sir boss KitC, pano po kayo nagrerecord? Ung way nyo po... step by step.. from ways how to record instruments - what kind of mixer - software you're using - how you mix, thing to know how we can make a good result.. parang flow po ng recording nyo at anong gamit.. pwde po ung kayang intindihin ng walang background sa recording.. kapag nasagot nyo po yan, sa inyo na lng kaluluwa ko... Thanks!
You have to understand that my personal studio is primarily based on sequencers; i.e., most of my sounds come from softsynths. That way, my recording process is merely rendering the various synths audio into specific tracks which I EQ and compress accordingly, entirely in the digital domain. It also helps that I have a soundcard (Emu) and monitoring system (AKG headphones and Fostex monitors) whose sound I trust completely. About the only time I will record externally is when I fly in vocals or the occasional guitar track into my software (presently Sonar 8 Professional), and then I also do mixing in the box. I also own Cubase, but have since migrated fully to Sonar since it became 64-bit.
Since my soundcard is capable of 8 analog inputs, I don't use a mixer. But where I work (Carmel House), we do use several good preamps (mostly Neve) which we use to fly in audio into our Pro Tools setup. Needless to say, we are capable of around 56 input channels, and have mixed more than 100 tracks at a time with the PT system.
For software, use the one you are comfortable with. I leaned early on towards Sonar because it's midi capabilities were what I seemed to be more comfortable with since Cubase's midi did not behave the way I wanted it to, although I found Cubase to be better at handling audio (this was during my Sonar 4/Cubase SL2 years). Some of my colleagues (Marvin Q, for. ex.) happily use Cubase (5) and Logic (9) with equal proficiency, but find Sonar to be quite garish visually.
Recording flow depends on how you work, but when recording a band, I normally like to get the lows sounding well first, and that means the kick and the bass. On other occasions, I will work on getting the vocals perfect first, then "design" the rest of the instruments around that - it is important that whatever is taking the lead in a song, whether vocals or an instrument, be the one to have the best sonic space, with the rest of the instruments supporting it.