Hey
I'm new to this forum, so thought I'd open with something that may well get me laughed at and/or slated somewhat.
I'm predominantly a live sound engineer, and doing alright on that front.
I'm also in a band, and recently laid down some tracks in our rehearsal room (someone lent us his time and a hard disk 12 track recorder).
So I've got the individual tracks.
Next step - download audacity and mix using hi fi speakers.
Obviously this is about as far away from ideal as you can get.
I should mention that the drum tracks - particularly the snare drum ended up sounding absolutely awful. I wasn't in control of the recording, which I am aware was a mistake, but I'm liking the challenge.
What I'd like to achieve though is getting REALLY good results from doing it the hardest way. Audacity is proving to be a nightmare in several ways, although I'm using it to it's absolute extreme limits.
And by limits you all know what I mean. Wouldn't it be great to be able to change the EQ whilst the track is playing? And to use a plug in... well... as a plug in, not a wave shaper.
I've downloaded just about every useful VST plug in I can find, although without the intended graphics to support them, even they're a bit difficult to use.
So - first of all - if anyone else on here has tried this, I'd be interested to know how you got on.
Secondly - if anyone else fancies doing it too, and we can all post our results up.
In any case, if anyone's interested - I'll be posting links up to some mixes of how I'm getting on for review/criticism....
Or am I just gay?