I would love to see an "Example-Workflow" (done with relatively good recordings - just to show a basic "walktrough").
For example:
Bring the kick up to "thisandthat"
Apply EQ hereandthere because of thisandthat
Apply Compression hereandthere with thesesettings because of thisandthat.
Then the snare, the rest of the drumkit, guitars, bass etc.
All the way through to the preparation for mastering.
Of course we all know the little steps, but I'm sure I would learn a lot by seeing other guys workflows.
If we would do that, that would be the same than if we would just give our book of tricks and paychecks to you, but here are some tips for ya, the kinda way of approaching that I've used this several times:
- Try to record everything so that you should do minimal amount of editing and so that it sounds really amazing right out of the box when you press play after you've just recorded it
- When you are done recording, keep the mics in place and edit only minor errors to place, but do NOT edit all the "groove" to grid or it will have a high propability of sounding inhuman in a robotish way. If you there are big mistakes, do not edit; re-record. It saves _a lot_ of time that you use 5 minutes to re-record the perfect take compared to when you would have to spend 40 hours to edit it to sound the same from a steaming pile of shit.
- When you start mixing, turn everything down to silence and bring up the lead vocal track and make it sound stellar. I don't really care how you do it, just do. Nothing else really matters, they are just extra, but make sure that the lead vocal track is the thing you can hear in any enviroment possible from loud, quiet and noisy enviroment.
- Bring stuff up to taste, but leave out as much as possible. Even if you recorded 78 tracks of guitars, but if it sounds good already with just 2 tracks of guitars, leave it that way.
- Mix when sober
