Thats a really fat sound, I like that.
So Continuing the "How the hell do we mix stuff" thread...
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Thats a really fat sound, I like that.
Definite 'radio mix' on that, I'd say.
I don't even know if that is good or bad heh I am so rubbish sometimes.
8ball
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To my ears it's mid-rangey and tight-sounding and good for smallish speakers - sounds better on my speakers than over headphones, which seems to be how a lot of my mates mix things.
I just try to get it sounding kind of fat and farty as far as I can and pretend I've got a big PA to play it over.
Not one for subtle, me.
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Sorry as a drummer I have to drop in on this thread.
I have spent many an hour tuning and retuning my drums, taping, muffling etc etc to satisfy the demands of studio engineers. If the kit sounds good then the recording will be great. I have managed to get a good sound from just a bass mic, snare mic and 2 overheads.
I have spent many an hour tuning and retuning my drums, taping, muffling etc etc to satisfy the demands of studio engineers. If the kit sounds good then the recording will be great. I have managed to get a good sound from just a bass mic, snare mic and 2 overheads.
Yeah but you were likely set up to play what you knew, in a studio setting.
We got trains passing by right outside, bands in other rooms bleeding through the walls and we got no idea what we playing before we start playing.
It just isn't worth setting up for top quality sound recording for what could essentially be a few hours of really bad improvised playing. If we ever decide that we will do a 'finished' song, the drummer will set up solo and we will spend 30-60 mins setting up just his sound so we have it all. We would even go as far, I would hazard a guess, at using the triggered sounds on Seperate channels for seperate EQ/Mixing.
It just isn't worth that level of commitment for what we are currently doing.
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Nice one. THough I think to make a 3min song i will have to write more.
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Sorry I should have added that once you have the kit tweaked and tuned it will only take a little tune up before recording again to get it sounding great. I understand your situation though, we have self recorded demos for the past 5 years using just an 8 track digital Fostex and Cubase. Its hard to get a good sound but with a little work before hand you can get semi-professional recordings. But to be honest your normal music fan would probably label it a professional recording.
If you ever do go for a better quality though I would suggest having the bass and guitar DI recording at the same time as the drums. It keeps the "live" feel to the track as the drummer is not just playing to a click. And any drummer worth his salt fucking hates clicks and would much prefer to play along with actual instruments playing
Also if the guitar and bass tracks don't sound great DI'ed you can always use them as scratch tracks and re-record.
I missed that early Xenon, been right busy.
I really liked the way you had the drums sounding there, really brought out those kicks nicely.
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