Live-in-studio recording/video

[EliasMooseblaster]

'morning all,

Recently my band have been experimenting with trying to capture a half-decent live sound in our rehearsal space - would be very interested to get any feedback on it (especially from anybody who's done similar in the past!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpEMPltQ8IM

[cheddatom]

Not bad at all! How are you recording it? Do you have a mic on the kick drum?

The best tip I can pass on is to get the drummer to take it easy on the cymbals

[EliasMooseblaster]

Thank you! Our guitarist is running as many signals as possible into a FocusRite mixer...can't remember exactly, but I think that's a kick mic and a few overheads around the kit. Then a mic on the singer and guitar cab, and a DI from my bass head (so post-preamp).

(I've been trying to persuade him to buy some slightly "flatter" headphones for the mixing; whilst I'm impressed with what he's managed to do, I think his Apple earphones are boosting the bass frequencies slightly, which is why the kick and - at least in my opinion - the bass are a bit underpowered in the mix.)