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catsittingstill) wrote2011-06-19 08:09 pm
catsittingstill) wrote2011-06-19 08:09 pm
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I broke a tooth last night. Just eating a candy bar. Not even a sticky candy bar, though it had almonds in it. I'll probably be cancelling recording tomorrow to deal with it. I'm not in pain or anything, and I have the savings to cover it--it could be much worse--but I don't want to leave the open tooth unprotected, so I need to see my dentist as soon as he has an opening for me.
Regarding recording, I had a lovely chat with Tom this afternoon and am giving serious thought to getting a clip-on pickup for my mandolin. That would give me enough separation, I think, that I could record the mandolin while singing along with it to get the rhythm, then record the vocal part (a clean--meaning no mandolin--version) to the mando I'd already recorded. That would probably be easier than trying to record both parts to a scratch voice/mando track that gets thrown out.
On the down side, a pickup would mean not using the Rode NT-1A on the mandolin... but pickups are only about 10$ on e-bay--and if it works reasonably well I could take it along to cons and if they have a sound system I can probably plug in, and not have a mic four inches from my fingers, which can be a bit distracting. Though of course I'd have to see how it feels to play a mando with a tail--that might be distracting too. But for 10$ I can probably afford to try it out.
Another thing that surfaced from the chat with Tom is that perhaps I should try getting a DAW--Audacity does a lot of cool things but it's not really set up to record into easily, and Tom thinks a DAW would be less trouble than fussing with the Zoom H4n. (Though I think he may be underestimating the improvement in the H4n over the H4, but still, I have to admit that muting a track is rather a lot of trouble on the Zoom and a click of the mouse in a DAW.) Tom recommended Reaper and Ardour as possibilites that he figured would work with a Mac and fit my budget. Has anyone else worked with either of these?
Also it is apparently possible to do quite a bit of recording just at home, as long as one gets cozy with the mic and pads the room out a bit with mattress pads and such. Which might be an alternative if the Carson Newman studio is too noisy when regular classes are going.
Regarding recording, I had a lovely chat with Tom this afternoon and am giving serious thought to getting a clip-on pickup for my mandolin. That would give me enough separation, I think, that I could record the mandolin while singing along with it to get the rhythm, then record the vocal part (a clean--meaning no mandolin--version) to the mando I'd already recorded. That would probably be easier than trying to record both parts to a scratch voice/mando track that gets thrown out.
On the down side, a pickup would mean not using the Rode NT-1A on the mandolin... but pickups are only about 10$ on e-bay--and if it works reasonably well I could take it along to cons and if they have a sound system I can probably plug in, and not have a mic four inches from my fingers, which can be a bit distracting. Though of course I'd have to see how it feels to play a mando with a tail--that might be distracting too. But for 10$ I can probably afford to try it out.
Another thing that surfaced from the chat with Tom is that perhaps I should try getting a DAW--Audacity does a lot of cool things but it's not really set up to record into easily, and Tom thinks a DAW would be less trouble than fussing with the Zoom H4n. (Though I think he may be underestimating the improvement in the H4n over the H4, but still, I have to admit that muting a track is rather a lot of trouble on the Zoom and a click of the mouse in a DAW.) Tom recommended Reaper and Ardour as possibilites that he figured would work with a Mac and fit my budget. Has anyone else worked with either of these?
Also it is apparently possible to do quite a bit of recording just at home, as long as one gets cozy with the mic and pads the room out a bit with mattress pads and such. Which might be an alternative if the Carson Newman studio is too noisy when regular classes are going.