Recently, a couple of other engineers and I tracked a friend of mine, Ryan Hunter, a guitar player and vocalist, here at Capital University. The session went well for the most part. There was the inevitable troubleshooting issues, but we got through them. Patching through to the external preamps was probably the hardest part, but in the end we decided to just go through the board's internal preamps instead.
We set up levels through the board into Pro Tools as usual. The mikes we used were AKG 414 and Rode NT2. We set up two of the AKG 414s in an XY recording technique for a stereo image on the guitar for the rhythm section. Then the Rode NT2 for a mono image for the lead guitar section.
We did a few practice sessions before making any takes, then finally got to recording. We were in the studio from 8 - 11 pm for this session, and it honestly went well aside from one minor slip up on the chorus that I fixed later in the mixing session. Below are some pictures of the recording session.
We set up levels through the board into Pro Tools as usual. The mikes we used were AKG 414 and Rode NT2. We set up two of the AKG 414s in an XY recording technique for a stereo image on the guitar for the rhythm section. Then the Rode NT2 for a mono image for the lead guitar section.
We did a few practice sessions before making any takes, then finally got to recording. We were in the studio from 8 - 11 pm for this session, and it honestly went well aside from one minor slip up on the chorus that I fixed later in the mixing session. Below are some pictures of the recording session.
Mixing & Final Mix
The mixing process was a little more simple (in my eyes) than the recording process. First I got a good pan and volume level going before diving head first into this mix. Then I start with a single band high pass filter on the guitars to try and get out the external headphone bleed.
The main mix includes a 7-Band EQ, compressor, Futzbox distortion plugin, and a bypassed reverb plugin on the drums. Then the rhythm guitars received 2 1-Band EQs, 2 compressors, D-Verb -- reverb -- plugin, and a ModDelay -- delay -- plugin. Finally, the lead guitar received a 1-Band and 7-Band EQ, BF-76 compressor, the same D-Verb plugin as the rhythm guitars, and a Chorus plugin on top of that. You can see my mix and edit windows inside ProTools below. You can listen to the final mix here.
The main mix includes a 7-Band EQ, compressor, Futzbox distortion plugin, and a bypassed reverb plugin on the drums. Then the rhythm guitars received 2 1-Band EQs, 2 compressors, D-Verb -- reverb -- plugin, and a ModDelay -- delay -- plugin. Finally, the lead guitar received a 1-Band and 7-Band EQ, BF-76 compressor, the same D-Verb plugin as the rhythm guitars, and a Chorus plugin on top of that. You can see my mix and edit windows inside ProTools below. You can listen to the final mix here.
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