What instrument should i record first

It also gives you a good idea how each instrument will be sitting in the mix for mic and amp setting adjustments by hearing the general space the drums will take, then again hearing how the snare or whatever really sounds like with all the instruments in place. Now it is just my way of doing things. It is a good idea though to have a scratch vocal for tracking though. Though, it is quite difficult to record drums using a bassline as a click track.

I use a metronome rather than a handmade click track, so I tend to disable it as soon as I have the drumset recorded I have tried recording a manual clicktrack using a cowbell or something similar but inconsistencies are hard to deal with vs. Leaving the click on during all this would force every subsequent part to continually look to the metronome for the beat rather than naturally feel where the beat lies in the drumset part.

Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Simply enter your email below and we'll send it right away:. Best Order To Record In? Also, is it best to record each track on there own with a metronome in the headphones or have other tracks playing as well? Start With Drums A good band listens to their drummer.

Lead Vocals And Beyond You always want to end with vocals if you can. All That Matters Regardless of how you record your band, or what order you do things in, the end goal is the same: a natural, believable recording that sounds like we all played it together…as a band! Travis Whitmore on January 24, at am. Graham on January 24, at am.

Nick on January 24, at pm. Thanks Graham! Good info as always…. Marc Lapointe on January 25, at am. The reason for the above is that it seems to work great to always have a reference to Tempo. Great article and thanks…. Renato Botto on November 14, at am. Marc, Fantastic, it seems the proper thing in my case. Thanks a Lot Renato Reply. Jeff Little on April 28, at pm.

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Ask Question. Asked 4 years, 8 months ago. Active 4 years, 7 months ago. Viewed 12k times. Which instrument is easiest to start with? Improve this question. Kellen Stuart. Kellen Stuart Kellen Stuart 1, 2 2 gold badges 14 14 silver badges 30 30 bronze badges.

I'm going to migrate this over to Music. SE - I think there is a good set of answers, but it may be on the edge of opinion based. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Tim Tim k 14 14 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Great answer!

I think you're right about not soloing before the vocals. I've hard to redo songs entirely because I didn't know the structure entirely before hand : — Kellen Stuart. Depending on the software, it's usually more powerful to use the built-in take system for grouping, editing, and comping on the same tracks. ToddWilcox - in fairness I haven't a clue what recording facilities the OP has access to I still use real time stuff. Laurence Payne Laurence Payne 73k 4 4 gold badges 50 50 silver badges bronze badges.

Maybe should have mentioned that I am the guitarist drummer bassist and vocalist Aside from our live recordings, we always record all parts separately: a click track is used to ensure the drummer is exactly on time then: Drums are recorded first Synths Bass Rhythm Guitars Vocals Lead Guitars Backing Vocals Of course we may go back later and redo a particular part, but that's the basic process.

Good luck and have fun with your music. Rockin Cowboy Rockin Cowboy Edit: The fact that you are playing all of the instruments is pretty critical to this question, so obviously my answer makes a lot less sense in that light. Todd Wilcox Todd Wilcox Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Meta-SE discussion about "unpinning" accepted answers.

Been following the same process you speaking about, Graham. That makes me feel very confident. Thanks Graham, Have been pretty much following your outline with vocals last.

For the very reasons you mentioned. However, intrigued by the thought of vocals first and will try that just to see how it comes out. If nothing else,at least thinking about the possibilities. Like so many things involved in this process, I never thought about it. Your email address will not be published.

Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Simply enter your email below and we'll send it right away:. Which instrument in your mix is the most important? The vocal? Nick O on May 23, at am. Greg King on May 24, at am. Thanks Graham. Magnus on May 23, at am. Dave on May 23, at am. Nick on May 23, at am.

Blake Duncan on May 23, at am. Matt McIvor on May 23, at am. Of course there is final tweeking to do but this is what works well for me Thanks Graham Reply.

Mark on May 23, at pm. Artur on May 23, at pm. Joel Young on May 23, at pm. Another great video, Graham.