Recent content by GreenDank

finally got a chance recently to do a new tune (pentecostal snake-handling nightmare). all comments welcome! let me know if something sounds really outta-whack. I guess there's an overall lower-fi sound to it, which is either a mixing/EQ-ing issue or perhaps a result of using super cheap...

I'd like to grab all the volume sliders of my tracks and bring them all down by the same amount such that I can eliminate a track going in the red (and then have some more room to play with if it's cranked to the max), but then use the master to bring the whole thing back up to just under the...

is it me, or does rendering a premaster mixdown (in reaper) sound worse than when the song is playing before rendering? shouldn't it sound pretty much the same? it seems like that's where I lose a lot of my sound quality. Does anyone record their mix to another computer (or other device) and...

can someone link me up to one of those pages with the nice EQ ranges of the various instruments for EQ-ing and hi/low passing purposes? particularly for rock/metal. my mixes are so muddied up, I need to really start doing some target golf with the EQ.

On the topic of reaper, does anyone have sort of a "nice starting point" for compressing (using the VST reacomp) a final mix for mastering a typical metal song where I want it to be nice and loud and squashed? (I know, most people hate squashing since it kills many of the dynamics, but I'm...

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anyone have any links to a site with nice reverby impulses for metal-style lead work? I keep finding cabinet simulator impulses, but now I'd like to find a nice lush echoy/reverb sound for leads. thanks.

it ain't bad. built well. a little noisy. lots of sound options. GREAT as a stompbox in front of an amp, but still sounds like recording direct when it's b/w the guitar and computer. works well when layered with another recording methodology (like a jcm900 emulator). here's a test...

Are there may online places to get reamping done through some killer amps if you send them a proper direct-recorded clean guitar? Something where you could test ride your song out with a Mesa, Orange, Soldano, and some other expensive amp I can't afford right now? For a fee of course. Or do...

Do people use plug-ins to substitute amps very often in rock and metal? Do "big" studios use them? I goofed with the JCM 900 emulator, and I kinda dig it. I don't have all of my favorite recording stuff with me outside of a few stompboxes and a laptop (just relocated), and it seems to at...

Anyone know of bands that use recording techniques and equipment from the 50s/60s to play a type of antiquated death metal? This is my plan for the next tune. Kind of a 1960s Celtic Frost. I guess death metal by definition might necessitate modern production and equipment, so perhaps it...

I really want to capture some type of 60s Jefferson Airplane sound, where it sounds simple and old-school, but still good. I mean, how did they do it - where there's drums panned all the way to one side and guitars on the left, and everythings clangy and kind of distorted, but it still sounds...

what's the consensus on mastering using an mr-8: worth it, or basically useless to try and push a button to magically master a mix?

in general, if I'm using programs like cool edit pro and audacity (what I consider cheapy/old/beginner) - should I not even attempt to master my recordings? I've tried in the past, and I was somewhat pleased, but I'm thinking with cheap/free/old programs it's probably just going to actually...

well after a long downtime with a cactus spine in my thumb, then my computer crapping out on me, i finally managed to do a new tune on my mr-8 (my first with that particular unit). kinda metal, kinda blues, kinda dumb but oh well. critique away. oh yeah - it's about a bicycle i got when i was...