Hey all,
So sharing my first ever “soup to nuts” effort at recording a full proper song on my Model 12.
Process was to track my band on the model 12 in two steps:
Guitar - SM57 on amp (Fender delux)
Bass - DI to track 7/8 from amp (Ampeg V4B has a very nice DI)
Keys - Direct to 9/10
Drums- kick and 2 overheads (all SM57... this will be adjusted to kick+snare+overheads for my next effort)
Vocals were then added via SM58 as a second take while monitoring the band’s effort. We did 3 tries before deciding this take was as OK to use even though the drummer broke a stick halfway thru.
Later I then brought the all tracks into Mixbus6 to re-EQ and “finish” (I am not master enough to call it mastering). While the initial mix down on the Tascam was decent, after I played for quite a while with detailed EQ and compression, and some verb and delay, the Mixbus version won the bands OK to post as a teaser:
https://hometownunknown.bandcamp.com/track/madhouse-drive
VERY open to critiques here; the gift of feedback will not go unappreciated.
We are getting to work on 5 more original songs out via the above process to Comprise our band’s debut “album” in a month or so...
this isn’t a money effort, just a desire to share what we created in this crazy time, before some
of us get too old...
Hope you enjoy.
So sharing my first ever “soup to nuts” effort at recording a full proper song on my Model 12.
Process was to track my band on the model 12 in two steps:
Guitar - SM57 on amp (Fender delux)
Bass - DI to track 7/8 from amp (Ampeg V4B has a very nice DI)
Keys - Direct to 9/10
Drums- kick and 2 overheads (all SM57... this will be adjusted to kick+snare+overheads for my next effort)
Vocals were then added via SM58 as a second take while monitoring the band’s effort. We did 3 tries before deciding this take was as OK to use even though the drummer broke a stick halfway thru.
Later I then brought the all tracks into Mixbus6 to re-EQ and “finish” (I am not master enough to call it mastering). While the initial mix down on the Tascam was decent, after I played for quite a while with detailed EQ and compression, and some verb and delay, the Mixbus version won the bands OK to post as a teaser:
https://hometownunknown.bandcamp.com/track/madhouse-drive
VERY open to critiques here; the gift of feedback will not go unappreciated.
We are getting to work on 5 more original songs out via the above process to Comprise our band’s debut “album” in a month or so...
this isn’t a money effort, just a desire to share what we created in this crazy time, before some
of us get too old...
Hope you enjoy.