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It was my first time at the helm for recording sessions, and my first time recording live stuff all on my own in like a decade (used to just do guitar into an audio interface, no mics).

Drummer is a super pro recording homie, and said that there was enough weird stuff going on in the recordings that I got that its best to just do them all over again kitty-birthday-sad

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[โ€“] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

well you didn't get it perfect first try so you may as well just give up

jkjkjk ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’œ

I'm all for getting them perfect, just bummed that we took 2 weeks to do them and gotta start over now. I remember having the very specific thought that "Damn, [drummers name] is gonna listen to these and say they suck"

keep em in the shed then release them with the 20th anniversary compilation as the "lost sessions"

[โ€“] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sucks but also hopefully an opportunity to learn and improve for next time? Or was it all like random bullshit that you couldn't really prevent

I dont know, will find out later this week

[โ€“] JeSuisUnHombre@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, just learn your lesson. Listen to the tracks, identify the weirdness, and think about what you can do differently to fix it. Also, take your time getting everything setup, listen to each mic to make sure it's good before committing to start doing takes. I'm sure homie would rather have a slightly longer session than have to come back a third time. That being said, fewer well placed mics is greater than more poorly placed mics.

We did like 5 mics for each guitar so I think thats what it was

Audio stuff sucks. When I was working on Kor I could not believe how complicated even the most basic type of recordings were. Like I'm not an expert obviously but I'm also not entirely un-tech-savvy, and yet doing audio was particularly frustrating because even parts that felt like they should be straightforward were downright mystifying.