Thanks for the replys. For info, this was recored on a Digi002 with ProTools
LE 6.9 on Win XP.
I've had some comments suggesting I double tracked the guitar. I
did try this with two separatly recorded guitar parts panned hard left
and right, but it sounded a bit out of time. Should I use the same take
doubled up? The guitar is acutally
Amplitube LE in Protools. I will try
micing up a real amp when I get round to it and compare. I've got two
SM57's for guitar. My guitarist uses a 4x12 cab so I reckon I will use one
on a lower speaker right against the grill in the center of the speaker and
one towards the edge on a higher speaker.
Im not particularly happy with the kick drum, which was recorded with a
Shure PG52 about 6in away from the batter head. I think I should have
spent more time tuning the drum. I've also realised I need to work on the
dynamics in my playing as the kick is not consistant volume wise, which I
tried to fix with some compression somewhat unsucessfully. It's great being
able to analyse your own playing though as it shows you what you need to
work on. The overheads didn't come out quite as clear as I would have liked.
I used a pair of Shure PG81's in an X/Y config just above my forehead.
I think maybe these mics should have been further away with the gain
up louder, maybe also placed right and left of the kit, not X/Y. For some
reason the ride and right crash are not coming through as they should, but I
really dont know why. The snare was recorded with an SM57 between the hi
tom and hi hat about an inch above the snare, about and inch and a half
from the rim, pointing at the center of the snare.. There is too much hi hat
in the snare mic, so I will try micing from the bottom next time. To my ears
the toms sound awsome though.
The bass was recorded with the guitar plugged directly into my Digi002
rack, I think it sounds pretty good like that. Though I will try DI'ing from
my bass players amp to see if that better.
Another comment was that the volcals needed more reverb as they sounded
a bit dry. I think it's difficult to get reverb right as I don't like it when it's
too obvious. They were recorded with an SM58. I think they need to come
up a bit in this mix.
I found that applying a -24db lowpass filter at 40Hz on the protools master
fader channel made the bass a lot tighter. I can play this mix at high volume
now without taxing my woofers. All tracks were then bounced to a stereo
audio track and normalised. Though it still sounds quiet compared to
commercial recordings. Maybe I need to look at the waves ultramaximizer?
But overall I think it's pretty good considering its the first time i've done this.
Dave