rock on!

that's kinda what i was saying.
i was advising for the metal- but when not doing it for the metal- i love triggering a 40Hz oscillator tone from the kick. alot of bands scoff and say it's cheating- but man, it sounds huge!!!

you want to know want i really love doing? if it's a slow-mid tempo tune- record a track of the most heinous howling feedback you can make and trigger it off the snare! i never get tired of it! it also cool to trigger the feedback off of guitar overdubs.

but then again- messy and out of control are usually my goals.

shagboy wrote:note: i would never do that on a recording of my own in a million years

Why the hell not? If it sounds good and thats what the customer wants then give it to them. Recording others music is not about your ego its about getting a good sound for the customer.

The metal you speak of is not going for a natural sound. Generally I will stick a dynamic mic right up inside the kick about 2 inches from the beater head.

Don't be afraid of EQ. Big drop the mids from 250-500hz big boost from high mids from 2.5-8k. Maybe a small boost 100hz.

This is very general. Don't be afraid to experment.

The current project I am recording is the metalcore band. To get a good attacky kick, I copy the kick drum track (I originally had one when I recorded, now I have two), one of them I compressed pretty heavily cut everything out except for 4k. By itselfs it sounded like shit but mixed in with the orignal kick it sounded awesome. Attacky and thick.

For the original I simple cut the mids at about 500hz, slight boost at 100hz, and 8k and it sounded like metal.

Most of the time you shouldn't have to tinker with things this much, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

Don't let the drummer in the studio, use Vinnie Pauls Acid Loops Library. Can't miss.

InvalidInk wrote:Why the hell not? If it sounds good and thats what the customer wants then give it to them. Recording others music is not about your ego its about getting a good sound for the customer.

just to clarify, i only record myself. i have no customers.

Sorry if this displays my complete ignorance but how do you convert a recorded wave file to midi information to then trigger other sounds, I understand the principle of using the peak levels to do this but how do you put it into practice ? in software ? do you need a trigger module/drum brain ?

thanks in advance

shagboy wrote:

InvalidInk wrote:Why the hell not? If it sounds good and thats what the customer wants then give it to them. Recording others music is not about your ego its about getting a good sound for the customer.

just to clarify, i only record myself. i have no customers.

Ok cool then disregard that statement.