A Bit of Recording
Nov. 24th, 2024 09:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billroperI need to record some scratch tracks. (I need to record some final tracks too, but it's clear that I want to record final tracks in the studio, so let's stick with the scratch tracks for a moment.)
Now, I could do this in the studio, but running the studio from the recording booth is complex. I could try to get some help with this, but getting help is a challenge, so it's best to plan to do this solo.
The other problem is that the studio is in the basement and the guitars aren't. They are mostly on the second floor. I could haul the guitars downstairs to the basement, but when I was done, I would need to haul them back upstairs, because leaving the guitars in the basement is not really good for them and I actually want to have them upstairs most of the time anyway. This is a lot of hauling.
Of course, I still have the microphone stand mount that I installed on my office desk shortly after COVID popped up. I don't use it much, but the mount is inobtrusive in ways that the microphone arm is *not*, so it can just stay there all the time. And the microphone arm and a microphone are in my closet.
I would need some software to record on. And I'm accustomed to Cubase and I want to do as little work as possible, so Cubase would be a good choice. I already have it installed in the studio and on the remote recording computer. It turns out that you can have three active Cubase installs at a time, which means I could just load Cubase on the office computer and declare victory.
But I'm building a new office computer next week, so maybe this is not the week to do this. Maybe *next* week. And that's ok! Because the remote recording computer is small and light and easy to carry up to my office.
If there were enough clear space to put it on my desk.
Hmmph. Ok, I can fix that. And maybe while I am doing that, I will turn up the Scarlett Solo interface that should be *somewhere* on the desk, because without an interface, there will be precious little recording happening.
I guess it's time to finish cleaning off the desk. I am going to have to find places to *put* so many things.
There are days that my life feels like "For want of a nail..."
Now, I could do this in the studio, but running the studio from the recording booth is complex. I could try to get some help with this, but getting help is a challenge, so it's best to plan to do this solo.
The other problem is that the studio is in the basement and the guitars aren't. They are mostly on the second floor. I could haul the guitars downstairs to the basement, but when I was done, I would need to haul them back upstairs, because leaving the guitars in the basement is not really good for them and I actually want to have them upstairs most of the time anyway. This is a lot of hauling.
Of course, I still have the microphone stand mount that I installed on my office desk shortly after COVID popped up. I don't use it much, but the mount is inobtrusive in ways that the microphone arm is *not*, so it can just stay there all the time. And the microphone arm and a microphone are in my closet.
I would need some software to record on. And I'm accustomed to Cubase and I want to do as little work as possible, so Cubase would be a good choice. I already have it installed in the studio and on the remote recording computer. It turns out that you can have three active Cubase installs at a time, which means I could just load Cubase on the office computer and declare victory.
But I'm building a new office computer next week, so maybe this is not the week to do this. Maybe *next* week. And that's ok! Because the remote recording computer is small and light and easy to carry up to my office.
If there were enough clear space to put it on my desk.
Hmmph. Ok, I can fix that. And maybe while I am doing that, I will turn up the Scarlett Solo interface that should be *somewhere* on the desk, because without an interface, there will be precious little recording happening.
I guess it's time to finish cleaning off the desk. I am going to have to find places to *put* so many things.
There are days that my life feels like "For want of a nail..."