| Multitrack recording overview | |
| Multitrack
recording is the process of building up a complex sound construction using
microphones connected to a mixer
which is feeding a multitrack recorder.
Each track represents a different instrument or sound and these tracks are mixed together to make a final mono, stereo, or multi-channel mix. |
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preparation |
| cleaning tape heads | |
| tape selection | reel to reel
low-noise, high-output cassette chrome or metal C-60 or C-110 |
| striping tape with time code | |
| plan track assignments | maintaining a track sheet stereo/mono tracks |
| microphones | selection
placement isolation leakage |
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mixing tracks |
| mixer | EQ
sends/returns sub-groups |
| processing | reverberation
compression/limiting pulling a track out of the mix de-essing noise gates delay multi-effectors EQ |
| bouncing tracks | |
| mastering device | analog
DAT |