Recording a band is challenging in itself much more recording it in a home studio. First of all, you will be having limited space and of course the availability of your equipment, like the number of microphones and all the other gear to capture all those tracks live. But it is not impossible, here a few tips on how you can use your humble home studio to record your entire band.
Overdubbing is the answer to your problem, what is done here is recording one band member at a time then, recording over that track with the next instrument and so on and so forth.
Watch the full video here: http://therecordingrevolution.com/best-way-record-band-home-studio/
Make Your Music Translate: Here Are 7 Steps How
At the end of all your hard work, all the hours and effort you spend in recordings, all of these mean nothing if you will not be able to translate your mix into other speakers to be heard well by your listeners. They are the reason why we do all these anyway right? Your listeners the ones who will appreciate, criticize or sometimes even dislike your work. So if you can’t translate to them everything is just useless. So if you have to listen to your mix over and over in different platforms to ensure that you are translating correctly.
Read more here: http://www.audio-issues.com/music-mixing/make-your-mixes-translate/
G&S Custom Work Drum Kits For NI Kontakt For Free
A newer update of the G&S Custom Work Drum Kits created by Autodafe comes with a fully customized user interface for NI Kontakt 5 and above with on-screen controls for volume, pan, tune, solo/mute, and envelope for each drum element.
The library is now compatible with Native Instruments Kontakt 5 and above (full version required).
G&S Custom Work Drum Kit for NI Kontakt is available for free download via Autodafe.
Read more about this here: http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2017/02/13/gs-custom-work-drum-kits/
Mixing Bass Guitars In Your Home Studio
Most would agree when we say that one of the most difficult instruments to manage into your mix is the bass guitar. It may take some time to get it exactly where you want it to be but don’t get discouraged you will get eventually. For now here are a few tips you can use to get you started.
You need to understand that there is a relationship between a kick drum and the bass guitar. And understanding this relationship is where you should begin. Your goal: to create a powerful in motion combination without crowding or overpowering each other.
Read more here: http://blog.discmakers.com/2017/01/mixing-bass-guitar-in-your-home-recording-studio/
Headphone Mix Tips
Any veteran sound engineer knows that just as important as the vocals and all the instruments are is a properly tuned headphone. A good engineer would pay attention to the cue mix and the phones themselves. Although it is always easy to learn and brush it off, it is always better to be prepared and stay a step ahead, rather than a hit or miss mix based on experience.
The 4th edition of Recording Engineers Handbook recently released some tips to make your life easier and your vocalists and instrumentalists happier with their phones.
Tip Number 1: Test each headphone for distortions
Read more here: http://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2017/02/08/great-headphone-mix/