By Dan Jose
Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:19 pm
Hi guys,
I was wondering if anyone could help me improve my recording technique. I have a 2k classic with the 8 out board and a 16 channel Mackie mixer with 8 outs going into a Scarlett 18i20 so I can record 8 channels at once perfectly with no issue.
My question is how do you record a track with say 16 sounds in it (including drums) and get the initial eq even remotely close to the rough mixing done in the mpc? When I re-set the Mackie for recording so all the pots are set to their neutral location and all volumes are equal, the tracked out stems just never sound as good together as when I just record the stereo outs with the pre-mastering in the mpc. With the 8 outs it seems to be some kind of "pre-fader setting so it doesn't remember the 2k's mixer's volume settings. So if I'm tracking out loads of small little glitchy samples I have to refigure out the volume eq for them all which is hard as I can't hear the other samples playing to understand how the sound in relation.
I find mixing in the mpc a lot more intuitive as you can hear the adjustment to the individual pad while you are playing the whole track so it's easier to tune and figure out what works.
At the moment I do just my drums first and get them sounding good together in the Mackie and track them in. Then I'll play the drums on loop from the computer while I eq the next round of samples and try to get them sounding good with the drums, but when I start stemming in my samples it just leaves a lot to be desired. I find it really difficult with glitched out little stabs. I want to learn to record to help make my tracks sound nicer, also, I have a reverb and a delay unit I want to start using as well.
Any help on how to improve would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Daniel
I was wondering if anyone could help me improve my recording technique. I have a 2k classic with the 8 out board and a 16 channel Mackie mixer with 8 outs going into a Scarlett 18i20 so I can record 8 channels at once perfectly with no issue.
My question is how do you record a track with say 16 sounds in it (including drums) and get the initial eq even remotely close to the rough mixing done in the mpc? When I re-set the Mackie for recording so all the pots are set to their neutral location and all volumes are equal, the tracked out stems just never sound as good together as when I just record the stereo outs with the pre-mastering in the mpc. With the 8 outs it seems to be some kind of "pre-fader setting so it doesn't remember the 2k's mixer's volume settings. So if I'm tracking out loads of small little glitchy samples I have to refigure out the volume eq for them all which is hard as I can't hear the other samples playing to understand how the sound in relation.
I find mixing in the mpc a lot more intuitive as you can hear the adjustment to the individual pad while you are playing the whole track so it's easier to tune and figure out what works.
At the moment I do just my drums first and get them sounding good together in the Mackie and track them in. Then I'll play the drums on loop from the computer while I eq the next round of samples and try to get them sounding good with the drums, but when I start stemming in my samples it just leaves a lot to be desired. I find it really difficult with glitched out little stabs. I want to learn to record to help make my tracks sound nicer, also, I have a reverb and a delay unit I want to start using as well.
Any help on how to improve would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Daniel