Recording Help

[TooShort4]

Hey guys. My new band is together now and we got our first song down. We wanted to record it. were all inexperienced 16 and 17 year olds, so I have a few questions for you. Were recording in audacity with a CAD U37 USB Condenser mic. by the way if that makes a difference

1. Whats the best order to record in? We were going to do drums, guitar, keyboard, then vocals. But like I said, you guys know more than me, so whats the proper way to do that?

2. We wanted to put in some screams and like blend it in more with the song, not as loud as the vocals. I know we can turn the levels of the screaming down, but is there anyone plugins or vst's i can download to like, make the screams sound more professional and blend in more?

3. Lastly, just throw me any other tips you might have.

[apsterling]

There's no "best" order to record in. But typically a band will lay down drums to a click, then guitar or bass, then whatever else, then vocals last. There's always exceptions if a band plays tight to a click- Tony Thaxton went last on the new Motion City Soundtrack record's recording process.

There's not really plugins or VSTs outside of a compressor that can make the vocals blend. You can tighten with a hard-ish comp on the screams and then turn it down and leave the leading vocals a little less comp'd and obviously higher in level.

Play to a click, always.

[TooShort4]

There's no "best" order to record in. But typically a band will lay down drums to a click, then guitar or bass, then whatever else, then vocals last. There's always exceptions if a band plays tight to a click- Tony Thaxton went last on the new Motion City Soundtrack record's recording process.

There's not really plugins or VSTs outside of a compressor that can make the vocals blend. You can tighten with a hard-ish comp on the screams and then turn it down and leave the leading vocals a little less comp'd and obviously higher in level.

Play to a click, always.
thank you. i think were going to record it tomorrow. so if all goes well, i'l put it up on here tomorrow night.

[Musformation.co]

When starting out i'd do drums guitars bass then vox. While some people may change this order save that for your more experienced days.
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[lew_1987]

I'd say always do drums first. That way the drummer can put some feeling behind the click and that will make it easier for the other band members to get into it. Along the same lines, I'd do vocals last, that way the vocalist can follow the dynamics of the rest of the song.

[Esrb99]

when tracking drums, have a metronome at a comfortable bpm going, and have the guitarist play (direct input'd to your recorder, use a software amp if needed) playing so the drummer can hear both in his headphones. don't get ahead of yourself micing the kit, btw. look up the 'recorderman' setup on youtube. I currently use the recorderman setup, with a '57 on snare, a beta 58 on kick, and an mxl r44 ribbon as a room mic(Mono.) I currently use mostly my mono room mic in my drum mixes- mic hits my mpa gold preamp, and then tape at 15ips. and mix in snare and kick and overheads for balance.