We did something cool for our fans last weekend before we played the Flagstaff Folk Festival.

I guess this would fall more into a marketing tip for musicians rather than audio but I'll add in some audio tips at the end ;)

Before we played at the festival (to a packed amphitheater btw, it was very exciting!), we ran through our set a couple times as practice and then we recorded the whole thing on video.

That video became our set we just posted online today you can watch below:​

Obviously, it's not perfect, but for a Blue Yeti USB microphone it sounds pretty darn good.

The most important part of it for me was to make sure the actual levels of the instruments were correct. There wouldn't be any room for mixing it afterward so we just had to mix it in the room with our amps.

That meant:

• Positioning the drums all the way in the back.
• Adding some slight dampening in front of the kick to muffle the kit sounds a little bit.
• Making sure the electric guitar wasn't louder than the lead vocals.
• Making sure my acoustic guitar blended well with both vocals because it was coming from an amp positioned at the same spot in the room.

All in all it worked out pretty nicely for a stereo USB mic.

But I also did a little "mastering" to the audio to  minimize some muddiness and add in some extra clarity.

Here's my simple "mastering" chain I used: