Recent content by sheboygandrums

AjnaDaath, It's true, adding more gear--especially pro gear--can be overwhelming and takes time to learn. Like Jimmy said, we need to hear your song to know what's really going on. A possibility is you're not leaving space in your mix for the vocals. As you alluded to in your post, a big...

Dicus, How's the feedback problem going? Positioning the speakers relative to the mic is important, as suggested by ecc83 and witzendoz. The drivers of the PA shouldn't be pointing at the head of the mic. EQ and Reverb Use EQ to cut high frequencies on the vocal channels. High frequencies are...

Dicus, You got it with the soca beat. And while it's clearly the feel in the Bieber song, the soca typically has accents on the &'s, often played on open hi-hat or ride bell. The only place that happens is in the chorus (1:08) where the &'s are played by a synth swish sound that fades out after...

Agreed with Resurrect. Good vocal condensers often sound good on acoustic guitars. Give it a try. You probably don't need to invest in more microphones yet.

4tracker, Great energy in this song. It's all 4/4. No 3/4, but a few reasons the time signature sounds more complicated than it is. 1. Beat anticipation. The A-G-E riff anticipates beat 1 by starting on the & of 4 of the previous measure. This is a common figure in pop and rock music. Usually...

JJBreeze, If he can read notation, can you print it from your MIDI file? I can give you some guidance on this. If he can't read notation, he might like drum tabs, so you could do that. I'm a professional transcriber and often write out (transcribe) drum parts of songs my students want to...

Drum machines are only as good as their operator, but so are real performances. Drum samples are so good these days, they are indistinguishable from real performances. Well, they are real performances, but you know what I mean. Programming drums has the potential to save a lot of time and...

Sparky, A little late, but could you try the condensers on the toms instead of overheads? You'll get plenty of cymbals in the other mics. For a good pop sound, I'd prefer close-miked drums over the uncontrolled room sound. Should be able to get a good tom sound and reduce the room sound this...

Resurrect, Cool question. I also prefer drummer's perspective, cuz, like you, I'm a drummer. However, I've done mixes where the opposite sounds better with the arrangement. For example, if a rhythm guitar is panned left and plays a rhythm that masks or conflicts with the HH (or reveals timing...

Nice job keeping it simple. Some musicians make the mistake of thinking more is better. They'll keep adding instruments and parts. They'll double parts just because they heard it's the thing to do. It can get messy and overbearing fast. Some of the best recorded songs are sparse, giving the...

Option 2. I'll also pre-group drum channels if I want to process them as a group before routing to the Drums buss. For example, I'll group Overhead tracks and Tom tracks before routing them to the Drums buss. Same with Kick and Snare tracks if they have multiple tracks I want to combine and...