rasdestroyer
New member
hi.
the band i play in (The Well) just finished recording the closest thing to an LP we'll probably ever come up with, and i was hoping i could get some constructive criticism from ya'll about the near-final mixes we've come up with.
tracks available at www.soundclick.com/thewell
the first song, "Not Alright", the seventh , "Nervous Buzz", and the final Untitled track are all nearly complete and probably the closest to the sound we're after.
we tracked everything live (except the vox) in my little garage studio into an aardvark direct pro q10 (which i still love despite the constant XP bugs).. used a bunch of senn 421s on toms/guitar, a couple 57s, an AKG D112 on bass, Beyer m88 on kick and m201 on snare, sm81s as overheads. mixed in sonar with minimal noodling.
the big challenge for me on this recording was to get the guitar to sound big without doubling all my parts, which i've done in the past with limited success. it certainly "thickens" everything up, but i always felt like it was kind of cheap considering that in a live context i'm only one person , and i wanted this recording to sound as much like our actual band as possible without employing any phantom musicians.
unfortunately, i had this revelation only after we actually tracked everything, so i couldn't just throw a couple extra mics on the guitar cab for different sounds to tinker with. instead, i ended up quadrupling the guitar track in sonar, manipulating the EQ on each, and reversing the phase on one track, which seemed to fatten/widen the whole sound magically. i'm still not sure i understand how that worked, but maybe somebody can illuminate what i'm missing?
in general, any critique ya'll have to offer is graciously appreciated..
thanks!
bryan
the band i play in (The Well) just finished recording the closest thing to an LP we'll probably ever come up with, and i was hoping i could get some constructive criticism from ya'll about the near-final mixes we've come up with.
tracks available at www.soundclick.com/thewell
the first song, "Not Alright", the seventh , "Nervous Buzz", and the final Untitled track are all nearly complete and probably the closest to the sound we're after.
we tracked everything live (except the vox) in my little garage studio into an aardvark direct pro q10 (which i still love despite the constant XP bugs).. used a bunch of senn 421s on toms/guitar, a couple 57s, an AKG D112 on bass, Beyer m88 on kick and m201 on snare, sm81s as overheads. mixed in sonar with minimal noodling.
the big challenge for me on this recording was to get the guitar to sound big without doubling all my parts, which i've done in the past with limited success. it certainly "thickens" everything up, but i always felt like it was kind of cheap considering that in a live context i'm only one person , and i wanted this recording to sound as much like our actual band as possible without employing any phantom musicians.
unfortunately, i had this revelation only after we actually tracked everything, so i couldn't just throw a couple extra mics on the guitar cab for different sounds to tinker with. instead, i ended up quadrupling the guitar track in sonar, manipulating the EQ on each, and reversing the phase on one track, which seemed to fatten/widen the whole sound magically. i'm still not sure i understand how that worked, but maybe somebody can illuminate what i'm missing?
in general, any critique ya'll have to offer is graciously appreciated..
thanks!
bryan