So the weekend after I recorded Nadja, I recorded Sourpuss, who are really great. Even if I am related to Rene. This is Magnolia.
Both these sessions were recorded on to an Alesis HD24, which has been a huge step up from my 1/4" Fostex 8 track. The time to go from "everything off" to "ready to roll" is now a few seconds, instead of the few minutes it took to load and locate tracks on tape. It really makes sitting down for a few minutes to mix a track no longer seem like a hassle.
I've been busy recording my own stuff on to the new set up as well. Having access to 16 tracks of recording, which is only limited by my 16 channel board, is such a huge lift from the old recorder. Bouncing down of mixing to 2 track and then back in was always disappointing, I found. With 16 tracks I can do just about anything I might want to have in a recording of my own music.
