The Evolution of Sneap's Sound

Andy Sneap said:
It comes back how you put it down, better noise floor, not having to spend an hr every morning cleaning and aligning, not having to wait for rewinding, price of tape, lack of backup, tapes wearing out, oh and being able to undo. Do you want more? ;) oh cost of fedex shipment and avoiding escalators and xray machines.
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I remember having to send my ADAT's out for service a couple times, getting the whopping $750.00 bill. Getting them back and hearing screws rattle around inside the unit. Having my Fostex R8 start losing tracks and ending up with a 5 track machine, lol.. Yeah, I don't miss them day's at all.
 
To each his own - all of those clips sound way 'smaller' to me than any Sneap mix. I don't think any of his stuff sounds like it wasn't played by humans, either; he's working with some of the absolute best musicians in the genre - it's bound to be tight.
 
This thread is called "The Evolution of Andy Sneap's Sound", not "productions I like"...It's not even about whether or not you like his style, it's about the evolution of his style..
I'm too lazy to delete those posts now, but please bear the topic in mind, before this ends up being another "old school vs modern productions"-thread
 
After listening to thee new Testament album from start to finish... DAMN! Yeah, feels like the mid 90's again haha! I'd say personally I still prefer the production on Formation and The Gathering. But considering the style the band honed in on for this album, the production is tits. I guess 'raw' is the best description in my opinion. I love it. And the bass clang!!! You went hard this time Sir Sneap! Haha
 
Firaxis said:
I don't understand how an AE could think this way, I feel modern production gives the music far more energy than old recordings. Being able to actually hear the kick drum certainly helps. I love punchy drums, massive bass and upfront guitars, as far as I'm concerned, a lot of Sneap mixes are how metal recordings have been trying to sound since it all started. It just took some different thinking to get here.
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Yeah, I totally love these 'huge' modern productions with ZERO dynamics. A brickwall of fail.

Would I rather listen to Black Sabbath early productions or some soulless modern garbage like KSE? Hmm, tough one, and I'm not talking about the actual content either...

There's some seriously brainwashed sycophants on this forum. Quite pathetic when you consider the age of some of these 'men'.
 
Empros said:
Yeah, I totally love these 'huge' modern productions with ZERO dynamics. A brickwall of fail.

Would I rather listen to Black Sabbath early productions or some soulless modern garbage like KSE? Hmm, tough one, and I'm not talking about the actual content either...

There's some seriously brainwashed sycophants on this forum. Quite pathetic when you consider the age of some of these 'men'.
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so.. why exactly did you join the forum then? :loco: :erk:

god, i love guys like you... you're opinion counts so much more than anyone's else. :worship: :worship: fountain of wisdom :worship: :worship: most productions around that era you mentioned gives me the urge to donate a tuner to those guys
 
Empros said:
Yeah, I totally love these 'huge' modern productions with ZERO dynamics. A brickwall of fail.

Would I rather listen to Black Sabbath early productions or some soulless modern garbage like KSE?
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i agree with you about the flat and lifeless nature of most modern recordings but i think KSE is a bad example. i find most of adam d's mixes to be pretty good as far as dynamics go.

lamb of god recordings though? :puke:

(and i am a big LOG fan)

back on topic, has any noticed the similarity between dark roots and first strike still deadly? i always loved the super dry and brutal mix on that album and i think dark roots has the same quality only a little more depth and openness.
 
Empros said:
Would I rather listen to Black Sabbath early productions or some soulless modern garbage like KSE? Hmm, tough one, and I'm not talking about the actual content either...
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Yeah but it's subjective, innit? Most people on here want to create productions like The End of Heartache, not Volume 4.
For what it's worth I love early sabbath, and the production fits the songs - but that sort of production on a band like KSE would be RUBBISH.

Although if you're going to go down that route, KSE is a pretty terrible example to use of undynamic modern metal productions. AoJB came out a decade ago now, but I still remember hearing My last Serenade on MTV back then and being blown away by how crushing it sounded.
Maybe you heard it and were like; "Oh this is terrible - it sounds too heavy and clear and tight... I want to hear music recorded on 2 four-tracks and I want to watch black and white films and I wish I could still put leaded petrol in my car and I wish people still thought the earth was flat".
But most people, especially of a certain age, quite frankly don't think like that.
 
dan weapon said:
Yeah but it's subjective, innit? Most people on here want to create productions like The End of Heartache, not Volume 4.
For what it's worth I love early sabbath, and the production fits the songs - but that sort of production on a band like KSE would be RUBBISH.

Although if you're going to go down that route, KSE is a pretty terrible example to use of undynamic modern metal productions. AoJB came out a decade ago now, but I still remember hearing My last Serenade on MTV back then and being blown away by how crushing it sounded.
Maybe you heard it and were like; "Oh this is terrible - it sounds too heavy and clear and tight... I want to hear music recorded on 2 four-tracks and I want to watch black and white films and I wish I could still put leaded petrol in my car and I wish people still thought the earth was flat".
But most people, especially of a certain age, quite frankly don't think like that.
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+666
 
dan weapon said:
Yeah but it's subjective, innit? Most people on here want to create productions like The End of Heartache, not Volume 4.
For what it's worth I love early sabbath, and the production fits the songs - but that sort of production on a band like KSE would be RUBBISH.

Although if you're going to go down that route, KSE is a pretty terrible example to use of undynamic modern metal productions. AoJB came out a decade ago now, but I still remember hearing My last Serenade on MTV back then and being blown away by how crushing it sounded.
Maybe you heard it and were like; "Oh this is terrible - it sounds too heavy and clear and tight... I want to hear music recorded on 2 four-tracks and I want to watch black and white films and I wish I could still put leaded petrol in my car and I wish people still thought the earth was flat".
But most people, especially of a certain age, quite frankly don't think like that.
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That was golden. :worship:
 
I'm really digging what Mr. Sneap has been doing with Megadeth lately. Very natural, very big sounding and not too clean. Don't care if there's samples or not.
 
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