i unknowingly did that - sort of a studio diary- back when I began recording. nowadays I do it on a spreadsheet (either paper or google docs). i note down ideas I'd like to try out in a session, or smth that went down really well. add to that some alesis adat screen messages and alphanumeric acronyms and whatnot... mixing Brazilian Portuguese and English... I made a custom session sheet based on many (and tried many) designs. including mic (and position), desk EQ, gain, bussing, which compressor went where etc. also seen some printing templates for e.g. the dbx 160A, spx90, deltalab effectron series. never got to use these, though. for automation, besides sharpies/chinagraph and marking fader positions on a strip of tape, I made a score-like template. tracks 1 through 8, mults and reverb/fx horizontal lines, and vertical lines for the beginning of a song, verse, chorus, solo... where to raise volumes, mutes etc.. inspired by the late bruce swedien and some old muzines articles.
This is excellent advice. I still do this. I work mainly in the digital world. But I will keep notes on mic placement, mics used and sometimes what guitar amp was used. Make notes on outboard gear, mainly compressor and EQ settings used while tracking.
I also mention the microphone I'm using-literally say the name of it into the microphone on each track and mention anything else like speaker or amplifier or whatever just in case it sounds wonderful!
Great vid, absolutely important to have documentation. When I was studying electroacoustic music at uni, the profs would be on our asses about presenting proper documentation for composition assignments, and as annoying as it was back then I'm very grateful that it was instilled into me. Cheers.
Great advice to write stuff down - I have a binder too!. I also take lots of photos of mic placement, on the kit, in front of the amps, as well as the overall placement of the intstruments in the room when recording "live off the floor". Even if you don't need to go back to re-create the setup, you have a reminder of how you got the sounds you got.
i unknowingly did that - sort of a studio diary- back when I began recording. nowadays I do it on a spreadsheet (either paper or google docs). i note down ideas I'd like to try out in a session, or smth that went down really well. add to that some alesis adat screen messages and alphanumeric acronyms and whatnot... mixing Brazilian Portuguese and English...
I made a custom session sheet based on many (and tried many) designs. including mic (and position), desk EQ, gain, bussing, which compressor went where etc. also seen some printing templates for e.g. the dbx 160A, spx90, deltalab effectron series. never got to use these, though.
for automation, besides sharpies/chinagraph and marking fader positions on a strip of tape, I made a score-like template. tracks 1 through 8, mults and reverb/fx horizontal lines, and vertical lines for the beginning of a song, verse, chorus, solo... where to raise volumes, mutes etc.. inspired by the late bruce swedien and some old muzines articles.
Yep, I'm always forgetting to add track notes and then forgetting which guitar or mic I used for this or that! Great video!
This is excellent advice. I still do this. I work mainly in the digital world. But I will keep notes on mic placement, mics used and sometimes what guitar amp was used. Make notes on outboard gear, mainly compressor and EQ settings used while tracking.
I also mention the microphone I'm using-literally say the name of it into the microphone on each track and mention anything else like speaker or amplifier or whatever just in case it sounds wonderful!
That's a cool idea.
Great vid, absolutely important to have documentation. When I was studying electroacoustic music at uni, the profs would be on our asses about presenting proper documentation for composition assignments, and as annoying as it was back then I'm very grateful that it was instilled into me. Cheers.
I’m gonna watch this a second time and you can’t stop me, Mario.
@@lipstick_attack hold on boutta put this on private
Great advice to write stuff down - I have a binder too!. I also take lots of photos of mic placement, on the kit, in front of the amps, as well as the overall placement of the intstruments in the room when recording "live off the floor". Even if you don't need to go back to re-create the setup, you have a reminder of how you got the sounds you got.