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11-30-2008, 11:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NYC | | | first time in a nice studio
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tomorrow. pretty excited. i've recorded a lot in basements and rehearsal spaces and garages and am pretty experienced, but this is my first time in a really high-quality place. (couple of indie / punk bands have recorded here and subsequently gotten signed / gotten big).
any last minute advice?
trip report to follow. |
11-30-2008, 11:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada | | | Bring everything. Even stuff you don't think you'll need. You'd be surprised at what you'll miss when you least expect it.
Also, bring lots of water/beverages. I don't condone drinking in the studio, but 1 or 2 might loosen you up if that's how you roll.
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11-30-2008, 11:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston | | I recently brought a milkcrate (to sit on, hold stuff, whatever), a towel, and a roll of gaffer tape. And a big, fat, blunt.  |
11-30-2008, 11:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: L'Orignal, Ontario, Canada | | | It's not really any different than playing in a home studio, there's just nicer gear and (hopefully) some skilled engineers and producers. Make sure you have all your gear and lines dialed in, time is money! |
12-01-2008, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by nothumb trip report to follow. |    |
12-01-2008, 08:11 PM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | Enjoy! Bring your ears and your eyes. Check 90% of your ego at the door. Check out how they do things compared to other studios you've been to...but do so objectively. Just because it's a nice place doesn't mean the engineer isn't a knucklehead. 
Otherwise - no different than any other session. Make sure your bass is ready - check the intonation, self-clean the pots, yada yada. Have fun, and I'm anxious to read the trip report. |
12-01-2008, 08:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lafayette, IN | | | We just went in two weeks ago. Bring everything. Bass, amp, strings, picks, cables, etc. Then, see what they want you to use.
You might go DI (which was what I did, great results) or you might mic your cab.
Go, bring drinks, shut off your cell phone, have you band chip in and buy the engineer pizza.
Be open to suggestion, but have a good idea of what you want it to sound like. Reference your favorites on the way in, maybe bring something in with you for reference.
Best advice though... have a blast, its an awesome experience! |
12-01-2008, 08:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Island | | | references are always nice and can be a huge help for the engineer.
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12-02-2008, 11:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NYC | | Ok, just got home after driving back to the city from upstate. We recorded at Nada Studios ( http://www.nadarecording.com), which was a great experience, we definitely felt we got our money's worth.
Tracks can be heard on our myspace at http://www.myspace.com/thehumanengine. The new songs are Devil in Heels and The Area Run. We got two songs done in two days as well as laying some drum tracks for future use, we plan to go back next month because the experience was great and we're anxious to get more done.
For anyone interested, the bass parts were done on a Geddy Lee direct into the board, a little bit of a tube emulator added I believe but that's about it. Very happy with how it came out, if anything I might have given it a touch of overdrive, especially on Devil in Heels, but I think it sits in the mix pretty well.
I did the guitars and keys as well, it's mostly a Les Paul Custom played through Orange, Sovtek and Soldano heads. Looking forward to any comments! |
12-02-2008, 11:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston | | Quote:
Originally Posted by nothumb | Hey, I REALLY like the new tracks - good stuff! The only constructive thing I would add is that I think the drums on Devil in Heels could come forward in the mix a bit more - especially in the chorus. On The Area Run, i think the opposite is true, the drums can be pushed back in the mix a little on the verse but not the chorus. Other than that, the recordings (and songs) are sweet.
Oh and the link didn't work, I had to search on thehumanengine to get there. Maybe this link will work better: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...ndid=416350397
Cheers! Good job man. |
12-03-2008, 12:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Canada Eh | | | Sounds great. Glad to hear you had a good experience.
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12-03-2008, 12:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NYC | | | thanks man, i appreciate the feedback. i dumped all the sessions onto my hard drive so we can make changes if we need to. the engineer and producer really deserve all the credit for the mix, we had only a little bit of input into it. |
12-03-2008, 12:10 AM
| | | | Although that's not really my style of music, it's mixed very well and certainly is good for that genre of music. Congrats. |
12-03-2008, 08:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Long Island | | | one of my favorite bands the forecast recorded there!
sounds pretty cool
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