Baby's First EP

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Hey.

So, my band is looking to record their first EP (here in Chicago), but we're unsure of the best way to do it. Invest in a 4/8 track and some mixing software and do it at home? Or take that same money and put it into a few hours of studio time and get sexier results?

Are any of you familiar with Chicagoland recording studios? Or dudes with recording equipment that might help out? Etc.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 15:05 (nineteen years ago)

NB: I haven't searched the archives, so I apologize if we've already done this one.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 15:08 (nineteen years ago)

Buying studio time is almost always going to yield better results than doing it at home. Saves you the trouble of the learning curve and being anything more than a musician.

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 15:28 (nineteen years ago)

...is it ever handy to have an 8-track, though?

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:04 (nineteen years ago)

Do you think your band would be better off recording live or multitracking?

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

Well, *I* heart the idea of recording live, for a variety of mostly romantic reasons. However, we're a rock band, not a jazz trio, and would probably benefit from multi-tracking.

Still, I think our energy would be more apparent if we recorded live, and just did as many takes as possible to get a song right.

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)

...is it ever handy to have an 8-track, though?

It would depend on your situation... If you want to be able to make cheap demos on your own then sure it might be helpful. If you only ever want to record yourself just to go back and listen for cool ideas from improvisation or for mistakes or places you can improve then it might make more sense just to record live to 2 track. If you want to learn more about recording by being the engineer for your own or friends' bands then it would certainly be helpful to own some kind of multitrack recording set up, whether it's an 8 track or a computer with appropriate software.

― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

If your music doesn't require a lot of extra overdubs or post-production fiddling, I like the idea of going into a good studio and rocking it live.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 17:08 (nineteen years ago)

Jordan, do you guys record in Madison or in Chicago?

― gbx (skowly), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 17:29 (nineteen years ago)

Madison (but most recently in Switzerland). I would love to record in Chicago though, there are only a few decent studio options up here.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 21 February 2006 17:43 (nineteen years ago)

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