Recent content by schwinginbatman

Delay. I'm with the rest of the guys, I don't put reverb on my solos. Just some chorus and delay, but between those two the delay is more important.

I've always miced drums so that they're positioned towards the drumstick. That's just always made sense to me; try your best to pick up the snap from the drummer hitting the shell. A lot of times, micing the snare at noon is the only comfortable way to get the mic in there. I generally try for...

Very surprised by the 2000, it's a touch brighter but is otherwise very similar. Considering how much cheaper you can get a 2000, that's a pretty interesting thought. The JVM has that characteristic but is a bit tighter and more compressed; for what it's worth I actually liked that tone the most...

Love me the Savage. My favorite amp ever. I generally dial it in with the gain at 12 oclock (I use a TS into it), bass and treble at 12 oclock, mids at 9 oclock, rough mode always, and contour on always. Sometimes I use the depth switch, TBH it's my least favorite part of the amp because I kind...

I have the SH-5 in my ESP V, which is mahogany/maple. It's a monster, I love it. I've never had any of the issues you describe, TBH I'm not sure what exactly is causing that problem for you.

Agreed. There really is a "mojo" in high-end converters and preamps. It won't make or break your recordings, and your ability to engineer and mix is still more important, but they provide those intangibles that we all attempt to seek out. I did one recording in a studio with Neve preamps, and...

Yeah, I just picked it up. As much as I love Metal Machine, I really enjoy being able to take the drums as Andy recorded them and process them how I like to do them. More flexibility and possibility for unique sounds. They're really great! @Machinated I saw some YT comments on the Toontrack...

Thermionik and Sperimental. I have yet to find anything better than Sperimental in terms of impulses.

I mean, maybe? If that's what the song requires. A lot of my choruses have just the same two rhythms and nothing else because the song doesn't need any more. Don't think you have to stack the shit out of guitars, but be willing to do so if you gotta.

Probably the snare, although I've never really thought about it in that context. IMO, the kick sounds better a bit further back, and with the way kicks are typically mixed in metal (really dry), it's best to keep it back and not draw attention to that lack of ambiance, because it grates on the...

I think with a lot of the stuff on here, it's mostly practice, so it's letting the people who are mixing also experiment a bit with finding sounds and building their own mix, in a sense doing their own production and engineering. I think both sides of the coin are skill-sets that need to be...

I was really down for this, but that price tag is kinda steep. Is this really worth that much more than the Thermionik version of it?

I've gotten to where I tune out when I hear growling or that Meshuggah-esque growl-shouting (they probably didn't start it but they're the biggest band I can think of that use the style). It's so generic and boring, and I hate that growls and screams are the default for metal vocalists these...

This is the type of shit I like to work on. Had a Megadeth music video going on in my head the whole time I was mixing it. The rhythm guitars are an ENGL Savage, leads are an ENGL Powerball, and cleans are a Bogner. Drums are SD2 with some third-party processing on my part. Those vocals were...

Pick up "Painkiller", "British Steel", "Screaming for Vengeance", and "Defenders of the Faith". People will also tell you to check out their 70's output. It's great as well, but I generally prefer their 80's albums.