>> My tentative plan is to lay down the rhythm section tracks with >> the players simply all in the room together but with phones, >> then for the winds I'm considering using good quality monitors >> to play back the rhythm tracks for them to play to. I feel >> that if the playback is off access from the instrument mics I >> can acheive good enough isolation for mixing/E.Q.ing later, but >> probably not enough to have individual players correct performance >> errors. (They are still going to have to get all the notes and >> play in tune on the session day...) Alternately I could provide >> phones if I recorded each section individually, but I'm concerned >> that the feel of the group may suffer if pulled apart into to many >> pieces. > > I think both you and the band will have problems with this method. > Depending on the room and speaker placement, the bleed may or may not > be a major mixing issue. But it could be very difficult for the horn > players to work to pre-recorded rhythm tracks. 13 horns make a lot of > noise, so the speaker level would need to be cranking for them to > hear it. I'd suggest that, if the room can handle it, you record the > whole band together and not worry about the bleed. Or, since this is > all about the studio "experience", track the sections one at a time > and give them phones. This is the direction I'm now leaning in after giving it more thought. Part of performing in a studio environment is being able to work in a certain amount of isolation after all, and for the students would probably be a more novel experience. Stuart- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Group Buy until Feb 22nd for Virtual Instruments Magazine! See http://logic-users.org/groupbuy/vimag for full details.