Cover - Modern Day Bonnie & Clyde Barn Recording-Update and question post in tech forum

Wow, this sounds a lot like my own garage tapes from the late 70's minus the tape hiss.  You know, where everyone is in the same space using a minimal number of mics.  The actual performances are quite good.  Everyone sings and plays well, and the covers are tasty.  But, my question is:  where is the engineer?  It is so possible to engineer a live performance nowdays and make it sound like a studio experience while still keeping the live vibe.  It doesn't take that much to isolate the singer's mic and cut down on the bleedover.  Sonar is certainly capable of capturing band practices for evaluation purposes, but also capable of so much more.  Forgive me if I  miss the point here, and you're just presenting the documentation of a performance or rehearsal.  However, I've heard some live recordings here that just blow me away, and this isn't one of them.

Wow, I never got around to "Bonnie and Clyde".  That shows the importance of putting your featured song up first.  But, after hearing B & C, I take back everything I said before.  You obviously have learned the software, and you've produced a killer track.  Only kudos to you.  I look forward to hearing your next track.

digi2ns


I know the other ones are terrible but that was just throwing mics in a room to record and mess with the software when I first got it. I dont understand what your talking about in the "Bonnie and Clyde " song.  Just really getting into it and learning. I appreciate your advice though, every little bit helps 

LOL Lynn, Thanks

Yeh, not sure what caused that, if it was in them playing or computer. We did all the mixes that sound ok in one take non stop. Alot of little things here and there that can be addressed but they were in a rush to get something down so club owners had something to hear before hiring them to play. Came out ok for a demo I guess. They knew I was just looking for something to learn with and helped them out along the way as well.

Any and all help, advise, or things I could do different I greatly appreciated.

Thanks Reece
Good to hear from ya, been awhile since Ive been back in.
Yeh I was doing the direct links earlier butttttttt  Ive been working and updating the songs quite a bit so the band members could keep up and it messes with the link so I just had it set to go to the Set List. That way they always got to the most current version with a lil scrolling LOL

Thanks a bunch Lynn,
Sorry for confusing everyone

The original by Travis was done the same way, we were just duplicating what they did.
As for all the songs in the 5th Gear Set List on Sound Cloud, they were all one long take non stop-Just another practice night in the Barn lol. Some off notes here and there but nothing major that cant be fixed. Finally getting down the art of controlling the bleed in the room allowing for easier mixing. Its amazing what just cardboard positioned right will do.  Still experimenting though :)


Thanks Janet 

Hey Ben Thanks.
Im not the singer but he and his daughter are both good.
Yeh I need to up it just a tad in the beginning.  I guess I need to get me a Sub connected. Im running Roland DS8's and check it on the Home system and in my Truck which both ROCK but I still cant get the bottom end enuff to tell whats going on.
Thanks for the listen and comment

 
Hi there Mike
 
This sounds great, love the guitar work.
 
Good stuff indeed

Thanks Steve  and Star