boss br-800 have you had success recording drums / bass / vocal / guitar?

[joey_threads]

hello!

I am new to these parts & came across the forum looking for advice on the boss br-800. I can see from previous discussions that you may well have the answers I need & I would really appreciate your wise words!

My band recently took hold of the BR-800, with the primary focus of recording practices all in together just using the in built condensors.

The sounds are so good that I am keen to try recording micing up drums & guitar / bass / vocal straight in. Obviously there are only the 4 inputs & phantom power issues.

I just wondered if any of you had done live / all in recording with your bands & was interested in the results you had if any?

We mainly are struggling with the vocal recordings - we want to capture the live sound but when using the condensors we lose the vocal and we're not too sure how else to make this work with this piece of kit.

We have a basic knowledge of recording / mixing but we are by no means experts so please forgive me if I ask you to elaborate on any answers given!

cheers in advance,

Joanna 

[pjd1]

Hi Joey T , i have the br800 but have not used it for any live practice sessions as of yet , but i have made simular recordings on different machines, in my opinion you will get a half decent recording but the mix will be rough and ready with the drums bleeding into the other tracks and the vocals as you have mentioned not as clear as you want , even if you use four mic,s you may not get the desired recordings , if you want my advice you should record the drums using stereo mics into two tracks , ( having the singer or guitarist playing the tune for reference without recording him or her  ) then record the other instruments one at a time , mix it down then recorded the vocals last of all

Good luck !!

Dunny 

[joey_threads]

thanks for the response - much appreciated! Will go back and try out the techniques you suggest & let you know! cheers 

[galestermusic]

the drums bleeding into the other tracks

When I first started using MBR, I made this mistake all the time. When you bounce your tracks, make sure you turn your rythm (drums) off. I think BR800 uses a somwhat similar platform in the screen.

If you do not turn it off your drums get recorded over and over with each bounce causing the bleed.