Recent content by cavedog101

Clarity in a bass instrument capture is always about how well its played at the capture. Not every bass player, no matter how many notes and cool techniques they can employ, sound clean and clear when recording. Bass guitar is all about the fundamental of the song being heard and moving the...

How many "mixes" I've gotten to fix where there is so much extraneous tracks, plugs, and other stuff that the arrangement is completely invisible and the SONG suffers for it. Need a "rule"? Here's one. Don't cover up the song with things that degrade it. A well-tuned and thought out...

Tic-Tac bass parts were not all necessarily a 6 string baritone.

There seems to be one major issue missing in these discussions about recording drums and that is the kit itself and how it's prepped for recording. Many many times I've had drummers in the room who might be really accomplished live stage drummers but who are ill-prepared for recording duties...

Yes that is true. Or rather it can be true. I am always trying for a good level in the track that will make anything added @ mix work as it should. I don't want to spend time getting a sound and then tracking only to have to fix little widgits here and there. I will almost always use a fast...

I compress on the way in. Every time. BUT.....I don't compress as a fix for something I can't control with simple mic technique /placement and preamp level control. I use compressors for the value their individual circuit adds to the sound of the take. A vocal will always get a fast comp...

Top five here for me: SM57-Rode K2-Senn MD421-Oktava MK-219- Audix i5..........all of them had a solid midrange and a tight low end.

The way I mix I prefer a motorized set of faders. I have Avid Artist Control and Avid Artist Mix.

Describe the "standard positioning of mics for acoustic guitar" as you understand it. Here's some of what I know about it. X/Y= a more focused percussive capture. Spaced pair= a fuller representation of the instrument in a space Single mic= a focus on a particular tonal section...

I realize that this is a couple months old and I'm sure it was sorted out one way or another. I run a studio and NEVER would I suggest to a client that I could not get something that the client could get behind and enhance their performance with. NEVER. I get the DI and hunt for sound...

The ear training goes hand in hand with the discovery of methodology

I use Slate triggers all the time. If you havent yet used them you should consider reading more about what you can do with them. For one.....You will be able to filter ALL crosstalk from open mic captures in each kik,snr,tom hit. You will be able to blend the acoustic sound with the...

Gain can be a misleading word when it comes to certain aspects of recording a source. "Gain" to an electric guitar player and their amp is a bit different than the gain from turning up a mic preamp....but not much!! Really. Volume should not be confused with Gain. So when I say to...

I would start a session recording someone like this with a Large Diaphragm FET condenser mic. Something that doesn't have a lot of dips and spikes in its frequency responses. Something that has a good clean output and handles dbs really well. You're going to need a lot of clean gain with...

Audix SCX25 here. An awesome mic