One should never, and I mean EVER go full Moby.

I Went Full Moby Almost

I sampled a Mbira/Kimbala/thumb piano and made it a kontakt instrument.

Mbira First Play

The first half of a song I'm working on. Recorded completely within the Zoom H4n Pro in MTR (Multi track) mode with a couple of bounces to add extra vocals. No editing other than raising the volume in REAPER

"When I'm Away" H4n Pro Internal Mics MTR Recording

A quick test recording.
I wanted a similar clean sound to the Fender Bassbreaker 15 or something in the vicinity of the Marshall Bluesbreaker  for a much lower price.
Bought the Laney Cub12r and put a Celestion V-type 12" speaker in it. 
It may not be as versatile, but gets the tone close enough for what I wanted.

Laney Cub12r with Celestion V-Type speaker Amp Testing

All that was used to record this was the Zoom h4n and a Rode nt1a i got off gumtree second hand.
Things recorded with the Rode NT1A:
Vocals, Acoustic guitar, electric guitar (through amp), Cajun drum and a shaker.
The bass was recorded direct using sansamp emulation in the H4n.
Reverb and compression were used on input for most tracks

Internal mixing:
All tracks recorded separately and bounced
They were then mastered for loudness in reaper after final bounce

Reaper mixing:
Used some extra reverb, Slate digital VMR and bad pitch correction for vox.
Then mastered very similarly to the internally mixed track.

Things I learned: I probably should have recorded everything dry for better reaper mixing, but then the internal mix would have sounded terrible.

Next To Me H4n Internal Mixing

Next To Me H4n Reaper Mixing

Heaven

Sunshine H4n

Sunshine H4n Reaper Mix

Fluid Reality is a side project to try on different masks in music and stray from a sense of normal and commercial style at least for this songwriter/producer.


FLUID REALITY

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