The last session I recorded was for a three piece band called Frank's Lil Beauties. We came together to track a cover of Rancid's Maxwell Murder, and I mixed the song as well. The band consisted of Aaron James on bass/vocals, Sam Waldvogel on guitar/vocals, and Matt Diuk on drums. The session ended up being pretty straightfoward, aside from some small headphone issues, we ended up tracking both the guitar and bass DI into the two API 512 preamps. The bass went in without any processing, while the guitar went in through a distortion pedal; both were recorded right in the control room. The drums were miked in an XY stereo pattern, snare top, kick, kick beater recorded all the way inside the drum, toms, hihat, and a room mic. The vocals were recorded in the control room as well. Both Aaron and Sam decided that they would rather record in the control room instead of the live room. Since the song is only about a minute 30 seconds long, the session went by relatively quickly.
When mxing the song I used the original as my A-B track. So I went for the overall vibe of the song while also trying new things to the mix that the original didn't have. I threw a different reverb on the snare and guitar. I also double tracked the guitars as well with different distortion patterns in each and panned them out a little. I also added a slight distortion to the bass and both vocal tracks as well. The vocals also have a slight delay in the choruses as well that sounds more like a chorus-y reverb, as well as panning each vocal in the opposite side in the beginning of each chorus. Unfortunately I was not able to take pictures of this awesome session, but you can listen to the mix on my soundcloud, here and below.
When mxing the song I used the original as my A-B track. So I went for the overall vibe of the song while also trying new things to the mix that the original didn't have. I threw a different reverb on the snare and guitar. I also double tracked the guitars as well with different distortion patterns in each and panned them out a little. I also added a slight distortion to the bass and both vocal tracks as well. The vocals also have a slight delay in the choruses as well that sounds more like a chorus-y reverb, as well as panning each vocal in the opposite side in the beginning of each chorus. Unfortunately I was not able to take pictures of this awesome session, but you can listen to the mix on my soundcloud, here and below.
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