Another 1 hour Love Lode mix.

[sonusman]

I posted one a while back that the day after I did a little fixing up on too.

Still some little stuff on both I would have liked the time to fix, but 1 hour just isn't that much time...

Ed

 

[CanopuS]

Sounds impressive. Maybe I'd put the vox up in the mix, it sounds to me as if its lower than the harmonies and the guitar, which is a shame. Solo is good. I like the sound of the drums, how did you mic them?

Nice job

 

[HevyD47Ca]

Falling Down

This song really DRIVES right along.
I like a nice solid rhythm.
You can hear all the different components nicely.
The Bass tone is reminiscent of my fellow canuck Geddy Lee.
The vocals seem to work and fit into the mix.
The Guit is just alright, as in nuthin special(performance-wise).

All around GOOD mix

 

[FattMusiek]

Cool songs, sonusman. I liked the guitars a lot. How'd you mic up the drums? They sound good.

 

[Guernica]

Hey Sonus,
..very nice man. Nice mix, well balanced and clean... ...especially for the time you have in it. I listened to "machine". ....I really dug the processing you did on the lead voc. ...Id ya dont mind, I would love to know what the chain was.

thanks, g ....anda5

 

[MAC2]

...always good to hear stuff from you Ed....Machine seemed a bit tighter all around to my ears...got a few questions for you though...you record and mix a variety of bands and music styles....what kind of advance preparation (if any?) do you do with the band before you start tracking?....seeing that the style of music will affect your choice of mic(s) and signal chain do you generally listen to the band somehow before they actually get in the studio to start tracking?

 

[sonusman]

Both lead vocals were mixed with a HHB Radius 40 supplying the eq and compression. Good unit for this. They were tracked with a ART MP with a Levelar behind it to black face ADAT's with a AT 4033.

About pre production overall. Usually none. This was a project that I was paid to produce, had the producing taken away right when they started tracking, then given back to me after drums and bass were tracked. sigh............. Anyway....

I usually don't get any proper pre production time. With this band, I already worked on a CD before this one, and I go WAY back with all the band members and played in a band with 2 of them.

It is not like I had a whole lot of mics to choose from at the time. RE 27 on the kick, SM-57's on snare and toms, and a pair of AT 4033's for OH's, Tascam PE 125 for HH, and a AKG C-1000 S for the ride cymbal (the HH and ride mics are down about 18dB in the mix, so they aren't doing anything but adding a hair of clarity. ART pre's on everything except the OH's which used a TL Audio Classic pre and the HH and Ride mics used the Soundcraft Ghost pre's.

We used triggers on the toms and snare with a gate going to tape (yes, I am adventurous!!! ). These days, I can do gating with fader automation.

Falling Down has 7 tracks of vocals. I just didn't have time to automate much of anything. Both these mixes are "static" mixes.

Ed

 

[boydrj]

I don't even feel worthy to be commenting on your stuff! Those drums really are so well recorded! Probably some of the best I have heard, if not the best, on this board. I am trying to record drums right now (trying being the key word) and it is really a hard process, especially when you are doing it all alone.

Your drum sound is just excellent, and the mix is excellent! Now it just needs that extra bit of "sparkle", or mastering and it is there.

Great work!