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[batterista]

Please check out the first song I’ve completed using the Tascam 388 (and the first I've ever really engineered). I’m posting this on the MP3 Mixing Clinic board as well, but wanted to post it here because this board has been very helpful to me in getting the home recording thing going. Thanks to all of you for the valuable advice!

http://www.myspace.com/blankuslarry - there’s only one song on there…that’s the one.

Strat > Line6 and JamMan looping pedals > Orange Amplifier
Audix i5 placed 1’ in front of the amp faced directly at the amp, offset so it’s aimed at the edge of the speaker. A Sterling Audio large condenser 3’ in front of the amp.

Drums: Roland SPD20 direct into the board

Vocals: Neumann KMS 105 through an Audio Technica AT-RMX 6 mixer into the 388 (the AT has a pre-amp… maybe we didn’t need this… I have no idea).
The whole track is one take, sans the vox (although some of the scratch vox are used).

No compression or any effects except for some reverse reverb using a MidiVerb unit.

I mixed it down directly to Cubase (I need to fix the transport in the RMX 6 or get my old Tandberg cassette recorder back in action). It's also in Mono, because I'm an idiot and couldn't really figure out how to make a stereo mix when using the outboard gear (or maybe I didn't have enough of the right cables... I can't remember).

 

[tsqair]

the art work on your my space is great. your recording sounds like a first effort. but the song has some very good creative guitar and vocal parts get some base on there keep workin at it!

 

[batterista]

Thx tsqair. In many respects we don't know what we're doing, but that's OK. We're going for a raw, lo-fi thing anyways. I'm most happy about the guitar sounds. Getting used to the Roland percussion pad for playing drum parts was a bit of a challenge. Also, not having a bass guitar changes the overall sound compared to other stuff out there. Maybe I'll figure out how to use the compressor/limitor and some other outboard gear I've got in a big pile downstairs.

 

[dodgeaspen]

Hey man this is a cool sound. Keep it up.

 

[themaddog]

I really dig this.

I'd recommend adding some reverb on your drums to see if you can get them to sit a little bit better and make them a little more "live" sounding to fit the mix.

It reminds me of the Black Keys, maybe because of the lack of a bass.

In a real bind, if you want bass, your Line 6 may have a low octave option (I know the POD XT does). You could plug that directly into your mixer and record "bass" that way.

Keep on rockin' and please keep us posted.

-MD