Members TBush Posted April 22, 2009 Members Share Posted April 22, 2009 Let's see- today I start tracking everything but drums for a classic (like AC/DC) rock band who's coming in from Delaware- good ol' Les Paul/Marshall rigs... I'll probably try to get some actual room sound with the guitars and try for more of a "Let There Be Rock" vibe. Finished a hip-hop single last week that required more producing on my end than usual- IOW, they had me sing stacked harmonies to pad out the existing melody! I just got done putting finishing mastering touches on a 16-song (yikes!) nu-metal CD- the mixes are finished, and we're trying out different sequences with some cool between-song transitions. I'm leaning towards a 13-song with 3 bonus tracks. The tones overall lean towards thick and pushy rather than brash, and no amp sims were used. Very little Drumagog, too, although it's a great tool for 'tip' consistency on the kick. Also, I'm waiting for final mix approval on a 7-pc 'show' band who recorded a bunch of '70's covers last two weekends. They're really tight musically, they're all around my age (late 40s), and just all-around fun to work with. So I'm staying fairly busy lately and booking more into the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted April 22, 2009 Members Share Posted April 22, 2009 Yesterday I worked 15 hours and also put up a podcast. If you want to listen to some independent music check this out: http://fuzzballrecordsradio.googlepages.com/home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TBush Posted April 23, 2009 Members Share Posted April 23, 2009 Yesterday I worked 15 hours and also put up a podcast. Mmm... and I thought I'd be cool and post how I worked for a whole 12 hours yesterday. You da man- me the piker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted April 23, 2009 Members Share Posted April 23, 2009 12 hours is a long day too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KillerV Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 15 hours is a damn long day. So is 12. In the beginning my ears used to be completely useless after 8 hours of serious work. It would be that type of thing where you either don't hear any detail anymore, or where even the smallest change sounds like a huge difference. I actually do a lot of 12-hour days now. A while back I did one or two days that went into 14-15 hours tracking a band live. Not for the faint-hearted... BUT, what I actually came here to say was: Gentlemen (and any ladies that might be present), I am now the proud owner of a Heil PR30. Thank you for helping to steer me in the right direction. It really is an AWESOME MIC. I've tried it on everything UstadKhanAli said it was good on and, dude, you ain't kidding. It's definitely gonna be my go-to mic on a lot of things. I tried it on kick drum as well and it sounds very good. I almost soiled myself when I heard how good it made my Les Paul and Marshall JMP Super Bass sound. It's great when you spend money on something and know as soon as you plug it in that it's gonna make a big difference to your work. My GAS is, temporarily, a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 Excellent, now I want one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KillerV Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 Excellent, now I want one too. Get one. It's worth every penny, no question about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fuzzball Posted May 5, 2009 Members Share Posted May 5, 2009 It will have to go on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elamberth Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Working on playing out live again, so the studio has become a rehearsal space. Cleaned it up, and used it to make backing tracks of recorded material (e.g. cut the guitars and vocals) for live versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Waiting for cubase studio 5 so I can use SSD on my new intel mac pro. Sucks pretty bad, I have been down and dealing with crap for over a month now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KillerV Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Dang, it's about time someone revived this thread. I really enjoyed it. I just finished producing an album for an indie-rock band and some more tracks for a rapper I did an album for earlier this year. I started tracking today on an African Gospel/Jazz album I'm producing at the moment. I'm also putting my new B&W 685's through their paces and running them in. They are absolutely gorgeous. I'm hearing things I've never heard in recordings before. They came highly recommended by a number of engineers/producers I know and I'm really glad I listened to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 10, 2009 Share Posted August 10, 2009 Today I have several things on my plate. I have to finish doing some transfers from a Yamaha AW4416 into Pro Tools. I need to do a quickie "mastering job" on a song and send it out to a NPR affiliate. And then later, I'll be doing vocal tracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrJoshua Posted August 10, 2009 Members Share Posted August 10, 2009 Tonight will be an off night for me, so I'll be using the opportunity to get a little cleaning done. Then I'll get on the phone and set up the next session with the guys I'm recording now. I'm really excited about this project, and the guys seem to be very pleased with how things are going. This is their third album and it's developing into a pretty good rock record, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Phait Posted July 31, 2010 Author Members Share Posted July 31, 2010 Wow this thread died off. Well I haven't played my '97 Strat in ages so I went to the local shop to get it setup. I was sitting there stringing it myself but it's been so long I couldn't do a respectable job... so I had them do it. I thought I'd be paying around $25 total but I was just charged for cost of strings. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TBush Posted July 31, 2010 Members Share Posted July 31, 2010 Wow this thread died off. Well, then let's keep it going! Let's see- a while back I had asked about economic slow-downs among the studio gang here, and yet this week I have 2 major-long sessions: Tuesday and Wednesday a friend is flying in from Phoenix to record an EP- he'll play everything himself and I'll mix after he goes home. He's a great drummer, and cool "Foo"-type of approach to guitar riffs. He'll play my house kit (an old Premier kit with biggish toms), and use all my guitars and amps as well. This stuff was recorded here almost 3 years ago: http://www.myspace.com/loanerrock Thursday and Friday it's "Grave Robber"- they have a small-label deal, and will recording a full-length in October. They're doing one new song, plus replacing the drums on 3 previously-recorded tunes in the meantime. This was recorded here early summer of 2009: http://www.myspace.com/graverobberpunk And this (the first 3 songs on their playlist)- http://www.myspace.com/thegreatfloodcatastrophe -was recorded early this summer- it's my son's band and I'm very proud of the stuff they're coming up with. I engineered, and he produced it. So, work keeps coming in (thankful for that) and this is the major piano-tuning season for me (school year starting up and all), so all in all it's going very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KyleDMastering Posted August 5, 2010 Members Share Posted August 5, 2010 Mostly prep and business stuff today, getting the word out about the new site. Just sold my Summit Pre's to help fund some new mastering gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KillerV Posted August 5, 2010 Members Share Posted August 5, 2010 It's pretty cool that this thread is going again! Things have been absolutely crazy at my studio pretty much since I last posted on this thread. I've produced +/-100 tracks since January. This last month or so I've been working on 2 metal albums. The one band is somewhere between Sepultura, Pantera and Lamb Of God, while the other is a 6-piece power metal band. The power metal one is the biggest project I've done to date, with some of the tunes having around 90 tracks. Apart from drums, bass, keyboards and 3 guitars, they also have a full orchestra on most of the tunes that were done with EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra. I'm busy finishing up their stuff because I've got a screamo band coming in tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TBush Posted August 5, 2010 Members Share Posted August 5, 2010 It's pretty cool that this thread is going again! Things have been absolutely crazy at my studio pretty much since I last posted on this thread. I've produced +/-100 tracks since January. This last month or so I've been working on 2 metal albums. The one band is somewhere between Sepultura, Pantera and Lamb Of God, while the other is a 6-piece power metal band. The power metal one is the biggest project I've done to date, with some of the tunes having around 90 tracks. Apart from drums, bass, keyboards and 3 guitars, they also have a full orchestra on most of the tunes that were done with EastWest Quantum Leap Symphonic Orchestra. I'm busy finishing up their stuff because I've got a screamo band coming in tomorrow. Wow- that sounds like a lot of fun to work on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TBush Posted August 5, 2010 Members Share Posted August 5, 2010 BTW- KillerV- are you still loving your Heil PR30? I'm looking for an extra all-purpose mic for general instrument use. And I can't afford GAS right now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Norton666 Posted August 5, 2010 Members Share Posted August 5, 2010 I started tracking an 8 piece polka outfit last night . Using all 18 inputs of my 003 for the first time! They are recording live all in the same room , NO overdubs whatsoever. Last night was really cool and it was definitely an experience. Finishing up tracking tonight. It was the first time Ive used my M-Audio Solaris mic . I direct mic'ed everything , but I also ran the Solaris in the center of the room in a figure 8 pattern. It added a TON to the final mix. Good sounding mic. Starting a blues band this weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KillerV Posted August 5, 2010 Members Share Posted August 5, 2010 BTW- KillerV- are you still loving your Heil PR30? I'm looking for an extra all-purpose mic for general instrument use. And I can't afford GAS right now... Oh yes, the PR30 sees a LOT of use in my studio. It's pretty much been used on everything at least once. It's been great on a number of voices and it's amazing on guitar-cabs, especially blended with a SM57. Works great on percussion and drums. There have been situations where I've used it on toms, snare and kick (especially with my DIY subkick) and it delivers great results every time. On acoustic guitars it gives something very unique and vintagey which may or may not work, but when it does it's great. It even worked well on a sax and flute I recorded a while back. I've also gotten a modded Oktava MK319 and Shure KSM32, which are 2 really, really great condensers that sound like they should cost a whole lot more. If you're looking for something that will, at the very least, deliver good results on just about anything I'd suggest the KSM32. It's a very neutral mic that basically records what you put in front of it with very little coloration. If I have to move fast and I'm in doubt as to which mic will work best, the KSM32 is what I use. BTW yeah, the 2 metal albums were a lot of fun to do. I love good metal and both bands were really good. I'll try to post links once the bands have put their tunes online. I've got the screamo band up next, after which I've got a singer/songwriter girl's EP, some world music and an very old-school/vintage sorta album that I'm gonna be working on. Very exciting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted August 5, 2010 Members Share Posted August 5, 2010 I'm recording a band called Spire: http://www.myspace.com/spireny They actually did pre production via guitar pro. Everything is notated out. Drums were recorded with a click and to the guitar pro files. There are several time changes (like going from 4/8 to 5/4 and things like that) We are running a click and the drums are some of the most complex I have heard out of a band. Anyhow some pics: Drum setup (I don't remember the make of the kit snare was a mapex black panther and cybals were all Sabian and Paiste): All mics except the room and hats were going into the octane pres on my profire and the room and hat mic were being fed into a toneport UX2 no mic pre modeling (yucky). home made subkick and audix D6 for the kick sm57s on both the rack toms audix i5 on the snare AKG D112 on floor tom EV RE200 set for overheads Audix f15 for the hats Studio projects C1 for the ambient mic Guitars: Guitar was a schecter diamond lefty with 85/81 pups Amp was 5150 boosted (tubescreamer clone with the output dimed, gain all the way down and tone to taste) into my crate with vintage 30s miced with a 57: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TBush Posted August 6, 2010 Members Share Posted August 6, 2010 I love that wrinkly tom head in the 4th photo! Is their MySpace posting music that you've recorded for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chris carter Posted August 9, 2010 Members Share Posted August 9, 2010 I'm currently building a brand new studio. It's rough trying to balance time between mixing records, home life and the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LowYaw Posted August 10, 2010 Members Share Posted August 10, 2010 I love that wrinkly tom head in the 4th photo! Is their MySpace posting music that you've recorded for them? shouldn't the head be evenly tight? looks like poor tuning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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