BR UTILITY ENDS AT OVER COMPLICATED DRUM PROGRAM

[Ferryman_1957]

It's easy to try out - just playback in mastering mode (no recording), press the effects button and you can manipulate the mastering effects while listening to the playback. You can cycle through them and edit them (and turn them off if you don't want them).

You're right, with planning, you can do a lot. I don't actually think there's a practical limit to tracks because you can keep bouncing and adding to stereo pairs as you go so really (and deleting old stuff to free up space). You can also play live when you bounce, so you can actually bounce 5 tracks into 2. I think the only drawback is that you do need a lot of planning because you will be losing adjustability of individual tracks the more bounces you do, but I keep lots of backups on the PC so I can always go back to earlier data if I want to redo something.

This is one helluva a piece of kit!

Cheers,

Nigel

[simonbath]

glad for your kind words of help...

mastering now clear and great to get results...to think for two years i have NEVER utilized the options on mastering. didnt know they were there. my fault. this forum is great for learning curves.

so...........
are there any extra tips on making recordings better?
we've now covered programming drums-great
mastering-super

now what else?

1)can we improve the in built microphone at all? microphone tips...clarity, or else extra microphones perfect for this machine?

2)how do i cut and paste (in a simple stage by stage manner) nice sections of song to form a longer song...?that would be nice to know.

anyway, what are the extra things to take on board in addition to what ive learnt to date?

thanks a lot in advance, guys!

[hewhoiscalledj]

1)can we improve the in built microphone at all? microphone tips...clarity, or else extra microphones perfect for this machine?


Well, with just the MicroBR, you can tweak the effects to your liking. My only suggestion here is to try everything. Once you find the effect that you like, you can tweak the individual settings like compression and eq, reverb or delay, etc... Personally, I just picked up an Audio Technica stereo mic which has done wonders for my live band recordings. (soon to be mastered and posted)  To completely improve things, you could get some nice preamps and condenser microphones but this can get very expensive and is totally not necessary for recording demos. but if the bug bites you, it's a fun ride.

2)how do i cut and paste (in a simple stage by stage manner) nice sections of song to form a longer song...?that would be nice to know.


Ok, assuming you have recorded in tempo (either metronome or drum beat) cutting and pasting is easy. click on Utility - Track - Copy or Move(cut) - select Measure - enter start measure - enter end measure - enter destination measure and youre done.

i use this technique for song writing. lets say i record 16 bars of guitar and it's basically an 8 bar pattern played twice. but the second half of it is played poorly or i made a mistake. i can copy just the 8 bars that i got right, and paste it directly after itself (ultimately deleting the 8bars of goofy playing.)

after recording a chorus section, i can just copy and paste the verse section after it and have a complete song. this is strictly for coming up with structure, especially on difficult passages. once i have the song laid out, i can listen to it as a complete song, and then re-record over and over again using virtual tracks until it's perfect.

i hope that makes sense.... Cheers.
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[simonbath]

hi hewhoiscalledj

sorry for not expressing my thanks and appreciation sooner for your help.
i shall try cut and paste and get back with results.
at moment i am just thrilled i can dictate my own varied drum patterns. now mastering.

so cut and paste for killer riff repetition.

one thing at a time.
this forum is just the ticket.

thanks again all replied and thoughts are with you in your deepest recording moments!!

luke