Colin Davis guitar recording tutorial vid...

[AdamWathan]

Thought some of you guys might be interested in this! I know Colin posts here so maybe this has already been posted, I apologize if that's the case...

http://www.imperialmastering.com/guitartonevid/

 

[Saculus]

Its been posted before. However its worth checking out.

 

[pifos_2]

is he serious with "change strings everything 3 or 4 hours of playing " ??

 

[nwright]

NS-2's instead of "NS-1", G12T75's not "GC75's"

And dustcaps are called cones and cones are called paper?

Haha, j/k

Otherwise, pretty kewl vid.

 

[Splat88]

On the bottom of this guy's web page there are some audio samples of his work. One of them was a $6,000 project. Not trying to be a dick, but I'd cut my own dick off if I spent $6,000 on that production. As far as I'm concerned, someone can get good tone with ANY equipment with a little innovation and know how. Bad strings, good strings, passive active, solid state, tube, etc.

http://www.extremerecording.com/

 

[kev]

On the bottom of this guy's web page there are some audio samples of his work. One of them was a $6,000 project. Not trying to be a dick, but I'd cut my own dick off if I spent $6,000 on that production. As far as I'm concerned, someone can get good tone with ANY equipment with a little innovation and know how. Bad strings, good strings, passive active, solid state, tube, etc.

http://www.extremerecording.com/

lol!!! But thats coz u rock splatt!

 

[Torniojaws]

is he serious with "change strings everything 3 or 4 hours of playing " ??

Maybe he meant 3 or 4 days of recording? In 3-4 hours the strings will not even be settled for a tuning!

 

[AdamWathan]

Maybe he meant 3-4 hours of the strings actually being played... If you're quadtracking guitars and a guitarist can nail his shit in the first 2-3 takes then that's maybe one string change for the whole album.

 

[ReliXKeepeR]

This guy looks a little bit out of tune.

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

Hehe, in the imperial mastering links, there's a link to "Amdy Sneap's" page.

 

[aramism]

i mean he speaks a lot with conviction on things that sometimes are subjective.


i only watched the first few minutes and bookmarked it to watch later but so far he is very opinionated. "the x2n doesn't sound good, the evo does" "thicker strings sound heavier"


those things CAN be true but there are people who would disagree. i feel like a tutorial should either stick to facts or have a preamble about "these are my opinions and they work for me"

there can be someone that thinks the evo sucks for recording you know. i've heard .10 gauge strings in dropped C that sound heavy and full. so i feel like stating opinions like facts isn't the best thing to do in a tutorial video.

 

[AdamWathan]

Yeah I try to look at it as more of a "These are the things I do when recording heavy guitars and so far it's worked for me, so give it a shot if you're interested" sort of video...

 

[C_F_H_13]

cool video. I don't agree with alot of what he said, but I did think it would be good for people learning how to do metal tones.....but I also think he needs a disclaimer as mentioned above... "these are opinions....not rules".

 

[C_F_H_13]

ok just checked out his "blog" for home recording, and just had to share one little quote with you guys.....uke:

"The more money you spend on monitors, the less time it will take you to develop a good ear and learn to make good mixes."

 

[ReliXKeepeR]

I don't find his blog.

 

[Genius Gone Insane]

I think a couple of you fuckers are out of line with your comments. Colin used to frequent this board with valuable advice but stopped because of nickel-dicks like you who have no idea what the fuck they are talking about yet make know-it-all posts like you are recording authorities. Colin's been doing this shit since some of you were in diapers, and he sure as hell doesn't need me to defend him, even if he does seem to be off his rocker sometimes. He's a mainstay of the Bay Area metal scene, yes that same one that brought you Metallica, Forbidden, Exodus, Testament, etc. so show some respect and shut the fuck up.

 

[STINNETT]

I think a couple of you fuckers are out of line with your comments. Colin used to frequent this board with valuable advice but stopped because of nickle-dicks like you who have no idea what the fuck they are talking about yet make know-it-all posts like you are recording authorities. Colin's been doing this shit since some of you were in diapers, and he sure as hell doesn't need me to defend him, even if he does seem to be off his rocker sometimes. He's a mainstay of the Bay Area metal scene, yes that same one that brought you Metallica, Forbidden, Exodus, Testament, etc. so show some respect and shut the fuck up.

I was thinking the same thing, but I'm glad I didn't have to be the first one to post it.
I'm a fan of the guy's work and I certainly don't see anything wrong with the production samples; in fact I think the 6,000 dollar example sounds awesome even though I don't necessarily dig the band.

I've also sent a mastering job to him before and he did an absolutely fantastic job.

There may be some quirks to the video and his style of presenting the information, but the guy obviously knows what he's doing and this type of thing should be really useful to the right crowd.

 

[Zuranthus]

i think his mixes are good, what i don't like is his tendency to use that over distorted bass...sounds all farty & i often mistook it for the guitars bass thump going flabby

 

[Metaltastic]

I think a couple of you fuckers are out of line with your comments. Colin used to frequent this board with valuable advice but stopped because of nickel-dicks like you who have no idea what the fuck they are talking about yet make know-it-all posts like you are recording authorities. Colin's been doing this shit since some of you were in diapers, and he sure as hell doesn't need me to defend him, even if he does seem to be off his rocker sometimes. He's a mainstay of the Bay Area metal scene, yes that same one that brought you Metallica, Forbidden, Exodus, Testament, etc. so show some respect and shut the fuck up.

Aw, what's the matter, get a kink in your mullet this morning?

 

[Metaltastic]

Oh, and the term is nipple-dick, by the way