Anyone into recording here?

[Xarshi]

Is there anyone else here who records and mixes their own songs? Or other bands songs? If so, let's talk about! Perhaps we can talk of technique

 

So I'll start off. I just want to know what programs are used more (I have an idea, but its more interesting to see what everyone uses).

 

The DAW I use is Logic Pro 8. Great application. Only for mac osx however

 

For drums I use Superior Drummer 2.0 with ezx Drumkit from Hell, and the sdx "The Metal Foundry".

For Superior drummer, I output the overhead, all kick mics, all snare mics, hi hat, rack toms and floor toms to their own aux track. That way I use logic to process them and really can get my hands dirty. I use aptrigga2 to replace superiors kick with a more meaty kick sample that I have, which sounds amazing

 

For guitar I input a DI signal into my computer and use Logics guitar amp pro, set it to di box, and apply an impulse response (usually two different ones for each rythm guitar. Meaning two tracks panned to hard left and two to hard right, both with two different impulse responses for a unique sound. If I have a solo guitar I dual track that and then set it to dead center, then add reverb to it using goldverb (another logic plugin).

 

For bass I do a single track DI signal to bass amp pro in logic, set the cab to DI box and again use space designer to use an impulse response with it. (I have hundreds of impulse responses >.>)

 

For vocals I don't really use much more than compression and an eq. Nothing special.

 

Some fun synth stuff I like using is magic 8 bit which is an 8 bit synth. I love it so much, it adds some unique things to my music

 

So anyone else do any of this? If so, discuss!

[b0red]

me and my friends what to make a band. We are gonna be Heart Attack Insano. A techno screamo band. My friend came up with the idea. I'm the keyboardist. right after i learn to play the keyboard

[2 Dwarves, 1 Coat]

Some of my friends from Madison play with me, we play bars and campus parties for extra cash. We play

 

mixes of System of a Down, Morbid Angel, Metallica, King Diamond, our own songs (for which we get

 

mixed reviews) and ONCE a Dragonforce song, which my drumming friend doesn't like to do, because he

 

doesn't have enough stamina. We've recorded on 8 Tracks, tapes, and most recently got some stuff on CD

 

which we sold to some drunk guys. I play the guitar, which involves most of the solos because I have a 12 Year lead

 

when it comes to the other guy. I also play the keyboard for some SOAD songs, and once the drums. Me and the bassist

 

do vocals.

 

me and my friends what to make a band. We are gonna be Heart Attack Insano. A techno screamo band. My friend came up with the idea. I'm the keyboardist. right after i learn to play the keyboard

 

You guys aren't by chance fans of Breathe Carolina? My friend recommended them to me, and it was the first time I

 

was embarassed to be listening to music.

[SpikedRocker]

The way I have set up is I use a mixing board and plug it into my computer. Guitars and whatever go into the mixer makes live easier to adjust volume to prevent over-modulating. The next thing is I use an older program called Cool Edit 2 Pro. The current version is called Adobe Audition, but works the same way. You pretty much treat the program like a 8 track recorder but you can have like 128 tracks. Both programs have good AFX generators.

[Spliff]

I know some people that do this kinda stuff. My friends dad makes sounds for games such as L4D.

[b0red]

Some of my friends from Madison play with me, we play bars and campus parties for extra cash. We play

 

mixes of System of a Down, Morbid Angel, Metallica, King Diamond, our own songs (for which we get

 

mixed reviews) and ONCE a Dragonforce song, which my drumming friend doesn't like to do, because he

 

doesn't have enough stamina. We've recorded on 8 Tracks, tapes, and most recently got some stuff on CD

 

which we sold to some drunk guys. I play the guitar, which involves most of the solos because I have a 12 Year lead

 

when it comes to the other guy. I also play the keyboard for some SOAD songs, and once the drums. Me and the bassist

 

do vocals.

 

 

 

You guys aren't by chance fans of Breathe Carolina? My friend recommended them to me, and it was the first time I

 

was embarassed to be listening to music.

 

they blow chunks