I'M WORKING ON SOME RECORDINGS, THESE ARE THEM
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 4:40 am
On my university course we can choose to do a 'Long Study' instead of a dissertation. For most people this takes the form of an album which you either write yourself or record yourself or both. I'm doing both, which means my grade will be split 50/50 between songwriting and production, and I've made some decent headway with recording three of the tracks (out of like ten, although admittedly I've only written six so far).
Drums, bass and one guitar track have been laid down for all three. There are vocals there but I'll be rerecording them. We tracked drums, guitar and vocals all live at the same time, and the vocals were pretty much there as a guide for the song structure.
I've done a rough mix and master just to get an idea of how things are shaping up. Some constructive critique would be nice, ShortScale!
Stylistically I've been aiming for some sort of midpoint between Black Sabbath and Pavement. Whether that comes across or not WHO KNOWS???
LISTEN HERE LISTEN HERE LISTEN HERE
Tech stuff FOR NERDS... (pretty much all this stuff belongs to the uni... my recordings will probably sound considerably shittier when I don't have access to all this expensive gear)
Drums:
Kick - AKG D112 & DIY subkick (essentially a speaker which my mate James reverse wired, I don't really understand how it works but it sounds cool)
Snare - 2x Shure Beta 57 (top and bottom)
Rack Tom - Sennheiser MD421
Floor Tom - Sennheiser MD421 (top) AKG D112 (bottom)
OH (mono) - Neumann U87
Room Mics - 1x Sontronics Sigma 4x AKG 414
The subkick and both snare mics were going through Avalon preamps, the rest were going straight into the desk (Avid Control 24)
Bass:
Tanglewood Rebel 4k DI'd through Avalon tube preamp
Guitar:
Vintage SG > Laney LV100 (various pedals and stuff used, obviously)
Shure Beta 57 right up on the grill, at the very edge of the speaker cone
AKG 414 about a foot away from the amp
Vocals:
(as if you'd really want to cop THIS EXACT TONE)
Shure Beta 57
I prefer singing into 57s rather than 58s for some reason
Drums, bass and one guitar track have been laid down for all three. There are vocals there but I'll be rerecording them. We tracked drums, guitar and vocals all live at the same time, and the vocals were pretty much there as a guide for the song structure.
I've done a rough mix and master just to get an idea of how things are shaping up. Some constructive critique would be nice, ShortScale!
Stylistically I've been aiming for some sort of midpoint between Black Sabbath and Pavement. Whether that comes across or not WHO KNOWS???
LISTEN HERE LISTEN HERE LISTEN HERE
Tech stuff FOR NERDS... (pretty much all this stuff belongs to the uni... my recordings will probably sound considerably shittier when I don't have access to all this expensive gear)
Drums:
Kick - AKG D112 & DIY subkick (essentially a speaker which my mate James reverse wired, I don't really understand how it works but it sounds cool)
Snare - 2x Shure Beta 57 (top and bottom)
Rack Tom - Sennheiser MD421
Floor Tom - Sennheiser MD421 (top) AKG D112 (bottom)
OH (mono) - Neumann U87
Room Mics - 1x Sontronics Sigma 4x AKG 414
The subkick and both snare mics were going through Avalon preamps, the rest were going straight into the desk (Avid Control 24)
Bass:
Tanglewood Rebel 4k DI'd through Avalon tube preamp
Guitar:
Vintage SG > Laney LV100 (various pedals and stuff used, obviously)
Shure Beta 57 right up on the grill, at the very edge of the speaker cone
AKG 414 about a foot away from the amp
Vocals:
(as if you'd really want to cop THIS EXACT TONE)
Shure Beta 57
I prefer singing into 57s rather than 58s for some reason