Has anyone had any experience recording bands with this equipment? Can you realistically take a project from the first note to a polished/mastered professional sounding CD? Keep in mind the band is 90% digital so the only real variables as far as I can tell would be vocals and guitars...Any thoughts or opinions would be helpful. Currently I am looking at purchasing the Roland Studio Pak for this purpose but I'd like to investigate more before I do.
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Originally posted by fiftyonepeg:
Has anyone had any experience recording bands with this equipment? Can you realistically take a project from the first note to a polished/mastered professional sounding CD? Keep in mind the band is 90% digital so the only real variables as far as I can tell would be vocals and guitars...Any thoughts or opinions would be helpful. Currently I am looking at purchasing the Roland Studio Pak for this purpose but I'd like to investigate more before I do.
The Studio Pack seems like a nice little recording package, the mixer has gotten some good reviews, and as far as I can tell you're getting a Logic version somewhere in between Logic Silver and Gold, i.e. not bad at all.
Stu
P.S. When are you guys playing New England? I really like 51Peg!"Fry that sound effect, Moriarty, we're having it for breakfast"
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Thanks!!!Glad you like the band- once we get our transportation situation settled again we can play further down the East Coast.
What is your area of expertise- I mean are you a V-drums user, work for a studio etc..?
If we pull the trigger on this recording package it would be good to know someone who has worked with this stuff before....
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Fiftyonepeg,
We've done exactly that...used vdrums with vs1680/1880 (connected together for more tracks and effects). We had live guitar and vocals as well as real bass, some real piano, and keyboards.
I posted this before, but rather than you having to look for it, I'll just re-paste it here.
I posted a snippet of one of the tunes from an album I played the vdrums on. Nothing fancy...but I think they sound good on "tape".
Go to www.freedrive.com
userid : redbrick
passwd : vdrums
In the "My Folder" folder, there is an mp3 called "In the Light". Please give it a listen and post your feedback.
Thanks and I hope that helps,
RedbrickMy Updated Website: https://blades.technology
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I'm mainly a V-drums user, who does a bit of home recording, plus we play similar styles of music. I've worked with a VS-1680, and really liked the way it operated, it was very intuitive, IMO.
I mean, for the price the Studio Pack is going for, that can't be beat, seriously. You're getting good software, the top-range VM-7000 series digital mixer works with those RPC-1 cards, and the mixer is great. I'd give it a try.
If you get to New England, get in contact with No Response, all CT club promoters know who they are. That'd be a nice gig package
Stu
[This message has been edited by mcconaghy (edited June 06, 2001).]"Fry that sound effect, Moriarty, we're having it for breakfast"
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I use the Roland VS-2480 and have done a lot of live and studio recordings, the 8 XLR channels with mic preamps are really handy!
And you can record 16 tracks at once and use a vga monitor directly connected to the bord!Johan
Janeco Digital Recording
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I've been using a VS880vExpanded w/FX card for all my material and have been very, very pleased
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Our band is doing this currently. We make dance music (a mix of St-Germain / Bob Sinclair if you are familiar with them) that we play live (drummer - bass player - sequencer/guitar player - synth/rhodes player.
We are recording at a friend's place. He owns a Mac G4 with a copmlete Pro Tools program running on it (he used to work in a professional studio...). We basically just plug and play. I go first and record the drums/percussion via MIDI and via audio (that way our producer/friend can do whatever he likes, e.g. when he does remixes).
I'm not familiar with that Studio Pak but I can asure you recording with vdrums is heaven in comparison to acoustics (if you're on a budget...)- "Can i kick it?"
- "Yes, you can ..."
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