+1......very organic which is good from the typical stuff on this forum which is sounding all the same
Yeah, I really went for that organic feel so mission accomplished I guess
A lot of that feel comes from the fact that I used near zero punch-ins on this demo. Most of the time, I recorded everything in one go and edit the errors out later. It's a great way of doing things because musicians actually enjoy it when they only have to play the entire song 5-6 times but yeah, you can only do it if you're recording people with good timing.
Making people feel comfortable and relaxed when laying down tracks was one of my main jobs and I still think it's one of the key elements to getting a great sounding record. We tracked for 2 hours, took an half hour break to chill out and went back in afterwards. Guitars for those 5 songs took over a week to record, just because we were spending more time watching South Park and drinking beer
. When people are relaxed, they play better.
I didn't really quantize drums either. Just some fills and insane parts but the drummer is pretty tight in general.
One other thing I've learned from all of this is that it's always a good idea to start developing a rough image of how you want the final mix to sound when you're just doing pre-production. We've spent a lot of time finding the right sounds and it really payed off because the amount of musical EQ I had to use in the end was real low. The snare and kick needed some work but the rest of the instruments all had their own frequency range and just needed some corrective EQ or compression.
