Decent quality ogg versions of those two tracks are temporarliy up here: Future and My Little Sister
Comments on the production are welcome (my first laptop recording: 4 inputs for the whole band!) or on the music (I'll pass them on!)
"I see the future"
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- KVRAF
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- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
I just recorded a demo for these guys: Bracken Hill (only 2 songs finished so far) I rather like the music actually, so I thought I would post it up here...
Decent quality ogg versions of those two tracks are temporarliy up here: Future and My Little Sister
Comments on the production are welcome (my first laptop recording: 4 inputs for the whole band!) or on the music (I'll pass them on!)
Decent quality ogg versions of those two tracks are temporarliy up here: Future and My Little Sister
Comments on the production are welcome (my first laptop recording: 4 inputs for the whole band!) or on the music (I'll pass them on!)
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
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- KVRAF
- 2495 posts since 18 May, 2004 from ATL-USA
Nice toms!
Great recording man, I'm listening to Future. It is quite reminiscent of the clash, but with sweeter vocals. Perhaps the kick is a bit too loud during the verses, but that's stretching to find something wrong with it.
Great recording man, I'm listening to Future. It is quite reminiscent of the clash, but with sweeter vocals. Perhaps the kick is a bit too loud during the verses, but that's stretching to find something wrong with it.
Anti-aliasing is for "synthmonk%ys".
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- KVRAF
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- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Cheers! I only used 4 mics for the whole kit: kick, snare and 2 overheads in "Recorderman" configuration. Sounds better than I expected it to reallyfreeztar wrote:Nice toms!
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 12623 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
Nice recording and some quality tunes (this kind of thing is very big wiv ver kids at the moment so I'm told) Reckon you could back off the reverb quite a bit though - would sound even better if it was more 'in yer face'.
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- KVRAF
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- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
A pair of Rode NT5s. AKG D12 on kick (yes, thats D12 not D112) and a rather unusual Sennheiser MD515 "Stick Grenade" on the snare.
Donks: you mean the overall reverb or the vocal FX? Most of the reverb on the band is from the room (I had a pair of ambient mics up) but I recorded everything except kick and snare as a stereo mix so can't adjust the level of the room mics now. (I had to judge it on headphones on the day!)
I added some snare verb though, and the vocals were overdubbed, so maybe I will have a go at a drier mix! On the other hand, it does have a kind of ToeRag Studios vibe to it that I quite like...
It was only meant to be a rough demo anyway: thats why I took the laptop instead of the full DAW with 16 inputs! I'm planning to do some proper recording with them soon, this was just a kind of pre-production session (plus they really needed a decent demo!)
Donks: you mean the overall reverb or the vocal FX? Most of the reverb on the band is from the room (I had a pair of ambient mics up) but I recorded everything except kick and snare as a stereo mix so can't adjust the level of the room mics now. (I had to judge it on headphones on the day!)
I added some snare verb though, and the vocals were overdubbed, so maybe I will have a go at a drier mix! On the other hand, it does have a kind of ToeRag Studios vibe to it that I quite like...
It was only meant to be a rough demo anyway: thats why I took the laptop instead of the full DAW with 16 inputs! I'm planning to do some proper recording with them soon, this was just a kind of pre-production session (plus they really needed a decent demo!)
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 12623 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
Ahh, I meant sort of overall. Best off leaving it as it is then. Still sounds good anyhow.IIRs wrote:
Donks: you mean the overall reverb or the vocal FX? Most of the reverb on the band is from the room (I had a pair of ambient mics up) but I recorded everything except kick and snare as a stereo mix so can't adjust the level of the room mics now. (I had to judge it on headphones on the day!)
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- KVRAF
- 2495 posts since 18 May, 2004 from ATL-USA
I'm not familiar with the NT5's so that gives me something to think about.
Absolutely great mic placement imho. The natural reverb is great and this works well as a demo.
Absolutely great mic placement imho. The natural reverb is great and this works well as a demo.
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- KVRAF
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- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
I used the RecorderMan techniquefreeztar wrote: Absolutely great mic placement imho.
I prefer more traditional coincidental or ORTF setups when I close mic all the drums as I feel it captures a better stereo image of the cymbals, but Recorderman works well for minimal setups as it picks up the floor tom much better...
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- KVRAF
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- 6741 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Who said I used an SM7 ?? I might have done if I owned one, though frankly the guitars would have had first dibs on it!
The snare mic was a vintage Sennheiser MD515 (thankyou ebay!), nicknamed the Stick Grenade after its unusual shape. Apparently it uses the same capsule as the famous MD421... it has a nice big open sound anyway, with lots of bass and a bit of a dip in the low mids (I often use it for kick drums live, as I refuse to use my D12 on stage!)
The snare mic was a vintage Sennheiser MD515 (thankyou ebay!), nicknamed the Stick Grenade after its unusual shape. Apparently it uses the same capsule as the famous MD421... it has a nice big open sound anyway, with lots of bass and a bit of a dip in the low mids (I often use it for kick drums live, as I refuse to use my D12 on stage!)
...no SM7. 
