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Submitted by anonymous on

What does a producer look for in a demo?



"I want to know everything that we possibly can about what's going on. I want to see a photo. Also, I want to know how the demo was recorded and what it was recorded with."







Why is that?



Howdya get that washed out drum machine sound?

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Submitted by Bear's Gone Fission on

I've been wondering about the sort of sound where you know you're listening to a drum machine and it's crappy in a cool, fuzzy, fizzy lo-fi way.



That Primitive Radio Gods hit, "standing outside yada yada", is the most comercial example I can think of, but refence points for me would be the first Satchell album and the Twilight Singers album.



Distressor Trick

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Submitted by e-cue on

If you want more bite to your distressor for electric guitar, bass, even vocal- do not plug anything into the stereo link on the back of the unit. Then set the front of the unit to DIS2 (which I'm told boosts even-ordered harmonics) & put it in LINK mode. It adds more distortion. Sometimes the DIS3 works better depending on the instrument.