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Johnny Belmont
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Hi. I have four instrumental songs, that are waiting for vox recording, so, I thought I should post them here, for anyone that could give some insights, opinions, and feedbacks. I'll tell you the equipment I used to record and mix them, but not separating by songs, because it wouldn't fit here, I guess. You will see that what I have is far from what I could call an studio.
I started using a crappy mixer (Wattson MXS-12) on the first two songs, and then used the Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer. The audio interface (sound card) used was Creative Audigy.
So, for the electric guitars:
I used a fender mexican strato in all of them, with a Line 6 Spider II 212 amp. For the pedals, I used a Boss BCB-60, that contains: Boss DD-3, Boss CS-3, Boss SD-1, Digitech Metal Master, Sound One Wah, Digitech RP-50 (for tremolo and phaser) and Marshall Jackhammer. Some effects, like chorus, I also used directly from the Amp. The connection was: Guitar -> Pedals -> Amp (Line out - no mics) -> Mixer -> Sound card
The bass:
I used a Memphis (it's a subdivison of Tagima, a Brazilian trademark). The connection was: Bass -> Boss CS-3 (Line out - no mics) -> Mixer -> Sound card
Acoustic Guitars:
I used a Takamine guitar (Line in on Mixer) on some, and Music Lab Real Guitar VST on others.
Drums and Percussion:
I used EZdrummer, with Pop Rock, Latin Percussion and Drumkit From Hell expansions.
Keyboards, Piano Violions and Sax:
I used Bome's Mouse Keyboard, with my PC keyboard, and played simulating a Midi Input on the program. The Connection was: My Pc keyboard -> Bome's Mouse Keyboard -> Passing Through Midi Yoke -> and recording Midi on Acid. I used some Vst's: Pianissimo, True Piano, Musicrow Container, Luxonix Purity, Korg M1, Garritan Groffiler Cello, Sample Modeling Mr. Sax-T.
On the mix, I used the directx plug-ins:
Transiest Shaper, Voxengo Elephant, Stillwell Verbiage, Waves Super-Tap, Waves X-Noise, Amplitube X-Gear, Waves R-Bass, Guitar Combos Twang, Studio Devil Guitar Amp, Studio Devil Bass Amp, Vintage Amp Room, Audio Ease Cabinet, Waves C4, Sony Express EQ, Voxengo LM Max Punch, Nomad Analog Valve Driver, Waves RComp.
As the client request, I did a "fake live song", I put some cheers (on beginning, as musicians enters stage, and at the ending), and some reverb on master.
What I did was, the guy sent me acoustic songs with only Acoustic Guitar and Vocals recorded, for me to create the arrangements, record instruments and program samples, and mix the whole "shbang".
The Link: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1007513
That's it I guess. Hope you'll help me. Thanks!
I started using a crappy mixer (Wattson MXS-12) on the first two songs, and then used the Behringer Xenyx 802 mixer. The audio interface (sound card) used was Creative Audigy.
So, for the electric guitars:
I used a fender mexican strato in all of them, with a Line 6 Spider II 212 amp. For the pedals, I used a Boss BCB-60, that contains: Boss DD-3, Boss CS-3, Boss SD-1, Digitech Metal Master, Sound One Wah, Digitech RP-50 (for tremolo and phaser) and Marshall Jackhammer. Some effects, like chorus, I also used directly from the Amp. The connection was: Guitar -> Pedals -> Amp (Line out - no mics) -> Mixer -> Sound card
The bass:
I used a Memphis (it's a subdivison of Tagima, a Brazilian trademark). The connection was: Bass -> Boss CS-3 (Line out - no mics) -> Mixer -> Sound card
Acoustic Guitars:
I used a Takamine guitar (Line in on Mixer) on some, and Music Lab Real Guitar VST on others.
Drums and Percussion:
I used EZdrummer, with Pop Rock, Latin Percussion and Drumkit From Hell expansions.
Keyboards, Piano Violions and Sax:
I used Bome's Mouse Keyboard, with my PC keyboard, and played simulating a Midi Input on the program. The Connection was: My Pc keyboard -> Bome's Mouse Keyboard -> Passing Through Midi Yoke -> and recording Midi on Acid. I used some Vst's: Pianissimo, True Piano, Musicrow Container, Luxonix Purity, Korg M1, Garritan Groffiler Cello, Sample Modeling Mr. Sax-T.
On the mix, I used the directx plug-ins:
Transiest Shaper, Voxengo Elephant, Stillwell Verbiage, Waves Super-Tap, Waves X-Noise, Amplitube X-Gear, Waves R-Bass, Guitar Combos Twang, Studio Devil Guitar Amp, Studio Devil Bass Amp, Vintage Amp Room, Audio Ease Cabinet, Waves C4, Sony Express EQ, Voxengo LM Max Punch, Nomad Analog Valve Driver, Waves RComp.
As the client request, I did a "fake live song", I put some cheers (on beginning, as musicians enters stage, and at the ending), and some reverb on master.
What I did was, the guy sent me acoustic songs with only Acoustic Guitar and Vocals recorded, for me to create the arrangements, record instruments and program samples, and mix the whole "shbang".
The Link: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=1007513
That's it I guess. Hope you'll help me. Thanks!
