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Originally Posted by SoulSpace  Second) Where the heck (gearwise) do you START with all of these tools at your disposal?
For:
1) Recording Vocals
2) Recording Bass
3) Recording Drums (either virtual or real)
If this has been answered in previous posts, I apologize.
I could go on with questions, with all of the gear that you have and the credits that you have, but it would become a Rubik's Cube.
Thanks for being a gearslutz.
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Hi SoulSpace,
Well as everyone in this forum, I have to start my answers with... It deppends on the song or project, but I'm gonna answer your questions in that particular order:
1) Vocals: Well vocals always starts by choosing the correct mic, usually I put 3 or 4 mics and listen what fits for the kind of voice and for the song. Lately I'm using a vintage 1073 but before I've used TG channel and before that, I've used Avalon stuff, etc, etc.
It depends on the flavor of the month!!!!! Something that never change is my compressor chain which is alway MIC->Pre-> old Blackface 1176-> AD converter.
2) I love the sound of Avalon 737 on bass, I always use its instrument input then I put a Purple Audio MC77 and some times I split my signal in to a vintage SVT Ampeg with an 8x12 cab and I mic it with an RE20 or some times a Blue Mouse it's magical.
3) Drums... this is a long answer, because I spend a lot of time making my programed drums choosing from a lot of libraries and a lot of sound modules, it's an art that I've developed since the end of the 80's.
For live drums, I use the same mics and pres as most of people here: (BD D112 and 47fet outside) (SD sm57 top, KM84 bottom) (HH Akg451) (Toms 414), what's change on my set is that I love the sound of Beyer MC834 on OH's, its a great underated microphone. on Room I'm using my E47 and lately (After reading recording the beatles!!) I got 3 vintage AKG d19 that Im putting on drummers head and some times on toms, I also got an D12!!!!! For micpres I use vintage 1073's, Brent Averill 1272, Brent averill Api's, Avalon 2022's, Focusrite Red, Amek 9098, Tab V78, TG Channel, etc, etc.
So... all the gear you see in my rack is mostly for mixing.
Best regards.