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    Massive vocal effect

    Hi all, can anyone help me figure out how to achieve this massive vocal sound? The particular parts I mean are at 57secs and 2.08mins. anaal nathrakh - Lama Sabachthani - YouTube My bassist is using Logic Pro 9 to mix. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks!
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    Old school thrash/death metal sound

    Assuming you've done as much as possible with skin selection, tuning, mic poisitioning etc, what sort of EQ/reverb/compression etc goes into getting this sorta drum sound... Bass drum and toms: Obituary - The End Complete [HD Videoclip] - YouTube Snare: Slayer - Seasons In The Abyss - YouTube...
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    drum EQ VST plugins?

    I'm new to recording/mixing and have just discovered what VST plugins are... Can anyone tell me if there's plugins that have a whole range of drum EQ/reverb/compression presets? I've tried a bit of Googleing and searching on this site, but I need help with search terms as I'm so new to this I...
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    Mixing Theory 101

    Hello all, can anyone link me to a basic explanation of what mixing and FX are all about? My band's done some DIY recording and our bassist is going to mix it. He's done a music tech course so he knows his stuff but I wanna be able to communicate properly to him the ideas I have in my head and...
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    Old school death metal big drums, wide guitar?

    Hello all, I recently recorded my band's EP, very DIY and tiny amount of gear but good results thanks to great advice from users of this forum! Thankfully a mate who knows what they're doing has offered to mix the recordings for us but for my own personal interest I'd like to have an...
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    Recording bass with distortion

    Heya, does anyone have any tips for recording bass cabs with a mic? I'll be using a SM57. I recorded our old bassist by DI because that's what he wanted but the results were crap - scratches and scrapes all over the show and sounded weak in general. I've never recorded bass before with a mic...
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    Micing guitar cabs with 2 mics

    It occured to me today that I could mic my guitarist's amp with 2 mics to try and get the up close crunch as well as the further away beefier sound...it's raised a couple phase cancellation questions in my head: If I follow the 3:1 rule, can I put one mic behind the other or have they got to be...
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    Correct theory?

    Is the theory behind drum recording the same for guitar amp recording? - You can take something out but you can't add it in. E.g you could probably make a close mic'd snare sound distant with some effects, but you'd struggle to make a far mic'd snare sound close. I know that regardless of the...
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    Overhead 101

    Hello all, this is my first post...please help! I'm doing some DIY drum recording soon and I desperately need an idiots guide to overheads! I don't what the purpose of them are - are they cymbal mics or are they kit mics or are they whatever you want them to be? And I'd ideally like to...
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