timkroeger
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Hey,
this is a tune I did with my band back in 2005/6 when it still existed. We broke up a few months after that track. I didn't have any clue about recording back then, so the tracking is what it is. We used cheapo t.bone mics (LDC for vocals, some cheap t.bone mic set for drums, 2 t.bone SDCs for stereo overhead), one sm57 for guitar amps and the bass went via the Ampeg head's direct out.
Mics were aimed to "look like it could work / as seen on TV" in a completely untreated room (we had some egg crates, yeah... and some bed sheets to cover the ceiling). The mics went into an m-audio octane preamp and then into an 8 channel m-audio delta 1010 interface. So did the DI. We recorded 1 guitar dirt track, then drums went first with click and guitar dirt as reference. Then came bass, rhythm guitars, lead guitar and finally vocals.
Drum channels are left and right overheads, bass drum, snare, hi toms (mic aimed between tom 1 and 2), low toms (mic aimed between tom 3 and 4) and floor tom. Most of the drums in the current mix come from the overheads though with additional channels just supporting.
We had 3 rhythm guitar tracks (1 Vox AC 30, 1 doubled Marshall Valvestate 8080) and one lead guitar track (again the 8080).
The tracking and mixing I did back then was pretty awful and I'd like to track it again but since I don't have the opportunity right now (and the band doesn't exist any more) I wanted to try and make something out of the old raw tracks with reaper and some basic plugins (eq, gate, comp, chorus, reverb). I have been mixing this track for the last few hours "in the box" and I'd say this is my first honest try at mixing where I used my ears and didn't just add an insane amount of insert FX with presets.
I'd appreciate some honest, even brutal and hopefully constructive feedback regarding the mixing, and of course the music. Let me know what you think and what I could do better, as I'm essentially just starting out. I have been using active Yamaha HS80M near field monitors and the room I'm currently mixing in is untreated, so no ideal listening environment for me, yet.
Check it out: The Joker (mp3)
2nd mix: The Joker 2 (mp3)
3rd mix: The Joker 3 (mp3)
4th mix (just a louder, overdriven and brickwall-limited variant of the 3rd): The Joker 4 (mp3)
Oh, background vocals are cheesy, I know
Cheers
Tim
this is a tune I did with my band back in 2005/6 when it still existed. We broke up a few months after that track. I didn't have any clue about recording back then, so the tracking is what it is. We used cheapo t.bone mics (LDC for vocals, some cheap t.bone mic set for drums, 2 t.bone SDCs for stereo overhead), one sm57 for guitar amps and the bass went via the Ampeg head's direct out.
Mics were aimed to "look like it could work / as seen on TV" in a completely untreated room (we had some egg crates, yeah... and some bed sheets to cover the ceiling). The mics went into an m-audio octane preamp and then into an 8 channel m-audio delta 1010 interface. So did the DI. We recorded 1 guitar dirt track, then drums went first with click and guitar dirt as reference. Then came bass, rhythm guitars, lead guitar and finally vocals.
Drum channels are left and right overheads, bass drum, snare, hi toms (mic aimed between tom 1 and 2), low toms (mic aimed between tom 3 and 4) and floor tom. Most of the drums in the current mix come from the overheads though with additional channels just supporting.
We had 3 rhythm guitar tracks (1 Vox AC 30, 1 doubled Marshall Valvestate 8080) and one lead guitar track (again the 8080).
The tracking and mixing I did back then was pretty awful and I'd like to track it again but since I don't have the opportunity right now (and the band doesn't exist any more) I wanted to try and make something out of the old raw tracks with reaper and some basic plugins (eq, gate, comp, chorus, reverb). I have been mixing this track for the last few hours "in the box" and I'd say this is my first honest try at mixing where I used my ears and didn't just add an insane amount of insert FX with presets.
I'd appreciate some honest, even brutal and hopefully constructive feedback regarding the mixing, and of course the music. Let me know what you think and what I could do better, as I'm essentially just starting out. I have been using active Yamaha HS80M near field monitors and the room I'm currently mixing in is untreated, so no ideal listening environment for me, yet.
Check it out: The Joker (mp3)
2nd mix: The Joker 2 (mp3)
3rd mix: The Joker 3 (mp3)
4th mix (just a louder, overdriven and brickwall-limited variant of the 3rd): The Joker 4 (mp3)
Oh, background vocals are cheesy, I know
Cheers
Tim
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