I bought the Killer Home Recording ebook a few years ago and in spare time, here and there put a small home studio together to record my band when time allows. I work crazy hours.
I am using ProTools 11
an MBoxPro interface
For the Bass I did two tracks I used a sans amp DI and a Peavey XXX head on the clean channel going into a mesa 4x12 loaded with Black Shadow speakers. It was mic'd with an SM57 and a Sure Beta52A Kick Mic blended in a small Berhinger mixer then into the MBox pro
For the Guitar I did 4 tracks. All through the Peavey XXX into the Mesa 4x12 Mic'd with a SM57 towards the edge of the speaker and a Beta58 in the center of the speaker, blended the mics in a small Berhinger mixer. Two guitar tracks were scooped and two are mid heavey
The Drums, I built an electronic 5 piece kit. It was an old DDrum set I got used then soldered up the piezo's and made my own triggers. I took the old broken heads and cut the mylar off then sewed on 1 layer of fabric and two layers of window screen to make my own mesh heads. I bought used Roland cymbals off ebay and replaced the piezos to the cymbals that needed it.
I got a used Roland TD-11 off ebay with the wiring harness and plugged it all in. It took a few days to get the settings right and then once the real drummer got behind the kit it took about 2 hours to dial it in as he plays an acoustic set. I just don't have the gear or situation to record acoustic drums yet. He took to it well as I built the kit to match his own.
The Roland module went into the MboxPro as an audio signal and a midi track. The audio was for reference and during the mix I replaced it with the midi track going into Addictive drums 2. I had to manually move the hihat to the correct sound and the ride bell as the midi mapping was not perfect.
For the Keys I played a used MAudio Oxygen midi controller into the protools plugins Air Xpand!2 and Air Structure Free
For the vocals I did three tracks. The main, a double and a low. All recorded with a Rode NT-1 then into a small Art MP Studio pre-amp then into the MBox Pro.
The song is called "Hell on Earth" and the band is Gothic industry.
it is not mastered as I do not know how to do that yet
I am using ProTools 11
an MBoxPro interface
For the Bass I did two tracks I used a sans amp DI and a Peavey XXX head on the clean channel going into a mesa 4x12 loaded with Black Shadow speakers. It was mic'd with an SM57 and a Sure Beta52A Kick Mic blended in a small Berhinger mixer then into the MBox pro
For the Guitar I did 4 tracks. All through the Peavey XXX into the Mesa 4x12 Mic'd with a SM57 towards the edge of the speaker and a Beta58 in the center of the speaker, blended the mics in a small Berhinger mixer. Two guitar tracks were scooped and two are mid heavey
The Drums, I built an electronic 5 piece kit. It was an old DDrum set I got used then soldered up the piezo's and made my own triggers. I took the old broken heads and cut the mylar off then sewed on 1 layer of fabric and two layers of window screen to make my own mesh heads. I bought used Roland cymbals off ebay and replaced the piezos to the cymbals that needed it.
I got a used Roland TD-11 off ebay with the wiring harness and plugged it all in. It took a few days to get the settings right and then once the real drummer got behind the kit it took about 2 hours to dial it in as he plays an acoustic set. I just don't have the gear or situation to record acoustic drums yet. He took to it well as I built the kit to match his own.
The Roland module went into the MboxPro as an audio signal and a midi track. The audio was for reference and during the mix I replaced it with the midi track going into Addictive drums 2. I had to manually move the hihat to the correct sound and the ride bell as the midi mapping was not perfect.
For the Keys I played a used MAudio Oxygen midi controller into the protools plugins Air Xpand!2 and Air Structure Free
For the vocals I did three tracks. The main, a double and a low. All recorded with a Rode NT-1 then into a small Art MP Studio pre-amp then into the MBox Pro.
The song is called "Hell on Earth" and the band is Gothic industry.
it is not mastered as I do not know how to do that yet