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first time in a nice studio

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nothumb

Sep 20, 2006
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NYC
#1
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.
 
#6
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. :D

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.
 
#7
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!
 
#9
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 Link Removed. 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!
 
#10
nothumb said:
Tracks can be heard on our myspace at Link Removed. The new songs are Devil in Heels and The Area Run.

Looking forward to any comments!
Click to expand...

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:

Link Removed

Cheers! Good job man. :)
 
#12
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.
 

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