Ok, it was recorded using Cubase on a celeron 400 and Dsp factory (w 2
ax44:s). First we recorded drums (pearl export, with too old skins
and bass (
sennheiser e604:toms shure
b52:kick sm57:snare and C 480 B with the hyper.c capsule (i think...) for
oh:s, for bass we di:ed it using a countryman di.) It was pretty straightforward,
the OH:s were spaced about a 1-1.5m or so from each other pointing at the middle of
the snare, just below the ceiling (about 2.5-2.8m up) everything else was basically close
miced. No eq compression or any kinds of effects until mixdown.
For micpres we used the usual small mackie (1402).
Then we recorded some guitars using some sennheiser mic which
i dont remember the name of..it has a flaming
Wheel(?) on the front and has one gold side and on black side
(i think...). The amp was a Marshall JTM60
and the guitars we used are Fender Tele and an very old Gibson "black beauty" 58.
Then we moved the computer upstairs and started tracking the vocals, the
singer actually had a blanket on top of his head covering the microphone
because my room has too crappy acoustics. The mic we used was an akg c3000,
the vocals were doubled in "low life dreamer" for micpres/ad we used a
mindprint di-port which i recently aquired. Then for broke by way we used
the NI B4 hammond simulator for that flangy sound you didn´t like. And some
other synth for some "windy" sounds which can be hard to hear...and also
there´s me playing bongo drums, but thats also hard to hear. (there´s some
other "secret" stuff there to...but im pretty shure you wont be able to hear
it with crappy mp3:s) Then i started mixing. For reverb i mostly used a TC
electronics M2000. I use JBL4406 for monitors and my home stereo to power
them (harman kardon something). After i mixed the songs I ran them through
Waves C4 and L1 and some corrective eq to fix some problems i had with the
amount of lowend (it´s really hard to hear whats happening down there with
such small monitors). Then I listened to it about 500 times on different
systems swearing everytime i heard me playing any errors, praying i would
not have to remix/rerecord due to something strange. Soon I´ll post links to my
new songs which are in a different genre (kinda singer/songwriter countryesque but improvised)
just have to finish them first. They are all recorded in my room with minimal micing and sound quite interesting in my opinion..
Later/Jonas
