Recent content by Spiritbeast

Got a Scarlett and it was bad news. Returned it. The Saffire 6 USB we recorded our album on sounded great though. Anyway, I'll hijack this thread to ask, what is the best USB interface under $300 nowadays?

Vox - Phil of IAA Guitar and programming everything else - Nick of IAA Wait a second ...

Thanks. I definitely agree, the drums don't sound too good. If only I could get them to sound as good as the programmed ones on IAA's new EP!

Hey, this isn't a final mix (though I wouldn't mind some pointers where to go next!), though I thought you guys might be interested in hearing my bands instrumental album teaser! (Don't mind the poorly mixed bass drops at the end though). I wish this could have more vocals but our vocalist is...

God damn, the clean vocals sound so goood.

Yup. A big bummer for me is I get it sounding nice on my monitors, then I give it to a friend on his computer speakers and it sounds weird in some way. That's a damn pain. I like my most recent mix, but getting a low end that can heavy up the guitars while not being too over the place is a...

Yeah, it's annoying... you hear 'change velocities' but a lot of pro mixes I hear have pretty constant hit sounds... of course not all the time though. It's something I'll have to pay attention to. My more recent mixes have the drums a bit quieter in the mix and that's helped not only make the...

So continuing discussion in this topic: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/drum-samples-store/682103-drum-sampling-question-anyone-programming-drums.html , I was wondering how you guys processed your samples? I've been going with the "1176 ON EVERYTHING" tip, and also high shelfing the...

So I've been REALLY busy doing recording. I haven't been here in a while, but I finally gave mixing another shot on another song... and it sounds better! It's pretty much all compression and levels at this point (and a Limiter on the master bus to make things loud, but thats all). Tell me what...

Thanks dude, nice to be complimented by someone who I've learned so much about. If you want to hear the tracks for our album as we record them, let me know. We are on track for getting guitar and bass for each song at 2 days per song. And I'd gladly give you the tracks, though it might not be a...

Thanks for the compliments on the songwriting. And well.... the guitar tracks are actually edited to be in time with each other, perhaps that's causing the issue? I didn't hear this issue but since you know way more about this stuff, it's something I'll have to consider. The drums are Sturgis...

Nah, everything you guys said makes sense. And yeah, the mix isn't bad, it's just not that crisp modern sound. Making things tight and good levels is over half the battle. Unfortunately, the other half of the battle will take much more effort... Perhaps my big confusion is that all I really...

Haha yeah, it's a horribly horrible vague question. but thanks for answering. What book? I'd definitely like to do more intense reading.

So today me and my buddy finished up the first song for our new album (sans vocals, which will happen a bit after). I was so excited to finally start mixing, until I realized... I may have had a lot of reading, but of course that doesn't mean anything until you can apply it... which I can't...

I know it's sorta "wrong", but I've found myself snapping things to the grid as far as guitar DI's go, to make sure the double tracks match perfectly. Since I'm going for that whole "perfect" sound, it really helps. Honestly, we can play the parts really tight live, but the difference in...