lightbug recording studio

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Record demos or commercial quality tracks in our studio on our total recall fully automated recording equipment. All tracks are produced mixed and mastered to CD

I am frequently asked "How long does it take to record our music?

Well for this to be answered correctly you need to ask yourself these questions...

Do you need a good quality demo for auditions or gigging purposes?

Do you want a high-quality production recording for all purposes including album sales?

At Lightbug Recording Studio we set the drums up the evening before The day session!

we would spend the following day recording your songs/tracks and not sound checking drums as this would all ready have been done!

Once all the drums have been recorded they are then moved out of the Studio and all instruments are laid down, guitars/bass/keyboards etc / the vocalist's would then record the main vocals!

We overdub vocals and the instruments separately because the recording is kept clean from the other instruments, allowing us to edit the vocals/instruments where necessary. This keeps them prominent in a mix.

By the time all vocals have been recorded the songs are ready to mix down.

All tracks are mastered and burnt onto Cd and DVD for a full back up for you to take home.

Mixing and mastering is always done on a separate day or evening with fresh ears.

We start recording tracks - with emphasis first on getting good drum takes at all times!

I found that just practicing for an hour or so helps everyone to relax and play better before the red button is pressed

All the other instruments recorded at this stage are just guide tracks for the drummers benefit. Once the Drums are recorded we move on to the Instruments after all the drums are down.

The bass, guitars, keyboards and vocals would then in turn overdub their guide parts to the song.

Why overdub?

Because it gives you the opportunity to get every stage of the recording precise in sound and timing with no mistakes.

Appropriate microphones for each instrument are always used. You also suffer no spill over of any of the recorded tracks - that is you can't here the snare drum through the guitars microphone etc. - this greatly increases the clarity and the overall flexibility of each instrument recorded, allowing the producer to access every track

All final mixing is fully automated using carillon AC 01!

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