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Beat detective was PT5 (2001 I think) but you could fix stuff before that manually. You sometimes hear about albums with programmed kick drums from the early 90's.
The Evolution of Sneap's Sound
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Beat detective was PT5 (2001 I think) but you could fix stuff before that manually. You sometimes hear about albums with programmed kick drums from the early 90's.
Andy Sneap
Metal Guru
it comes down to the bands at the end of the day. Sometimes you have to get heavy with the beat detective because the feel thats there, isn't a good feel. I am consciously not cutting and pasting and getting the musician to play again these days tho. I think you can leave more dirt in that you realise and it'll still sound tight. Its all too easy to be uber critical when the tracks solo'd.
DanLights
Santa Hat Forever
Lasse Lammert
HCAF Blitzkrieg
Brett - K A L I S I A
Dreaded Moderator
Thing is that also a lot time bands want to sound better than they really are, you know, to impress people, to prove something... Even if they're gonna look stupid on stage later.
Firaxis
Member
Playing entire sections one note at a time
I don't understand how these people aren't completely ashamed of themselves!
i usually play a section of the song, say a verse, maybe sometimes i can squeeze in a bridge without error. you know, get as long takes as possible, but it depends on how hard and tight the sections are/need be. but i generally go after as little editing as possible.
I always thought it was easier to sound kick ass on a record when you've already been playing the songs for 3 fuckin years live. 
At least with the last band I had. I can imagine it's tougher for bands like Testament to play the whole new record live before it's on tape, though. Which is a testament (hurrrrr!) to how how they really are are getting fresh ideas down.
At least with the last band I had. I can imagine it's tougher for bands like Testament to play the whole new record live before it's on tape, though. Which is a testament (hurrrrr!) to how how they really are are getting fresh ideas down.
Mago
Austrian Blech Machine
kaomao
Member
congrats for the new testament record.
It sounds like it's been played from start to finish instead of being cut and pasted to infinity.
Especially we can hear you're getting more and more natural drums tones on the records you're making compared to the old stuff you made.
Another huge example is last accept record
kaomao
Member
Playing entire sections one note at a time
I don't understand how these people aren't completely ashamed of themselves!
happened the other week, this guy complaining about the other guitarist saying all the time:
"Let's hope he's going track a good performance "
this other guitarist proved him wrong, he did great, 2 punch ins in all the whole song. so fucking tight, he did a hell of a job, I was just fucking happy.
So it was the time of the "complainer" guy.... total fucking mess, he had to record 1 note at a time, usually I do this with very young musician, and I am not surprised that much!
But a performance this bad, coming from a guitarist that has been playing for a long time.... ha it was bad lol
plague_rider
Coffee
+1, had this so often...
Mostly the guitarist who's been in the band the longest and claims to write most of the material is the complainer who when it comes to it can't play the stuff that well...
I've found the second guitarists and bassists are most likely to get stuff done between 1 and three seperate takes for a song...
cfh11
Member
oh snap.. proven wrong again. what do you prefer about the sound of digital over analog? is it just that the lack of natural noise and warmth benefit metal recordings? in other words, you have more flexibility to tweak those elements rather than just being stuck with what tape gives you?
kaomao
Member
I remember him saying, years ago on the forum, something about the lack of top end on analogue.
Don't know if Andy changed his opinion a bit, I guess no since he's liking digital better.
Andy Sneap
Metal Guru
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.
cfh11
Member
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?
haha yeah it is easy to take the digital world for granted.
dont get me wrong, there are still digital recordings that slay. but producers (such as yourself) that can avoid sucking the life out of everything are few and far between these days. listening to dark roots of the earth i could almost swear it was 1994 again
Firaxis
Member
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.
Trevoire520
Member
Yeah I've got to agree there, why wouldn't you want your songs to sound huge?
Don't get me wrong I love when you get a recording that has a nice live vibe to it, but that doesn't mean I want it to sound small and powerless.
Don't get me wrong I love when you get a recording that has a nice live vibe to it, but that doesn't mean I want it to sound small and powerless.
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