After spending the last 2 years trying to learn how to record music, I've finally gotten the opportunity to record 4 songs for another band. All of the stuff I do is for my own projects, where I'm basically doing all the music + mixing myself. So now I've got the opportunity to record a melodic death band with real drums (not my 4 piece kit with 2 crashes) and real amps (not my 30w Vox Valvetronix).
Last night was drum tracking, which was fun getting a 7 piece kit nicely miced up with 1 Firepod. The best part was when we finished tracking drums early, and one of the guitarists asked if he could start laying down tracks on one song (this is all being done at their rehearsal space).
I said "sure!!" and he tuned up and plugged in while I put my ear down in front of his cab (Marshall with a 6505+ head), telling him to start playing so I could figure out where to start with mic placement. I thought that since their rehearsal space was relatively small, his volume wouldn't be that high.
I was wrong.
So now my ear's finally stopped ringing just about 24 hours later and I can't wait to get more tracks recorded so I can start doing some rough mixes
Last night was drum tracking, which was fun getting a 7 piece kit nicely miced up with 1 Firepod. The best part was when we finished tracking drums early, and one of the guitarists asked if he could start laying down tracks on one song (this is all being done at their rehearsal space).
I said "sure!!" and he tuned up and plugged in while I put my ear down in front of his cab (Marshall with a 6505+ head), telling him to start playing so I could figure out where to start with mic placement. I thought that since their rehearsal space was relatively small, his volume wouldn't be that high.
I was wrong.
So now my ear's finally stopped ringing just about 24 hours later and I can't wait to get more tracks recorded so I can start doing some rough mixes
