Lo-Fi Recording
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Lo-Fi Recording
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The song is called skeletons, I recorded and played everything in 4 hours, and then didn't edit SHIEEETTT.
Let me know what you think of the sonic quality ( I was going for early weezer )
The song is called skeletons, I recorded and played everything in 4 hours, and then didn't edit SHIEEETTT.
Let me know what you think of the sonic quality ( I was going for early weezer )
nice
very close to perfect (IMHO of course)
the only things i would do
1) keep the kick in the second verse - just to keep the song growing
2) find a way to not bury the kick in chorus - maybe notch the bass/dist. guitar to leave room for the kick in the compression/limiting
question - i noticed a lack of "room" was this all di or close mic'ing?
its had a nice "live" feel - some more "room" would add that jam atmosphere
but nice tho - i like it
very close to perfect (IMHO of course)
the only things i would do
1) keep the kick in the second verse - just to keep the song growing
2) find a way to not bury the kick in chorus - maybe notch the bass/dist. guitar to leave room for the kick in the compression/limiting
question - i noticed a lack of "room" was this all di or close mic'ing?
its had a nice "live" feel - some more "room" would add that jam atmosphere
but nice tho - i like it
I think you got pretty close to your goal with the early Weezer aesthetic, touch of Beatles sound to it as well. You did your own thing though, good song.
I like the "low-fi" sound. I agree that the kick could be a bit more present in the mix. Otherwise I think it sounds nice, good job.
What was your set up/signal chain for recording this?
I like the "low-fi" sound. I agree that the kick could be a bit more present in the mix. Otherwise I think it sounds nice, good job.
What was your set up/signal chain for recording this?
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oh shiznat. I missed that last part.
lets see..
I used my UA 8110 for the drums
Mic's as follows
Kick - SM57 at the front of the drum (no front head) and a blanket draped over.
Snare - SM57 on top, beyer m-88 on bottom
Rack and Floor - 421's
overheads - Nuemann km-184s
The drums were recorded in an iso booth.
For the acoustic guitar its actually an old 50's kay electric guitar (Very hollow) I mic'd that with an SM 57 at a 45 degree angle pointing at the neck pickup from about 5 inches away. That went into my M610
The bass was a fender P bass into my UA M610.
The Guitars were the same hollow body 50's Kay a Mesa Boogie Mark 2? head into a bogner 1x12, Sm57 off the cone on a 45 into the M610.
And vocals were an SM-57 into the M610 as well.
lets see..
I used my UA 8110 for the drums
Mic's as follows
Kick - SM57 at the front of the drum (no front head) and a blanket draped over.
Snare - SM57 on top, beyer m-88 on bottom
Rack and Floor - 421's
overheads - Nuemann km-184s
The drums were recorded in an iso booth.
For the acoustic guitar its actually an old 50's kay electric guitar (Very hollow) I mic'd that with an SM 57 at a 45 degree angle pointing at the neck pickup from about 5 inches away. That went into my M610
The bass was a fender P bass into my UA M610.
The Guitars were the same hollow body 50's Kay a Mesa Boogie Mark 2? head into a bogner 1x12, Sm57 off the cone on a 45 into the M610.
And vocals were an SM-57 into the M610 as well.
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I wouldn't call this lo-fi by any means but it's not over the top production either. It's somewhere in the middle. I could totally hear this on the radio. Very well mixed. Sound quality is great. I've never been into Weezer or bands that sound like Weezer though so I'm not that into the song, to be honest. The intro kind of reminds me of early Bowie which is cool to me. All the junk about the bass drum sums up to totally doesn't matter. Sounds great.
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ok ok, hi fi recording, lo fi production.
I thought it was pretty okay on the low end, and on my spectrum analyzer it looks to be fine. I'll have to check that out.
I am about to buy a pair of API 500 series pres and rack them up in this.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/500HR/
And then I think I'll be done with pre-amps. maybe...
I thought it was pretty okay on the low end, and on my spectrum analyzer it looks to be fine. I'll have to check that out.
I am about to buy a pair of API 500 series pres and rack them up in this.
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/500HR/
And then I think I'll be done with pre-amps. maybe...
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