New gear on this mix. Comments?

[soundsundergroun]

This is one of the first recordings i've done since I got my Rosetta 800 and Blue Kiwi mic. I think it's my best work so far.

http://soundsundergroundstudio.com/s...ixcomments.htm

I will entertain details if you're curious.

[rhythmic5]

Blue Kiwi sounds ****ing great! Are those live drums or samples? Vocals and piano sound awesome too

[soundsundergroun]

Toms are natural. Just strip silenced with fades. Kick and snare are sampled with the kit. No canned samples. 4 different velocities on the snare.

My only issue about the piano is that I got the midi tracks from the client and they were quantized 100% and the velocities were also altered. I plan on redoing the piano stuff.

Vox is definitely the Kiwi. Also used the Kiwi on the room in omni.

[eddierodriguez]

nice, a bit thin overall but much presence!

tell us more of your record-chain.

[soundsundergroun]

Originally Posted by eddierodriguez

nice, a bit thin overall but much presence!

tell us more of your record-chain.

Think I should give the whole mix a 100hz bump? I'm afraid I'll be doing the "mastering" on this, something I hate doing.

I'll spill my gutz to ya'll slutz.

Recording chain:

Kick: Audix D6 > Great River me1nv > Wunder EQ > Smart C2 > 003 coverters. Once in the box, it is tweaked and sent out to distressor and back in.

Snare top: Beyerdynamic m201 top > Great River me1nv > Rosetta 800. Once in the box, it is SSL EQ > Distressor and back in.

Snare bottom: I experimented on this track. Used SM-81. It was a bad idea. The drummer was a heavy hitter and the 81 could not take the SPL. The negative portion of the wave is clipped. It still sounded usable though. SM-81 > Presonus Digimax > Rosetta 800. ITB, it's SSL E channel. Eq'ed, compressed. No gate. Phase flipped.

Tom1: Sennheiser 421 > Presonus Digimax > Rosetta 800. SSL channel plug

Tom2: same as tom1

hats: AKG c1000s > Presonus Digimax > ashly 31 band > R800 > Distressor

ride: AKG c1000s > 003

Room: Kiwi > 003 > Distressor

Overheads: AT4033 > Toft AFC2 > API 2500 plug

Bass: P-bass > Me1nv > distressor

Guitars were recorded DI into Cubase by the client. I re-amped them with Radial Xamp at my studio. They're going out the Rosetta into a few different amps > Sennheiser e906 > me1nv > ashly 31 band > distressor > Rosetta 800. No EQ was added, mostly subtracted in the form of high pass, and low pass and a surgical cut in the harsh range.

Guitar1: Framus Dragon Top > Marshall 1960a
Guitar2: Same as guitar1, different channel
GuitarLead: Framus Ruby Riot 2 x 12 combo. Greenback
GuitarSemiCrunch: Vox AC30

Vox: Main vox are going Kiwi > me1nv > distressor > R800. ITB, I'm using SSL G eq > deesser > L1

Backing Vox: most of the backing vox is Kiwi > me1nv > distressor. But slammed and Dist3 engaged. No processing ITB.

Lofi vox: Just HP filter ITB and the Massey tape plug.

All midi stuff is NI Kontakt.

Master buss: SSL Comp. CLA setting with no analog. 4 db at most.

[soundsundergroun]

I made some mix changes and added some stuff. This is probably the final mix. I also shortened the song from 3:45 to 3:22.

[alyricalmind]

Wow, who's the songwriter, singer, band, etc? The song got stuck in my head.

[soundsundergroun]

Originally Posted by alyricalmind

Wow, who's the songwriter, singer, band, etc? The song got stuck in my head.

MySpace.com - Kristen Key - CINCINNATI, US - Pop / Rock - www.myspace.com/kristenkey

[Reborn]

Wanted to let you know I hear clipping distortion on my system.

[soundsundergroun]

Originally Posted by Reborn

Wanted to let you know I hear clipping distortion on my system.

Your system needs calibrated? Here is the chorus:

[soundsundergroun]

oh and the distortion at the beginning is intentional.

[soundsundergroun]

I changed the compression a little on the snare so the decay is longer.