Sshack, DD, Vipre, Blah Blah

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:53 pm

(I yanked this from Pro Gear)

OK,
Here's the unfinished piece we're workin' on - "Forever Your Way" by the current incarnation of The Green Goblyn Project (currently Xtian & me).

LINK

This is rough, no FX outside of a hall verb with I think a 2.6 second tail.
No EQ, a little compression, a lot of beer.

Mics used: 414, 81, 103, 57, 4033.

Preamps used: Vipre, Octopre, Crest HP8 (Console).

Don't expect too much from this, it's an EZ listening one, drums as an afterthought...

Enjoy!

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:18 am

Haven't listened to it but I like the sound of the beer.

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:29 am

Well.... have a pint and listen to the friggin' thing, then!

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 3:28 am

Link looked dead to me, I'll try again in an hour or so...

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:54 am

I really like the song Thumbs Up

. Mix it and post a link. Drums - yes, please - just cymbals (brushes) and kick (felt beater).

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:39 am

Nice stuff Bent! It sounds huge!

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:03 am

Yeah man...that's good. Nice and thick.
What were you using the Vipre and Octopre on?

Thanks.

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 4:31 pm

Really like the song. It has real potential. I'd like to hear more of the drums just to evaluate the mic/pre combinations, but I'd also like to hear more of the fills in the mix.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:22 am

Was 6am and I was done in when I posted the thing about the beer. Online gaming, eh...

Having now listened to it, I like. Real nice mellow song. Nice reverb, on the whole.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:31 pm

Wow, thanks guys!
Yet again I honestly didn't think there would be such a rush!

Almost makes me want to move on to the next song and call this one done...
Almost... Wink

I'll write more in a few hours when I'm not so tired from working a double.

Glad y'all like it!

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:09 pm

OK, here's the skinny, near as I can recall (almost a week ago, gimme a break!):

Guitar track:

414 3 or 4 inches off the neck, omni, flat, 0dB, through the Vipre, panned hard left.
Vipre settings: Lo cut, Input 600Ω, riding on the edge of (and hitting) clip.

4033 6 or so inches from the soundhole, through the Octopre, panned hard left.
Octopre settings: Just under clip, dynamics off, HPF off.

TLM103 in the left corner of the room near the door, in front of the other mics a few feet, run straight through the board, panned hard right.
Board settings: No EQ, HPF off, gain just over unity, pad out. This one was cranked so hot that it would take off if I soloed it.

Drums (that you barely hear, cuz that's what the song wants... So far):

414 on straight stand a few feet away from and just off centerline of kit, through Vipre.
Vipre settings: Input 300Ω, riding on the edge of (and hitting) clip (yep, there's a pattern here).

SM81 on mini boom, Flat, -10dB, aimed haphazardly toward kik about 4 feet away, run through Octopre, same settings as 4033 above.

The drums consist of the following:
Take one = Floor Tom and Kik
Take two = Ride and Crash
Take three = Rolls on the Floor Tom

Vocals:

All vox recorded with 414, mic at angle down and to left of Xtian's mouth, omni, 0dB, HPF on, through Vipre. Again the pattern - hitting just into clip. Impedence varies with flavor (i.e. I don't remember where I had switched the impedance setting at on which vocal track, I really gotta remember to take notes!)

On the lead tracks of vox he's alone in the booth, on the third his girlfriend and I are in the iso with him, saying random things, singing along, jingling keys, etc.

Oh, the shaker was recorded immediately following the drums with the same setup - gain changed to really slam that one into the box.

Also, there's a 57 in there somewhere with the scratch guitar - the track you can hear the breathing on at the beginning is the one (it was there for the scratch tracks (vox,etc...))

Seriously, I'm glad you guys dig it - I'm flattered!

We'll be adding more parts on Wednesday; if I get a final mix together I'll repost it in the Critique section so y'all can rip holes in it to your hearts content!

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