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I've got a question. I'm planning on recording a band, they'd like to track live in their practice room. now, due to input limitations (and # of mic limitations) I can only devote 2 mics for drums. i'm planning on using a SDC pair in an XY pattern on the drums. and i'll try to configure the room to ...

and they did go to Avast! in seattle to cut some tracks too.

What exactly did the Shins use for "Oh, Inverted World"? I've heard it was recorded "at home", by them. that might be a springboard for ideas. as far as the home recorded stuff goes, some early tracks were recorded onto a HP pavillion pc using a 16 bit soundcard, but later on a 24 bit digital audio...

i have yet to hear and example where autotune makes a bad singer sound good. it makes a bad singer sound like a bad singer with slightly better pitch. that's about it though.

but lately i've been playing for a fake fake country band where i only use a kick, snare, and a whiskey bottle for a ride and for the recordings it's been completely mono drums. so now my diiemma is do i pan them hard left or hard right? the center sounds too *not mono* to me. decisions decisions. ...

the question i have after reading this thread is that, is it any worse to use "outdated" techniques for nostalgic reasons than it is to use modern recording methods for the sake of staying current and trendy? i guess that's oversimplifying things. if you make your living as an engineer, you're not g...

I once did a session with Brian Johnson of AC/DC. I can definitely say that he did not sing quietly. That dude could belt it out. And curse like a sailor. And tell awesome stories. And twist everything I said into sexual innuendo. And drink more beer before noon than you and I put together. shawn h...

not sure if it's aesthetically in-line with the project, but why not exploit the fact that the beats are squashed to your advantage. fuck with them, compress 'em more, add some distortion, re-amp them through a marshall or something. it could be cool, and it's more fun than fighting something you ca...

in addition to what's been suggested so far, i'll add: track to tape.

and i agree with no bottom heads on toms/kick, and forego any ambient mics.

One track I did recently was a rock track with a rap vocal in the middle. I treated the rock vocals as I usually do, but ended up leaving the rap vocals completely dry except for some LA-2A compression. i find that hip hop vocals sound terrible with reverb on them. compression is good, especially w...

Nobodys mention Oktava yet so I saw the Oktava 319 cause I bought two for $50 each. i was going to mention the oktava as well. it's a good mic for the price. oktava has some inconsistant quality control, i've seen very different sounding mics of the same model. but you can't go wrong with the utili...