Dark Metal tips
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gumplunger
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I'd say just about everything is pretty weak, not just the bass drum. If I'm not mistaken, that little click I hear every once in a while is the snare drum panned all the way to the right which is a pretty bad idea. The toms sound like cardboard. And the vocals and the guitars just sound like they were either mic'd with Nady Starpower's or just run through some really bad preamps.
I'd say the biggest improvement you could make is by using better equipment. If the source material doesn't sound good, there's not too much you can do to improve it, especially on a budget.
I'd say the biggest improvement you could make is by using better equipment. If the source material doesn't sound good, there's not too much you can do to improve it, especially on a budget.
The preamps are pretty weak, yea. Behringer and Samson little mixers aren't the greatest. I'm gonna get a yamaha 6 mic input mixer pretty soon, that'll help, it has decent preamps. The mics for most stuff are worse than sm57, 58, etc, so that's a problem too. But for vocals I have an LDC through a VTB-1, so they should have been ok. Thanks for your comments. Mics and preamps, as I sortof thought are the biggest issue.
I already used behringer gear, and I can tell you, I got FAR FAR FAR better result. Look, get a few cheap mics if you are just doing this for fun like these :
Overhead : MXL 603s or octava mc012
Snare and guitar amp and maybe vox : SM57
Kick : ATM25, audix D6, akg d112, Shure beta 52, etc
With that you should get a useful sound, but geezzzzz, turn the gain down you are constantly clipping the signal, and that's the worst thing you can get in a recording like that! Also, try reading a bit more on micing technics, do some search on the forum, etc. People are very helpful here.
Well good attemp, but you gotta improove and you can do it easily.
Take care
Overhead : MXL 603s or octava mc012
Snare and guitar amp and maybe vox : SM57
Kick : ATM25, audix D6, akg d112, Shure beta 52, etc
With that you should get a useful sound, but geezzzzz, turn the gain down you are constantly clipping the signal, and that's the worst thing you can get in a recording like that! Also, try reading a bit more on micing technics, do some search on the forum, etc. People are very helpful here.
Well good attemp, but you gotta improove and you can do it easily.
Take care
The only thing that was clipping was the bass drum actually...
The dynamic mics I am using are all crap. (seriously, no name brand stuff) I need to get some sm57's, a kick drum mic, and probably two SDC overheads. The only good things I have going is vocals and a good soundcard (audiophile 2496).
The dynamic mics I am using are all crap. (seriously, no name brand stuff) I need to get some sm57's, a kick drum mic, and probably two SDC overheads. The only good things I have going is vocals and a good soundcard (audiophile 2496).
Phobophile
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Typically, in black metal (which you're recording), the vocals are placed farther back in the mix, and are almost bathed in reverb. Boosting the guitar at around 2.5khz should give it the 'bite' that's atypical of the genre.
That's probably how your friend would want it. Keep trying, and don't fret: black metal is the MOST forgiving style of music to record. BM is often renowed for gritty, low-fi production. It's actually perfectly acceptable to release a poorly produced, raw album--it defined the genre's sound. Listen to Bathory. Their production blows, and they sold thousands of records.
That's probably how your friend would want it. Keep trying, and don't fret: black metal is the MOST forgiving style of music to record. BM is often renowed for gritty, low-fi production. It's actually perfectly acceptable to release a poorly produced, raw album--it defined the genre's sound. Listen to Bathory. Their production blows, and they sold thousands of records.
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