Recording Handbook - Hol.gr

Frank Zappa recorded an album on a 4-track this way and got 48 tracks on it.
- Try to record the guitar at "live" levels. Most amps really shine
when cranked up.
- When doing the final mix, if you have a stereo chorus, you can give
the tape a more stereo sound. Also reverbs and delays on snare,
vocals, guitar (depending on guitarists rig) are good.
mcknight@pire.org (Scott McKnight) writes:
Another approach, and one that's the opposite of that mentioned by
Dave Copland in another post, is to try to get a good live recording
of as much of the band as possible in order to avoid generation loss
due to bouncing.
Basically what you do is to put a couple mikes in front of the drums
in an X-Y configuration. One mic goes to one channel the other to the
other. Find a way to get the bass in the center of the mix, either by
putting the bass amp behind the mics, across from the drummer, or by
running the bass direct and record onto the same two tracks that the
mics are recording on with the bass panned center. Put the rhythm
guitarist off to one side. Experiment with distances from the mics
and volumes until the stereo mix of these three instruments is good.
Record.
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