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mjw63 · 15th December 2009

I do all of my recordings with line 6 pod sims, then use superior drummer or ezdrummer for the drums, and obviously there is no sense that anything occurred in the same space. My question is to how to get things to sound cohesive and in the same space?

To get that, I've been using a reverb bus with, say, a tight studio preset or some kind of natural room, then putting different amounts one each track (none or nearly none on bass, more on vocals and guitar). I'm never quite convinced though- is there something more to do? Should I for example remove the room sound from the drum program entirely and try and recreate a room sound using the same reverb? Should I try and make sure that no ambience is being applied to the guitars by the POD?

15th December 2009	#1
mjw63 Gear Head Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 52 Thread Starter	Getting a proper ambience with PODs, drum dims, etc, and no proper room I do all of my recordings with line 6 pod sims, then use superior drummer or ezdrummer for the drums, and obviously there is no sense that anything occurred in the same space. My question is to how to get things to sound cohesive and in the same space? To get that, I've been using a reverb bus with, say, a tight studio preset or some kind of natural room, then putting different amounts one each track (none or nearly none on bass, more on vocals and guitar). I'm never quite convinced though- is there something more to do? Should I for example remove the room sound from the drum program entirely and try and recreate a room sound using the same reverb? Should I try and make sure that no ambience is being applied to the guitars by the POD?