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I need to do a recording of a work of mine for alto flute, piano and electronics. I am wondering what is the best way to approach this:

1) should I record everything live and pick up the computer stuff via mics and through the mixer?

2) should I record the instruments without max and add them later?

If #2 how should I does that process work within ProTools or Logic?

recording

if possible, i would do a multitrack recording and record the 

electronics and instruments separately. for example, i recently did a 

recording of tony conrad and genesis breyer p-orridge at issue 

project room where i brought my mac book pro and digi002 box to the 

gig, took direct feeds of tony & gen (3 channels) a feed from my 

binaural head (2 channels) and two extra mics for additional 

instruments (2 channels.) worked flawlessly and sounded great. this 

way i can mix the binaural with the direct feeds if needed, though 

the binaural sounded so great on the recording that i didn't really 

need much extra. oh, and just in case i also took my little olympus 

CF recorder as a backup and had it standalone with its internal mics, 

in case of a pt meltdown. fyi, my binaural head cost about $200 to 

build and makes great sounding recordings. plenty of stuff on the web 

On Jan 21, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Mark Chambers wrote:

> I need to do a recording of a work of mine for alto flute, piano 

> and electronics. I am wondering what is the best way to approach this:

> 1) should I record everything live and pick up the computer stuff 

> 2) should I record the instruments without max and add them later?

> If #2 how should I does that process work within ProTools or Logic?

if possible, i would do a multitrack recording and record the  
electronics and instruments separately. for example, i recently did a  
recording of tony conrad and genesis breyer p-orridge at issue  
project room where i brought my mac book pro and digi002 box to the  
gig, took direct feeds of tony & gen (3 channels) a feed from my  
binaural head (2 channels) and two extra mics for additional  
instruments (2 channels.) worked flawlessly and sounded great. this  
way i can mix the binaural with the direct feeds if needed, though  
the binaural sounded so great on the recording that i didn't really  
need much extra. oh, and just in case i also took my little olympus  
CF recorder as a backup and had it standalone with its internal mics,  
in case of a pt meltdown. fyi, my binaural head cost about $200 to  
build and makes great sounding recordings. plenty of stuff on the web  
about making a head and the mics...
cheers
b

>
> I need to do a recording of a work of mine for alto flute, piano  
> and electronics. I am wondering what is the best way to approach this:
>
> 1) should I record everything live and pick up the computer stuff  
> via mics and through the mixer?
>
> or
>
> 2) should I record the instruments without max and add them later?
>
> If #2 how should I does that process work within ProTools or Logic?
> --
> Mark
>
> http://www.markchambersmusic.com
> http://www.myspace.com/markchambers


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