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Sammas · 27th February 2005

Here is an idea i've been messing around with. I'll try and get some clips up...

I've been trying to add some thickness to my softsynth tracks and sounds so i've started running the tracks out of my Daw and into some external sources to mic and record. I then mix them with the originals.

here is what i've been experimenting with....

My car stereo (since my little lab is off the side of my garage i've tried sticking an SM-57 and Cheapie SP's condensor on the 6x9 Drivers on the backshelf. Since my car only has a CD player i've just dumped the tracks to a CD then recorded them straight into the session then lined them up with the originals.

I've tried reamping them through my guitar amp (Egnater TOL50). It has a very very clean fendery type sound. It adds a nice amount of thickness to the lower mids and really improves the sound of sampled strings when mixed in slightly.

I've tried Blasting it through a nice Home Stereo. Im going to try and find a cheap Valve poweramp then give it another go to get a little grit.

I'm going to try rigging up a little reverb chamber in my Garage (its full of junk so it has a very nice sound so i've found out due to its internal shape). I'm going to stick a small speaker in one corner than using 2 cheap Omni mics in XY down the other end im going to try and add some depth to the tracks.

And i agree with not using T-racks. I use to use it and it gave me some good ideas about what Mastering is all about but since them i've acheived much greater results with dedicated plugins with Nuendo...

27th February 2005	#13
Sammas Gear nut Joined: May 2004 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 140	Here is an idea i've been messing around with. I'll try and get some clips up... I've been trying to add some thickness to my softsynth tracks and sounds so i've started running the tracks out of my Daw and into some external sources to mic and record. I then mix them with the originals. here is what i've been experimenting with.... My car stereo (since my little lab is off the side of my garage i've tried sticking an SM-57 and Cheapie SP's condensor on the 6x9 Drivers on the backshelf. Since my car only has a CD player i've just dumped the tracks to a CD then recorded them straight into the session then lined them up with the originals. I've tried reamping them through my guitar amp (Egnater TOL50). It has a very very clean fendery type sound. It adds a nice amount of thickness to the lower mids and really improves the sound of sampled strings when mixed in slightly. I've tried Blasting it through a nice Home Stereo. Im going to try and find a cheap Valve poweramp then give it another go to get a little grit. I'm going to try rigging up a little reverb chamber in my Garage (its full of junk so it has a very nice sound so i've found out due to its internal shape). I'm going to stick a small speaker in one corner than using 2 cheap Omni mics in XY down the other end im going to try and add some depth to the tracks. And i agree with not using T-racks. I use to use it and it gave me some good ideas about what Mastering is all about but since them i've acheived much greater results with dedicated plugins with Nuendo...