The Recording Process
anybody have tips/advice on recording solo piano, straight ahead ensemble, and electronic jazz/groove/whatever music?
that's a broad question, but i'm looking for any info...
the best software
studio equipment
microphones
acoustic environment for horns
good synthesizers
recording techniques
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most club owners will barely listen anyways... they just want some assurance that you have the minimal skills necessary to not be a complete embarassment to their venue. and its more important to make the package look good. whether you make a tape or a cd make the cover look as profesional as possable. dont waste too much time trying to make the music perfect. if you do.. you will never get your promo tape done and you will never work. look at it like you can do a better quality one after you finish the first one. but get the first one done so you have something to give people to get working.
you can get fine results by using a computer -- pretty much any computer -- and some software like mackie tracktion (my favorite) or a cheapie like cakewalk express and a soundcard with (a) multiple inputs or (b) a cheap behringer mixer. i've used tracktion and highly recommend it -- intuitive, but quite powerful. check kvr-vst.com for the latest recommendations on hosts, plug-in instruments, and all that.
i don't know how to get good sound out of drums and horns, but i'd bet the people you're playing with have at least some idea of how to get started. if it were me, i'd just get a couple of cheap microphones (sm57s or something) and experiment with placement for the drums and horn(s), record direct from a digital pino, and, if the bassist uses an amplifier, try to find a way to get a line-out of his amp.
but i'm not a recording engineer, and really have no clue -- i can't stand these kind of details and fiddling-type things.
if you have a digital piano, you should be able to get very very good sounding *solo* tracks by recording direct or by using midi and a very good vsti plug-in or sampler. unless you know what you're doing, you will almost certainly sound far worse if you try to mic an acoustic piano using a couple of $100 microphones or something.
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