2014-07-21 21:52 GMT+02:00 Robin Gareus <robin@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > Thanks for sharing. That's good info. I think that the most interesting part here is the computer. It is a P4 with 512MB of RAM and it does a great job as a digital recorder. And it is extremely silent. > > What software and plugins did you use to record and mix? > I recorded using Ardour 3. I mixed on my laptop, sharing the whole session using git. The plugins I used are eq and compressors from calf and gverb. In details: the kick has eq and comp the snare has comp the toms have eq the overheads have nothing the whole kit has gverb Under Ardour 3, there is a plain archlinux installation. Stock kernel, and a very inexpensive window manager. On the mixing machine, which is a Thinkpad X201, I have exactly the same setup. I am not a big fan of "multimedia distros", just because I am using the same software setup for recording, mixing and do my daily job for almost 10 years now, (just changing the hardware). >> So guys, what do you think? > > Sounds very good to me. I've heard pro studios do worse with much more > expensive equipment. I prefer the dry raw sound [2] here for the demo. > Though things will be different in mix with other instruments. > >> If I would improve the quality of my recordings, where should I spend >> more money? > > I don't think you have to. Tweaking mic positions and adjusting the mix > will have greater impact in this stage. > > If you really really want to waste some cash: one can never have good > enough Mics and analog preamps :) but you'll have to go up an order of > magnitude on the price-list for it to make a significant difference - if > any. > > You're fine on the digital side. the Echo Layla has only 20 bits but > that's plenty here. Don't worry about this. > > The weakest part of your setup are probably the KRK Rokit 5 monitors. > I've heard those in comparison and was not convinced for > mixing/mastering in general, but I cannot judge them for drum mixing on > a budget. > > Note however, that this directly affects the processing > (compression/eq/etc) that you'll be doing and it may or may not be > possible to 'get used' to these monitors and learn how to properly tweak > details of the mix with them. > Thank you for the tips guys! A bit OT: I would like to emphasize how good is the Revox M3500, the mic I used on the snare. I find it far better than the SM57, which is a mic you can compare it to. -- Carlo Ascani | carlorat.me skype: carloratm irc: carloratm@freenode _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
