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Several ways .. a guitar amp cranked up to desired distortion. Or, amp with master vol control set to desired overdrive. Or, vintage Acoustic 360 bass amp, which has that overdrive built in. And finally, one I did with Queen's engineer Mike Stone, he sent out for an MXR Distortion+ and we used that.

I've downsized several times in the past and probably gained experience from it. Replacing your mixer could be a challenge. If looking for something small to replace it with, I'd try to stay with a (before ICs) board. Otherwise, may as well just mix from the computer.

Drum kit workout. That's about it.

More monitors, I'd look into what some of the successful studios have.

I like different outcomes no matter what its played on. Sometimes lo-fi trashier stuff has more energy and excitement.

Btw, I like bass as a bottom support to the song ...and not to especially be heard as an individual instrument.

joninc wrote: ↑

Thu May 07, 2020 4:48 pm

i dare you.

There's no center in my rig, lol ...just mono left, mono right, and not linked.

Drums hard panned right during verses . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODt90AwrZpc

Old records on decent turntables are fine. Modern vinyl isn't analog unless 100% of the recording process was analog from beginning to end. Meaning, no digital processing or conversion whatsoever.

Sometimes DI totally dry and clean. Sometimes mic on amp. Other times just fuzz pedal direct to recorder.

Recording level won't change much. Other things, such as mic choice, distance, amount of mics, room ambience, compression/limiting, and added verb will effect how it sits in the mix.

I did't choose ..it was whatever the record label had.

When recording guitar, I sit at the drum set facing backward and use the little cheap drum chair. For everything else, including mixing, it's all done while standing up.

That's a big nice collection ...will be cool hearing it.

Taper Op ...cool magazine. Fave issue is the "John Stephens" one.

Cool! I was thinking of maybe swapping out all the old standard screws on mine for some fresh chrome blingy allen socket bolts...nah. or maybe chrome blingy philllips head screws with white teflon spacers. hmm.. ..nah. or maybe a gold orange red Chameleon Pearl essence paint job, with a black powde...