Recent content by CharlesThomas

Re: Re: Recording an amp far away from console. Yeah, if the guitarist were someone other than...oh... ME, I'd do that, but since I have to be in the control room to run the deck and so forth, I'll have to settle for running a long speaker cable. ;) Besides, no guitarist would want to hang...

Thanks for the advice, Ed. I'll probably avoid this whole problem by using an SM57 instead of a condenser. Can't wait to hear that mix! Really looking forward to it. CT

Many thanks to everyone who replied. I feel much better prepared for this project now! CT

A follow-up question: Is there danger of interference or bleed-through if I run the speaker cable and the mic cable side-by-side for longer distances?

Here's the short version of this question: Guitarist is in the control room. Obviously, deck, monitors, and console are in the control room. Speaker cabinet is in a room 100 feet away. What's the best way to manage things so that this will work out? 1) Put the amp in the control room and...

I'm wondering if someone could give me a ballpark estimate for the used price on this mixing console. http://www.hotterthankarl.com/images/SoundtracksMixer.jpg It's a Soundtracs (British-made) studio mixer, 16x4x2. It has four aux sends, 3 band EQ with sweepable mids, phantom power, etc...

>My biggest problem with the toms are that I usually have to put them on the same track as the snare, this takes some planning ahead with levels and such while tracking *wide grin* Heh! For me, back in the 8-track days, it was usually backing vocals on the guitar solo track, etc. On my last...

My reasons for disliking Creed have less to do with their music than their message and the lead singer's Messiah complex. ;) Anyway, I hope my minor criticism wasn't construed as either: a) Me not liking the song, because I totally dug it. b) Dogmatic. I didn't hear a hook, but you did...

>The guitars sound fairly thick/dense in places (Dragging Your Anchor). >Were the rythym parts doubled/tripled? Double-tracked, then panned left/right. I've always been able to pretty exactly duplicate my rhythm parts, so I put it to use that way. I like the way it fills out the sonic...

>I would like to know some more details behind your recording and mixing process. What equipment, effects, etc.? As I said, D-160 hard disk recorder. Recording and mixing was done on a Yamaha 24/10 "live" console. I wouldn't recommend it, but it's what was available. It actually wasn't...

I dunno. I hate to go against the grain of public opinion, but while I understand the Creed comparisons, the guy doesn't sound EXACTLY like him or anything. More like "reminiscent" rather than "a clone" or something. At least he doesn't do that "singing like my jaw is wired shut" thing that...

>Specifically: Is the bass too loud or too bassy? I actually really liked the bass guitar tone and placement a lot. It IS pretty bassy, but it fills out the low end nicely. You'd have to try it on a bunch of different speaker systems to see if it's too much for the track, but on my system...

Finally got around to putting up three songs that will end up on my second solo CD later this Fall. http://www.mp3.com/CharlesThomas All three were mastered by Sonusman. I play all instruments except drums and sing all vocals. The songs were recorded in my home studio on a Fostex D-160...

I have an SR-16 drum machine. I'd like to find some way I could trigger the kick drum of the drum machine with a kick-drum-like pedal of some kind (i.e. not with a keyboard, but with my foot). Does anyone have any suggestions how I could go about this? What hardware would be required...

No offense taken! I just found it surprising, that's all. In all reality, since the CD was mixed under such drastically non-ideal circumstances (a really long story), I'd LOVE to hear what Ed could do in his studio as far as mixing. We've made attempts to do this, but he's having difficulty...