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mdbeh · 9th March 2003

Here in indierock land, there's a school that thinks you need to go to confession after using any sort of processing. (Forgive me father, for I have used 3 comp's in series...)

It gets old after a while. I still try to get the job done with mics and pres, but if EQ's going to make something sound better, I'm going to use it.

That said, I don't EQ much during tracking, save the occasional High Shelf boost ("air" on vocals) or hpf. I used to be really into printing effects during tracking, because then you're commiting to something, that's how it was done Old School blah blah blah.

I ****ed up some good performances doing that, though, so I've reverted to handling most processing in the mix. It makes me feel like a bit of wimp, but I'm less likely to permanently ruin something now...

Ideally, though, I'd still with print'n'commit.

9th March 2003	#2
mdbeh Gear addict Joined: Dec 2002 Location: Chicago Posts: 459	Here in indierock land, there's a school that thinks you need to go to confession after using any sort of processing. (Forgive me father, for I have used 3 comp's in series...) It gets old after a while. I still try to get the job done with mics and pres, but if EQ's going to make something sound better, I'm going to use it. That said, I don't EQ much during tracking, save the occasional High Shelf boost ("air" on vocals) or hpf. I used to be really into printing effects during tracking, because then you're commiting to something, that's how it was done Old School blah blah blah. I ****ed up some good performances doing that, though, so I've reverted to handling most processing in the mix. It makes me feel like a bit of wimp, but I'm less likely to permanently ruin something now... Ideally, though, I'd still with print'n'commit.