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Originally Posted by Insomniaclown  I have been working and learning this ITB business for awhile now, and I think its time I give something a try. It seems that with everytime I work on one of my tracks, I keep throwing more and more plugs at it to make it sound good. Well, not this time!
I am going to start by limiting the amount of plugs I will make available for use. 1 channelstrip, 2 EQ's, 2 compressors, 1 noise gate, 1 stereo and 1 mono delay, and one reverb. I am also going to heavily limit how much processing goes on individual tracks, and try to automate tracks instead of just reaching for that compressor to limit the dynamic range.
On the 2 buss, I am going to mix into a buss compressor and a limiter. The only EQing I am going to allow myself on the 2 buss are high and low pass filters.
I am also going to not use a lot of the modern conveniences afforded to me by my DAW. There will be no strip silence, normalizing, quick swipe comping, pitch shifting, or any other destructive editing. If its not right, I am going to re track it.
Any other ideas of ways I can bring some old school techniques in the box? Besides working OTB that is. |
Not sure what you are using for tracking, but through my years of experience, I used to run into the same issues you are dealing with all of the time. As I started to finally get into the "major" label realm and dealing with pro mixers, I've fortunately learned tons of tips. The main being how to track properly.
The biggest issue I have always faced is not enough gear! (i.e. money). What I did is start buying things one at a time, and try and focus and getting more "all purpose" gear right away. Like a great stereo pre and outboard compression (neve, tubetech). If you keep and eye out, you can find stuff used for a much better deal. Mics are a huge expense, but I started with the Neumann M149, which I've used on just about anything you could imagine with great results.
Recording through analog pre's and compressors changed my whole sound. Now I'm at the point where labels have actually used my mixes on songs that I've produced... And I'm really just working ITB, and using minimal plugs.