Made on a 488MKii and pressed to vinyl
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Made on a 488MKii and pressed to vinyl
Mike Uva & the Bad Eyes
'LADY, TELL ME STRAIGHT'
http://mikeuva.bandcamp.com
We made this record on a Tascam 488mkii, using an Aphex 107 preamp and these mics: RE-20, AT4033, SM81, SM58. Vinyl pressed here in Cleveland by Gotta Groove!
Thanks for listening.
Mike
'LADY, TELL ME STRAIGHT'
http://mikeuva.bandcamp.com
We made this record on a Tascam 488mkii, using an Aphex 107 preamp and these mics: RE-20, AT4033, SM81, SM58. Vinyl pressed here in Cleveland by Gotta Groove!
Thanks for listening.
Mike
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Thanks for posting this. It sounds GREAT! I'd like to purchase the vinyl album. Yep, I think I will.
How did you mix it? Master it?
Care to share anything about the process of getting it recorded with such limited equipment? What was most difficult, most satisfying, etc?
Thanks again, hats off to you sir!
How did you mix it? Master it?
Care to share anything about the process of getting it recorded with such limited equipment? What was most difficult, most satisfying, etc?
Thanks again, hats off to you sir!
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Thanks! Yes, I've always used the noise reduction on this unit. Also, the gentleman who did mastering (Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio) did take out a bit of noise in the quieter parts.ott0bot wrote:great stuff. nice job on keeping the noise under control. I have one of those units and the stock pre's are so noisy and have no headroom...so you end up recording too hot the hiss gets out of control. did you use the noise reduction?
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Thanks! It was recorded entirely on the Tascam and mixed down directly to a Alesis Masterlink (which kept crashing, but that's another story). Used an ART effects unit for some reverb.tdrop wrote:Thanks for posting this. It sounds GREAT! I'd like to purchase the vinyl album. Yep, I think I will.
How did you mix it? Master it?
Care to share anything about the process of getting it recorded with such limited equipment? What was most difficult, most satisfying, etc?
Since my budget was, like, nonexistent, I went into this with fairly low expectations with regard to fidelity; it was just important for me to get some songs recorded and I figured I might as well embrace the limitations of my ol' cassette 8-track and see how far I could get just trusting my ears. Just use what you have! You can surprise yourself.
Much of it was tracked live, with the RE-20 on the (upright) bass, one mic a few feet out from the drumkit (SM-81 usually), and then I sang and played guitar in front of the 4033. There was a lot of bleed, we recorded in small rooms.
On a few songs I recorded guitar and vocals and then had the fellas overdub drums/keys/bass. "California" was just me and a nylon-string. I finished overdubs in my basement (over the course of a year) sometimes carting the unit around town to meet up with the pedal steel, guitar, and trumpet players. It was a really laid back experience, the "guest musicians" had a lot of insight and generally knocked out great performances in one or two takes.
I really didn't use compression at all, I have a cheapo Alesis 3630 but don't really know how to use it and didn't enjoy what it was doing so I let it be.
I did however spend $$ on mastering and I am glad I did. (Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio)
I would say mixing was the most difficult and in general just finding time to work on finishing the whole thing, as I am a busy family man. I think the next project I will just do a couple songs at a time, have other people involved in recording and mixing, instead of having 10-12 songs in various states of completion worrying my head.
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Mike,
Just got my album yesterday. Just got the kids to bed, sitting here enjoying your tunes. Just great stuff all the way.
Is the squeaking on "Where do you want me" bleed from your acoustic guitar into your vocal mic?
Not criticizing, just curious. I feel like I can learn a lot about the recording process from this record.
Regardless, it really is great. The songs are fantastic!
Take care,
Seth
Just got my album yesterday. Just got the kids to bed, sitting here enjoying your tunes. Just great stuff all the way.
Is the squeaking on "Where do you want me" bleed from your acoustic guitar into your vocal mic?
Not criticizing, just curious. I feel like I can learn a lot about the recording process from this record.
Regardless, it really is great. The songs are fantastic!
Take care,
Seth
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Yes it's just the string squeak (nylon string guitar) in the guitar mic. I think I did have a separate mic set up for vox but yes there would definitely have been some bleed. Glad you dig the record!tdrop wrote:Mike,
Is the squeaking on "Where do you want me" bleed from your acoustic guitar into your vocal mic?
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