Take It Down So I Can Make These Hits Over Here

I worked on editing today, fixing little mistakes in the bass and guitar tracks, making the rhythm match up nicely.  I had been cutting out the noise from the tom and floor tom mics when they weren't being played, but today I tried replacing them with samples, starting on 'Perseus'.  I'm happier with the sound of the drums and the lack of background noise, so I think I'll do that on all of the tracks.  For most songs, I'm opening new instances of the soft synth, because that way I can pan them individually.  I'm finding that the overheads have enough bleed from the rest of the kit that panning them harshly makes it more interesting without sounding too jarring.

As far as tracks to be included on the album, I'm thinking that since we've never performed 'Hold It Together' or 'The Sweet Spot', maybe they should be left off the album (although the parts should still be recorded while we're doing all this).  Without 'Heat', as well, that brings the number down to 15, which I think is manageable.  We could then leave a couple others out later, based on how they sound once they've been mixed.

This is my new setup - I got a new monitor and plugged it through the HDMI out on my computer, relegating the CRT to the tv tray on the right.  I haven't figured out how to detatch one of Sonar's windows to drag it over to the other monitor yet, so I mostly just use it to make notes or look things up online.