies are a little boomy)
then some quick mastering using an adaptive limiter to regulate the peaks, a little fade here and there... then bounce, convert and upload.
now that it's been happening for so long, i have some nice templates up and running so it's very quick to get started and a very familiar process from start to finish...
that's the beauty of process repetition, it becomes less and less of a chore leaving most of the time spent composing...
thanks heaps for your support and replies, means a lot
don't forget to spread the word if you think anyone would enjoy it... free for all....
dan
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