Best place to go to get advice on recording?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 09.28.2006, 11:38 AM

I've tried posting some of my new recordings in a few different forums, and I haven't really gotten any advice.

Glice · 09.28.2006, 11:56 AM

What sort of places have you been for advice? I'm sure there are plenty of geeky recording-type forums out there. What sort of advice are you looking for? Aesthetic ideas or actual recording ideas?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 09.28.2006, 12:04 PM

Recording ideas- how to get better sounds out of everything and make mixes better.

I posted my stuff on the Tape Op boards and nobody has responded. I posted on another board I visit and all I got was "I like it, vocals are a tad high."

h8kurdt · 09.28.2006, 12:05 PM

Surely there's enough decent books out there to get decent advice from?

Glice · 09.28.2006, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Recording ideas- how to get better sounds out of everything and make mixes better.

I posted my stuff on the Tape Op boards and nobody has responded. I posted on another board I visit and all I got was "I like it, vocals are a tad high."

I reckon yr man Savage Clone should be able to help, he seems most experienced in yonder studio ways. I would love to help, but I am a self-professed retard when it comes to the mixture of electricity and sound.

jon boy · 09.28.2006, 12:38 PM

i guess try the electrical audio page, but that may bring you the wrath of a bunch of humorless shellac fans.

jon boy · 09.28.2006, 12:40 PM

what sort of sdvice do you want?

Savage Clone · 09.28.2006, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice

I reckon yr man Savage Clone should be able to help, he seems most experienced in yonder studio ways. I would love to help, but I am a self-professed retard when it comes to the mixture of electricity and sound.

I am actually fairly useless in this department; my bandmate is the engineer of the group.
The only advice I can offer is to invest in a variety of high-quality mics.
Makes a world of difference having the right mic for the right job.

porkmarras · 09.28.2006, 01:12 PM

Record up your arse.That's where all the action is!

HaydenAsche · 09.28.2006, 01:50 PM

I am fairly decent at recording music. I make the best with what I have and I do a very good job editing and stuff with shit equipment. What do you need to know, dear?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 09.28.2006, 02:08 PM

Listen to my stuff, www.myspace.com/jsdunnmusic and make suggestions as to how I could get it to sound better.

My mixing technique as well as suggestions of how to record.

I'm going to take these 4 songs and rerecord them and try to mix them so that the drums are clear and very snappy, vocals don't get lost or too high in the mix, guitars sound huge (I like the way on these recordings that in 3/4 of the songs they are like chainsaws in the way that they cut through, but I'd rather have the guitar parts sound really big and really have all the texture in my guitar tones come out instead of having them dominate a small real estate of bandwidth) and the bass just accentuate the lows without dominating too much.

I'm thinking going stereo would be a big help in really giving the mix a lot of breathing room, but since I've got 4 tracks if I wanted to do mono drums and stereo guitar, I will have to do atleast 1 mixdown to get everything in unless I want to use channels 5 and 6 to add live instrumentals during mixdown, which sounds like a pain in the ass to me.

HaydenAsche · 09.28.2006, 02:09 PM

What are you recording on? I always use a computer.

Gogogonorrhea · 09.28.2006, 02:17 PM

Maybe http://www.electrical.com/phpBB2 could help.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 09.28.2006, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by hypertonic

me too....my four track hasn't been used for ages...although sometimes i do like to pretend I'm gonna use it again...

it's just nice on a computer cos you got no limits...

I like limits. Keeps me on track and teaches me how to work within them.

I'm afraid of getting snubbed by the electrical audio guys because Ripfrey did.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 09.28.2006, 04:14 PM

shit! I totally forgot to check yr songs out. Sorry.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 09.28.2006, 04:40 PM

OH BTW, electrical forums are essentially a bunch of assholes. Ripfrey is right. I shouldn't have posted at all.

porkmarras · 09.28.2006, 04:41 PM

Sheriff Rhys Chatham, you cant even recognize guitars from the real thing.

Style · 09.29.2006, 04:15 AM

http://www.futureproducers.com maybe?

CHOUT · 09.29.2006, 04:22 AM

experiment, experiment, experiment.

That's mostly how I learned my modest recording techniques.

I could offer you advice if you wish, but my ears are not yours.

My man Max is pretty fucking talented when it comes to recording. Maybe he'll come in and offer his wisdom. He's very modest, but his Recs Of The Flesh recs sound phenonimal.

Glice · 09.29.2006, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

I am actually fairly useless in this department; my bandmate is the engineer of the group.
The only advice I can offer is to invest in a variety of high-quality mics.
Makes a world of difference having the right mic for the right job.

I've been tempted to hire people in my band on the basis of having recording know how. That's the problem with having talented musicians, they tend to entirely forgoe all the gack involving electricity. The only problem I find is getting 'producers' (which at this stage is just mates with 16-tracks/ DATs/ Fancy ribbon mikes) who're sympathetic to ideas like not close-miking drums (I really hate that except for with tuned percussion, which we use rarely).

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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Listen to my stuff, www.myspace.com/jsdunnmusic and make suggestions as to how I could get it to sound better. My mixing technique as well as suggestions of how to record. I'm going to take these 4 songs and rerecord them and try to mix them so that the drums are clear and very snappy, vocals don't get lost or too high in the mix, guitars sound huge (I like the way on these recordings that in 3/4 of the songs they are like chainsaws in the way that they cut through, but I'd rather have the guitar parts sound really big and really have all the texture in my guitar tones come out instead of having them dominate a small real estate of bandwidth) and the bass just accentuate the lows without dominating too much. I'm thinking going stereo would be a big help in really giving the mix a lot of breathing room, but since I've got 4 tracks if I wanted to do mono drums and stereo guitar, I will have to do atleast 1 mixdown to get everything in unless I want to use channels 5 and 6 to add live instrumentals during mixdown, which sounds like a pain in the ass to me.
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HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	What are you recording on? I always use a computer. __________________ rip
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Gogogonorrhea little trouble girl Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 84	Maybe http://www.electrical.com/phpBB2 could help. __________________ "If there's one kind of piracy I hate, it's conspiracy."
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	OH BTW, electrical forums are essentially a bunch of assholes. Ripfrey is right. I shouldn't have posted at all.
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Style stalker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Califronia Posts: 418	http://www.futureproducers.com maybe?
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CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	experiment, experiment, experiment. That's mostly how I learned my modest recording techniques. I could offer you advice if you wish, but my ears are not yours. My man Max is pretty fucking talented when it comes to recording. Maybe he'll come in and offer his wisdom. He's very modest, but his Recs Of The Flesh recs sound phenonimal. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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