Hello everyone,
Man, I hope I'm in the right place...
Mods, if I'm not please kindly move me to the correct location or point me in the right direction...
I have been doing the live sound for our church for the last few years. This is a small church so nothing very fancy at all: a small Yamaha board, a Sony CD/minidisk deck, some wireless mics and some old peavey speakers...
Well, recently we have been talking and our praise team wants to record some of their music. Nothing too crazy but they DO want to be able to offer a CD to members of our congregation. All fine and good, but as the audio guy they want me to record this for them. I can probably get it done but I am sorta feeling a bit overwhelmed right now. I hope to find some help here on this forum. I know most if not all folks on this board are professionals. I am not. Just a guy being asked to create a miracle! they just see me as the audio guy... "Recording is audio stuff. Hey Steve..."
We won't be recording on the Yamaha board but may be using some of the mics at church. Wired and Wireless. (Just so we will have enough mics) Well, here is where I am at:
Tascam NEO2488 with internal HD
3 Sennheiser Wireless EW100's
4 OLD Audio Technica DB125's
I will be recording:
1 drum set
1 electric acoustic guitar
1 electric guitar
1 bass guitar
1 keyboard
3 vocals
My thought is to:
1. Track the drums first using all the mics
2. Track the remaining instruments
3. Track the vocals
I guess my question is 3 fold.
1. Can I get a CD ready recording on the Tascam NEO (after all it has a built in CD burner!)
2. I KNOW this is less than optimum but this is what I have now. What else do I HAVE to have? (There is NO budget for this by the way. I am expected to do it on what I have now.)
3. Can I record this in our church? (wide open space, high ceiling) or should I bring them to my house? (Very small space)
They are not really expecting to do this tomorrow so I have a little time to prepare. I think about 3 months so I have some time to prepare.
I have recorded some of my own stuff on my home pc but not anything put out for consumption so my abilities will be sorely pressed. I am actually excited for the opportunity as I have always wanted to learn studio recording and would like to have my own home studio one day, but so much for the dream... this will be a lesson in harsh reality I'm afraid.
Anyway, any and all help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Steve