Recent content by ProTambo

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    Recording everyone live, no click

    If I was in your shoes, I would experiment here. It would be a flat out fun as hell, inventive, progressive way of getting things done. I would physically conduct in front of the band. If you did that, got in the zone with it and had fun, so would the band. If listening back to it, everyone is...
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    How to get a huge guitar sound without double tracking?

    If you don't like stereo imaging, compression, thing like that--I would try this: if you have one guitar part left, another on the right, you can achieve a nice wide, full mix by taking left guitar, send to aux, and put delay or tight roomy reverb on it, throwing its effects to the right in...
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    Mix as you go along? Or after everything is tracked?

    This is such an interesting topic. Any general mixing should not be done until you have recorded all the tracks. These days, many Producer's and ME's make this one big mistake: They get into the habit of recording music in terms of what they think they can *fix* later on. It's a hard road to...
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    Recording vocals with a 57 or 58. Tips?

    You will be happiest with your mic decision if you compare a few, side-by-side. 90% of vocal tone in the mix is based on which microphone you use. If you hooked up 3 different mic's and recorded the vocalist, you might be surprised with which mic sounds better. KEEP IN MIND, the human voice is...
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    Using a multiband compressor on bass guitar

    Multiband compressor on bass guitar? Yes. Please do that. As was mentioned on above threads, your MasterHouse will appreciate it, making it easier for them to manage the low end of the track(s). When it comes to mastering, it seems many artists/musicians COMPLETELY under-appreciate (and don't...