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By: Rory

Rory — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:55:47 +0000

Yeah, I can definitely attest to that Jon. When I record myself doing a guitar bit (bass guitar or six-string) and it’s the first track I’m laying down, it’s impossible to keep time without a click track. I mean, I may think that I’ve kept perfectly on time just tapping my foot, but more often than not you get faster and slower without knowing it. When you have to concentrate on making the music and the beat at the same time, it gets a bit tricky. And honestly, when you have a recording that goes slightly off-beat, it kills the rest of the tracks you layer on. If you have a tight drummer who doesn’t need the metronome who is recording the first track, go for it, but other than that, I really do find click tracks are a must, personally.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:28:43 +0000

Rob I really do agree with you. I’m more of an engineer than a musician. You’ll find the way I write things is partly from the self-recordist and partly from a professional studio view.

I think that anyone that can play well with a click should try recording without it once in a while.

If I were to a record a band live from floor, and they were actually tight, then I’d skip the click track. For editing I’d adjust the tempo at each section of the song.

If the click seems restrictive, then it’s either the wrong type or the wrong tempo.

If you’ve ever recorded someone that could not keep tempo, then tried to edit into something that makes sense, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:18:14 +0000

This is, overall, a great list of tips. I do, however, take issue with the assumption that one must use a click track. Not using a click track is certainly an option, and is the preferable one when working with real musicians. Music SHOULD have an ebb and a flow to it, locking it in to a metronome, then quantizing all the drum parts with beat detective takes everything that makes it good out of it. Granted, there are some occasions when the click is a good idea, but I really think that the click worship in the recording business needs to end, music is really suffering for it. Let’s shut off the click tracks every once in a while and let the music breathe, you won’t regret it.

By: Jim Robert

Jim Robert — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:59:48 +0000

I couldn’t agree more

Cellphones are the devil

By: j

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:24:42 +0000

Great tips! I need a sofa and a “NO CELLPHONES” sign for my studio.