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by JES
Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:21 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What mics for female rock vocalist (alto)? Plus a couple vocal recording questions
Replies: 22
Views: 6260

Re: What mics for female rock vocalist (alto)? Plus a couple vocal recording questions

Thanks folks. She sounds good on the SM7, and through the 58. I did a sound art piece with her reading a user agreement on the SM7 and it's quite solid. The 4050 is clear and good but not "flattering" -- but then maybe I don't want that? IDK. In practice she uses a small head-worn DPA (very handy if...
by JES
Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:43 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: DIY DI full range guitar questions
Replies: 8
Views: 3064

Re: DIY DI full range guitar questions

Just to wrap up the thread: I went with 3 DIs: pre everything, pre time-based effects through the VTDI, with amp sim on, and post-time-based effects. For almost everything, I will be using a combination of the first two, and adding time-based effect ITB, or by going back through my H9 so I can get t...
by JES
Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:41 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Planning for December DIY drum recording
Replies: 24
Views: 6781

Re: Planning for December DIY drum recording

Big thanks to everyone. We spent 3 whole days just moving mics around and plugging them into preamps to see what's what. We then a little over 4 days tracking drums. Total luxury, and unlike a professional studio, we could feel good knocking off when we were tired (rather than being worried about "n...
by JES
Wed Jul 07, 2021 8:29 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: What mics for female rock vocalist (alto)? Plus a couple vocal recording questions
Replies: 22
Views: 6260

What mics for female rock vocalist (alto)? Plus a couple vocal recording questions

Greetings. Here's my next question for our project. I need some guidance on mics for alto female rock vocals. My wife (and drummer, and singer in this project) is a most laid-back singer, has a range of about 12-15 semitones, and the vocals are for music that is somewhere between indy-rock, post-met...
by JES
Sun Jun 27, 2021 6:31 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Planning for December DIY drum recording
Replies: 24
Views: 6781

Re: Planning for December DIY drum recording

Hi All, I'm writing in two and a half days into recording. We are taking a long slow pregame, as we have everything until July 5th. this thread was very helpful. The one bit of help I could use at this point is front-of-kit / room mic and where to put it. . The room is 323 square feet, with about 9'...
by JES
Mon May 17, 2021 5:21 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: DIY DI full range guitar questions
Replies: 8
Views: 3064

Re: DIY DI full range guitar questions

Thanks everybody. I think if I can spare the channels, I'll go with three DIs then: 1) straight from instrument 2) after dirt, before time-based effects and 3) after time based effects, with VTDI sim on and set to taste. That gives me one "finished" track and two other options if the "finished" vers...
by JES
Sun May 16, 2021 8:01 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: DIY DI full range guitar questions
Replies: 8
Views: 3064

DIY DI full range guitar questions

Greetings. This is a companion thread to "DIY December Drum recording." To recap, my wife and I formed a 2-piece during the pandemic and wrote 8 songs. We are going to record ourselves. (Now in July, not December) In our duo, I play a touch guitar, which is tuned Bb0-D6. So I am covering both bass a...
by JES
Sun May 16, 2021 7:40 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Planning for December DIY drum recording
Replies: 24
Views: 6781

Re: Planning for December DIY drum recording

Hi Everyone, Thanks for all the great suggestions on the thread. We turned out to be simply too tired to do this in December. But now that the school year is done, we are planning to do the drum recording this summer. The pandemic is still going, we won't be fully vaccinated until August, and we're ...
by JES
Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:52 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: wringing extra sends out of a Mackie 1402, or a patching problem
Replies: 4
Views: 1117

Re: wringing extra sends out of a Mackie 1402, or a patching problem

Thanks. This is so obvious and yet, I needed you both to point it out to me. Problem solved. And yes it has the alt3/4.

For line level signals and modular level, is there any reason why I should be concerned about sound quality? “Transparent” is fine.
by JES
Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:45 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: wringing extra sends out of a Mackie 1402, or a patching problem
Replies: 4
Views: 1117

wringing extra sends out of a Mackie 1402, or a patching problem

Greetings. I have space in my setup for a 1402VLZ4, which I'm considering. Thing is, in my ideal world, I'd like 6 sends, just for running stuff through different effects. One option would be a patch bay, but I'm wondering if the more experienced mixers here have any good ideas for patching that wou...
by JES
Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:46 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: I need help High Passing
Replies: 55
Views: 17878

Re: I need help High Passing

I like to high pass guitars pretty high. They sound thin on their own but in a mix things sound bigger. Though there is a steep cliff of diminishing returns if you go too far.
by JES
Mon Nov 02, 2020 6:58 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Planning for December DIY drum recording
Replies: 24
Views: 6781

Re: Planning for December DIY drum recording

Thanks for all the replies. @Tony - that was a great post on drum phase. Easy to understand and I will follow your directions. @losthighway, yes, my wife is totally into it and will happily work with me to get stuff set up and render opinions. I like the idea of starting simple and adding. So it sou...
by JES
Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:30 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Planning for December DIY drum recording
Replies: 24
Views: 6781

Re: Planning for December DIY drum recording

Thanks for the replies. We will try from the corner then. The drums actually sound decent in our shitty iPhone practice recordings so I am optimistic I can get her a good sound. She like a beefy floor tom, so I could go with KSM32 on that, or invest in something big sounding and hypercardioid? Thoug...
by JES
Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:49 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Planning for December DIY drum recording
Replies: 24
Views: 6781

Planning for December DIY drum recording

Greetings. My wife and I have formed a 2-piece band (because Covid). We have written some material and want to record ourselves over Christmas. Our practice space is pretty quiet and dead sounding. 326 square feet so not huge but not tiny. Looking for suggestions for a good sound and easy mix, assum...