Nanor Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Hey, tl,dr; I'm looking for resource recordings to help me better understand how to effectively make use of the effects and signal processing available to me when mixing live. I've a bit of a long preamble to a short question in order to help explain my own situation:I'm mainly a lighting technician but I've been mixing sound for live events on and off for a number of years, mostly small events which didn't warrant a proper engineer when I was in uni, and events which weren't all about the music, like theatre shows with some live instrumentals or vocal mics when I'd be opping lights as well. Almost all the live mixing experience I have has been on analogue desks and most of the time with little to nothing on any channels bar some basic reverb sometimes. Other audio experience I have is a good grasp of using audacity and Qlab for effects and tracks in theatre shows.Recently I've been getting more interested in the audio side of things and have for a while wanted to get more proficient at live mixing, and when I recently was looking to buy an audio interface with with a large amount of I/O, I decided to go the whole nine yards and instead bought my first sound desk! It's a Behringer X Air XR18, I chose it mainly for the fact that it appears to be best reasonably priced desk that could take a decent mix of physical and digital ins and also stream the full 18 channels back to the laptop for recording, but for the purposes of this thread the particular desk isn't hugely important. Basically what I'm trying to find is a source for clean dry recordings, ideally multitrack like an audacity project file or seperate single channel tracks, which I can input to the desk and mess around with. I'm wondering if anyone knows of where I might find such samples, I know there are a tonne of libraries online but a lot of them seem geared towards providing effects or fully mixed tracks which isn't really suitable for my purposes. I'd appreciate any suggestions for where to look for such tracks, or tips on alternate ways to get more familliar with all the utilities I have available now. I've been using Blue Room as a resource for years but this is my first post on the forum!Thanks to everyone who posts on Blue Room regularly, I've found a wealth of information on here so far from reading other peoples threads and the feedback of the community, and also thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.=) Nanor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary Watts Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 If I've understood you correctly then there are quite a number of tracks on Mike Senior's site which may be suitable E2A - The trouble is that this sort of site is not really a substitute for having a top class engineer standing by your side in your venue, using the equipment you usually work with and mixing your musicians, who is able to give insightful tips as to exactly what changes you need to make in order to produce a professional sounding end product - but I think that's probably only going to happen in my dreams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanor Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 If I've understood you correctly then there are quite a number of tracks on Mike Senior's site which may be suitable Thanks Hilary, this looks like exactly what I was hoping to be pointed towards! Looking forwards to getting home and having a look see. I have no illusions that this will put me on par with a good experienced engineer, and I agree completely that hiring a good engineer is crucial for gigs or orchestral performances. However I will say that this expense cant always be justified for smaller shows that use just a few mics or some supporting live music, and this amount of mixing is within the capabilities of a competent sound technician who you're hiring anyway to take care of all the non-live aspects of the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilary Watts Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Sorry, my previous post looks as if it is suggesting that you should obtain the services of a good engineer to do the mixing, whereas what I had intended to say was that in a similar situation to yours I am often in the position of having done my best (and hopefully produced something of reasonable quality) but then start wondering if someone with more experience and/or skill would have achieved a better result - and if so how........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Fwiw, these types of recordings are often referred to as "stems" - might help further your search . There used to be some Queen ones floating around the net... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanor Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 No worries Hilary, and yes I agree it would be fantastic to have the guidance of a pro at our shoulder, and we can always try to pick up some techniques from technicians and engineers we come across. Thanks David, I had a feeling I was missing the correct jargon for the search! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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