Does anyone else make mistakes only when recording?
I practice over and over on something and for some reason I "overthink" it when the red light is blinking.
I need to find a technique to get over this. 
Record Light Syndrome
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Ha ha yep me too lol
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Close your eyes and imagine you are on stage killing it. Try it.
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The red light scares the bejesus out of me too, Jen. LOL
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What kind of music do you play;Do you have this "red light"-thing only while playing tricky lead stuff or also while playing your rythm parts;
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ahah , that's perfectly true, as well as the white page syndrome ...
best solution for me is to let the REC on while I'm jamming for ideas , or jamming on the fly on my tracks and hit REC when I'm warm enough
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ahah , that's perfectly true, as well as the white page syndrome ...
best solution for me is to let the REC on while I'm jamming for ideas , or jamming on the fly on my tracks and hit REC when I'm warm enough
I think that could be the cure.
I go back to the days of the Tascam Portastudio to record demos and it would take me forever. I think because of the pressure of using a cassette tape and having limited space and what a pain it was to get it setup again might be the start of this.
With digital and the size of hard drives you can just let it roll and I should probably just do what you suggest when working on a part.
I like to record covers of some of my favorite songs (classic rock, folk, country) for my own enjoyment and to hear what my voice or guitar actually sound like. Occasionally I might get an idea for a song, but it's all for my own enjoyment and am not a professional.
But this can happen with simple rhythms also. I might play it ok and keep time, but it can loose the "groove".
I'm always blown away when I hear about artists like Brian Wilson and David Gilmour who can knock out a vocal part in 1 take. I remember seeing a Doc on Pink Floyd and David did a double for a vocal part in 1 take! No studio tricks just sang exactly like main vocal part in 1 take!
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Yeah, haha... I think everybody's been there
I think it's only a matter of practice - to desensitize yourself to it -
I think that could be the cure.
I go back to the days of the Tascam Portastudio to record demos and it would take me forever. I think because of the pressure of using a cassette tape and having limited space and what a pain it was to get it setup again might be the start of this.With digital and the size of hard drives you can just let it roll and I should probably just do what you suggest when working on a part.
Same here, Jen. ADAT was even worse 'cause of the even-much-longer-than-that time it took to relocate to the pre-roll position and recommence the process after a take.
Waraba's idea makes sense; continuous exposure should, in theory at least, help, as Michael put it, desensitise us to the dreaded red light.
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"Red light fright". Put your DAW in loop mode and loop-record take after take until the adrenaline wears off. At least that's what I do!
-djh
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+1 for loop mode, I use it on a daily basis
