***The Official Home Recording Studio Thread***

[ShortWarning]

TBH you can get cracking tone from a 5w amp. Depending on the room, sometimes having a huge amp/stack can work against you, especially if you're trying to push the amp hard. One of the best tricks in smaller rooms is to have the guitar amp as quiet as you can possibly get away with. This way the energy from the amp/speakers isn't lighting the room up and muddying the tone. You get a much more focused sound as a result.

As for the HD upgrade - that little lot was north of £10k

I've got a pretty decent tone from it tbh. I'm just going to use it to give me options.

It has a pass through too so I could di and record the amp at the same time.

 

[easyrider]

Very nice!

Must have cost a few quid.

My only hardware purchase is a countryman DI.

I think I'll be able to get better guitar tones via software than a 5w combo.

Have a friend coming in to track some vocals on Saturday, should be good.

TBH you can get cracking tone from a 5w amp. Depending on the room, sometimes having a huge amp/stack can work against you, especially if you're trying to push the amp hard. One of the best tricks in smaller rooms is to have the guitar amp as quiet as you can possibly get away with. This way the energy from the amp/speakers isn't lighting the room up and muddying the tone. You get a much more focused sound as a result.

As for the HD upgrade - that little lot was north of £10k

I have a few smaller amps in my studio...In fact I have just finished my dual Amp wall

I'll post pics tonight.

Lowe is right you don't need masses of volume to get big sound from small amps

Layla was recorded using a 3-watt tweed Fender Champ combo from the 1950s

10 Huge Sounds Recorded on Small Amps

http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/10-huge-sounds-recorded-521.aspx

small is better in the studio...I have a 1970's Fender Champ all valve and its sounds incredible with my Deluxe strat

 

[ancientmariner]

I have cleard out all of my old setup and am down to a kemper and focusrite 2i2. Never been happier

 

[easyrider]

I have cleard out all of my old setup and am down to a kemper and focusrite 2i2. Never been happier

pics?

 

[ancientmariner]

pics?

Sure, will throw some up later

 

[Nitefly]

I don't understand the equipment but I do find this thread fascinating! Interesting stuff.

 

[easyrider]

Fender Blues Deluxe
Fender Champ
Fender Super champ XD
2 x Vox 15R


Buzz Electronics made me this pedal that allows me to drive 4 amps at the same time and switch between them

 

[SexyGreyFox]

But have you tuned the drums yet?

 

[easyrider]

But have you tuned the drums yet?

Yeah mate

 

[SexyGreyFox]

But the bass drum looks flat on the floor (1" rise at the front), no front skin and you've got blankets in it!

 

[easyrider]

But the bass drum looks flat on the floor (1" rise at the front), no front skin and you've got blankets in it!

Yep

Its raised at the front....No front skin and a blanket in it

It's the sound I want

If it sounds good then it is....That is one thing I have learnt in this process...

There are no rules in recording....

The foo fighters recorded snares with tea towels draped on the drums...

 

[Lowe]

Goes to show what a difference it can make.

That snare was driving me mad though, the shell resonance was making me reach for an 'air EQ'

 

[easyrider]

Goes to show what a difference it can make.

That snare was driving me mad though, the shell resonance was making me reach for an 'air EQ'

Ring can be funky but not too much!

 

[ShortWarning]

Been working on another track with my buddy. Going to finalise it on Thursday so any criticism is much appreciated!

https://soundcloud.com/projectmay/final-mix/s-Z8kWC

*There is 1 swear word in the track, if this isn't allowed here I'll take it down.

I know this is a pictures thread really but I keep on forgetting to take them every time I record!! Haha.

 

[Lowe]

Anyone been doing any recording recently?

I'm helping a friend track an 5 song EP, last session today if all goes well. It's sounding well so far.

 

[ShortWarning]

Sure have.

https://soundcloud.com/projectmay/we-fought-broken-words

That's the newest thing.

Have something else in the works that we'll be working on this weekend. I WILL remember to take pictures for this pictures thread.

Will you be posting up any samples?

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Sure have.

https://soundcloud.com/projectmay/we-fought-broken-words

Nice, like that acoustic sound.

 

[ShortWarning]

Nice, like that acoustic sound.

Thanks! I'd recorded it really badly, I may as well have put the mic inside the body (live and learn). Took a lot of messing to get it sounding okay.

I picked up a Slate VMS system which I tested at the weekend:

https://soundcloud.com/projectmay/simply-cal/s-oFg3W

This was a quick 10 min job at the end of a writing session (no editing or anything). There are a few bum notes, I haven't tuned it. Recorded the accoustic and the vocals with it. It picked up quite a lot of my (poor sounding) room but that's unsurprising for a condenser. I'll spend more time trying to set up a makeshift "vocal booth" next time. The vocal just has some compression, eq, slight distorion/harmonics, delay. Still sounds pretty sweet though I think.

 

[easyrider]

Thanks! I'd recorded it really badly, I may as well have put the mic inside the body (live and learn). Took a lot of messing to get it sounding okay.

I record acoustic with two mics

One about 12 inches from guitar pointing at the 12th fret

The other the same distance overhead pointing directly down between saddle and sound hole

works well

 

[Lt_Red]

Anyone been doing any recording recently?

Have a few on the back burner but recently completed two. I say completed but these things are never complete "only abandoned"...

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