In the last few days I've learned a lot about mixing output from multi-channel source material.
I'm considering getting equipment to mic up vocals and instruments for my wife and kids. I would play the role of audio engineer by mixing the channels into a stereo output for live amplification. The mixers I'm looking at will record the multi-track (think 16-32 tracks). This means that the live mix can be one thing, but I can later return to the multi-track recording and remix it completely. The mixing can entail all sorts of things on each channel - more/less volume, filters (pop and high pass), PEQ, compression (or not), and then there are all the effects you can do.
So having read about this stuff a ton recently, and while listening to The End by the Doors I found myself wishing that I had a multitrack recording of the song such that I could elevate the drums at certain points, fade out the bass at other points, etc, etc. But I would need separate tracks. One per vocalist, one per guitar or bass, and either one percussion track or better yet a track for cymbals, a track for snares, a track for boom drum, etc.
This is all new to me. Are multitrack unmixed commcerical recordings a thing? Is there a version of this song out there someone that I can remix to my liking?
(paused for googling)
OK, so this seems to be what I'm after.
https://songgalaxy.com/Multitrack/The-Doors/The-End/RE06536.html
My mind is blown.
I'm considering getting equipment to mic up vocals and instruments for my wife and kids. I would play the role of audio engineer by mixing the channels into a stereo output for live amplification. The mixers I'm looking at will record the multi-track (think 16-32 tracks). This means that the live mix can be one thing, but I can later return to the multi-track recording and remix it completely. The mixing can entail all sorts of things on each channel - more/less volume, filters (pop and high pass), PEQ, compression (or not), and then there are all the effects you can do.
So having read about this stuff a ton recently, and while listening to The End by the Doors I found myself wishing that I had a multitrack recording of the song such that I could elevate the drums at certain points, fade out the bass at other points, etc, etc. But I would need separate tracks. One per vocalist, one per guitar or bass, and either one percussion track or better yet a track for cymbals, a track for snares, a track for boom drum, etc.
This is all new to me. Are multitrack unmixed commcerical recordings a thing? Is there a version of this song out there someone that I can remix to my liking?
(paused for googling)
OK, so this seems to be what I'm after.
https://songgalaxy.com/Multitrack/The-Doors/The-End/RE06536.html
My mind is blown.
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