Denver Recording Studio

So your in a band and you want to record a demo, or a record, whatever. There are a couple of ways to go about doing so and depending on what style of music you play one or the other may work much better for you. Lets start with multi-tracking. This is where each instrument is recorded separately one at a time and then put back together in the mix process. This offers the advantage of achieving complete isolation when recording each instrument, this means no bleed between tracks caused by multiple musicians playing in the same space while tracking. This in turn makes overdubbing infinitely easier because you dont have to contend with remnants of your original take cluttering things up. However for some types of music this may not be the answer. For some artists and bands the emphasis is not on composition alone but rather on the interplay between musicians and the improvisation that occurs when playing together.  This type of natural chemistry is difficult to capture when you multi-track everything. Sometimes bleed is better if it allows the musicians to be in the same space and groove off each others presence. Here is a quick solution that is not 100% perfect but can help maintain a live feel while cutting down on bleed as much as possible. Try putting your players all in the same room as the drummer but put the guitar and bass amp in different isolated rooms where they are miked up, then feed the signals from them back to your musicians via headphones. If you have adequate space this can be a very effective way to get a live feel and preserve isolation as best you can. Thanks -Guitar Junkie