Orpheus recording NEW ALBUM: Studio diary inside!

[Melb_shredder]

Thanks again guys. I really appreciate the interest and nice comments so far, it means a lot to me and the band of course! And with no further adieu, the 2nd Studio Diary

 

[DeclanWhite]

man your playing is spot on!

 

[LeSedna]

Isn't the aussie accent like "ye" every other word ? Or is it only the farmer accent ?

 

[Melb_shredder]

Thanks dec! I had to step it up this album haha

leSedna: yeah pretty much! It's not a very attractive accent lol. But apparently the ladies love it when you're traveling, or so I hear haha

 

[Mashreef]

you got some sexy Axe

 

[Melb_shredder]

Haha yep yep! I have a badhabit though, none of my guitars are even close to factory spec though I've changed paint jobs, hardware, electronics, nuts bridges yada yada on all of them haha! The purple one is special though I love it <3

 

[Nebulous]

As expected Chris, I'm looking forward to this one!
Let us hear this shit once all those Euro trance synths are layed down

 

[Melb_shredder]

Cheers dude haha. There'll be some if Joao and I go nuts as usual haha.

BTW... Here's a super short clip of some Raw and unedited drums. There's a HP on the OH/ Room *150hz* and then just panning...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/306055/Raw Drums.mp3

 

[Revson]

Details/pictures of the drum setup! Got some good raw sounds.

 

[JeffTD]

Cheers dude haha. There'll be some if Joao and I go nuts as usual haha.

BTW... Here's a super short clip of some Raw and unedited drums. There's a HP on the OH/ Room *150hz* and then just panning...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/306055/Raw Drums.mp3

This sounds pretty damn tight already! Are you guys tracking to the unedited drums and then editing later or what?

 

[DeclanWhite]

This sounds pretty damn tight already! Are you guys tracking to the unedited drums and then editing later or what?

they tracked to programmed drums, and did drums last

 

[DanLights]

I think he said they tracked to programmed drums because the drummer couldn't record until now or something like that

Edit: Dude beat me to it

 

[Melb_shredder]

Cheers guys! Glad you like how it sounds

We tracked to PROGRAMMED drums, basically playing the exact same thing matt did in the studio. Then we will be editing drums at a later point. Once everything else is done etc.

As for the chain here it is

Snare: SM 57 top and bottom. Top into an API 512 clone -> 1176 Clone -> System. Bottom into a Neve 1073 clone -> 1176 Clone -> System
Toms: MD421s into API 512s -> System
Hats: SM7 -> Focusrite ISA -> System
Ride: ADK mic -> Focusrite ISA -> System
OH: Schoeps (don't remember which particular model) -> ISA -> System
Rooms: U87s -> forselltech SMP-2 -> System

That's basically it. Drums are a Drumcraft Series 6 with a Gretsch classic snare. Cymbals are a mix of Meinl Soundcasters and MB10 series

 

[DeclanWhite]

tracking without kick ftw

 

[Melb_shredder]

Fuck yeah lol... But seriously, it was only because of his broken toe

 

[Melb_shredder]

Entry #3 now up! THE DRUMMENING!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5RASH-eDg

 

[osum]

Love the goats

 

[Melb_shredder]

haha. Yeah man, it was a fun few days with them hanging around I'm just upset they weren't Kangaroos! Would have been awesome for the international folks watching hehe.

 

[CubanDude]

Hey man, just wanted to bump this thread.. Sorry for derailing it a bit, but I'm currently trying to record guitars by using VST amps (X50, like you do), and when I go down to 64 samples for a short latency I get crackles and shit (using 4 instances of X50 + Superior Drummer)... I'm running an i7 2600, 8GB RAM and a Saffire Pro40... Is it because of the Saffire?

 

[Mago]

^dunno which saffire you have, but try running it with the asio4all driver.
That's the only way I can get the latency low enough to monitor through ampsims while recording, the saffire driver leaves too much latency.
Maybe it will help with the crackling too