Hey Chris, It's difficult to advise you not having your gear and I'm somewhere along the same journey as you but +30db of gain on your mike?? that sounds like it would clip a whole bunch to me, so turn that down and try again. Just a thought.
G On 10/6/11, Chris Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want a project to play round with for a while, try this. > > It's one I recorded on my gear at home, using a DI'd faith guitar, a > Sure (however you spell it) SM58, all going through a M-Audio Mobile > Pree, which cost me £150, into my Macbook Pro 13, using a Euphonix MC2 > mixing desk to mix with, and a pair of M-Audio something or others > monitors. I got it all from DV247.com, not sure if they apply to > America as well, but I'm in England, so hey! :P > > Anyways, here's th link, and I'm afraid it falls under the catigory of > "almost dog crap", and my voice is quite heavily autotuned, because I > had a bitch of a sore throat the day I did the vocals. > > That said, we had fun recording it, and it's the first thing I did in > PT, so it's quite close to my heart! LOL. > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4219494/Early%20Morning%20Rain.zip > > Give it some time to upload, then it'll be there. > > On 06/10/2011, Christopher-Mark Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: >> If possible, can you at least have a listen to my version of You Don't >> count >> the Cost I did with my multi-mix? If you know how to get the vocals for a >> definite! at least slightly more less clippy, that's my main goal right >> now >> for starters. The weird thing is, it doesn't sound all that clipity until >> I >> mix the track down to either an mp3 or wave. >> >> The clipping's there before, but not quite as bad. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kevin Reeves" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:49 PM >> Subject: Re: Bad quality: I just don't get it! >> >> >> Hey man. It doesn't matter what you use. That record you heard was done on >> a >> cheap $600 001 interface with a $200 mic. When I cut drums, I hired guys >> who >> were great engineers. They weren't big names, just some guys from a small >> town in Illinois. However, they knew how to dial the drums in. Then, I had >> it mixed by our own Slau. He knows how to dial it in. Would he have >> preferred that my stuff be tracked on better gear so he didn't have to >> doctor it up as much or do tons of subtractive EQ? Probably. But he took >> what he had and knew how to make it sound like a million bucks. What makes >> it sound clear is how you use it. Tons of folks are doing industry >> standard >> stuff in Sonar, logic, garageband, etc. It's all 0's and 1's. Obviously a >> Pro Tools HD rig running at 192 K will sound better than a $200 interface >> at >> 44.1 16, but that's minor. It's literally how you employ the tools you >> have. >> I've spent over 13 years messing with this stuff to get the sounds I want. >> When I first started out, everything I did sounded like dog crap. The >> trick, >> get something that's easy for you to use, learn the hell out of it, and >> record record record. You'll throw away about 90 percent of what you >> record. >> THen 80, 70, etc. As you get better acquainted with your stuff, the more >> you'll like what you record. After 13 years, I know how to dial it in. >> It's >> that simple, and hard, all at the same time. Sorry to be such a downer, >> but >> I feel bad that someone put it in your head that getting another piece of >> software would make you sound better. I use Pro Tools because it's my rig >> of >> choice. Go listen to stuff by Goldfingas, http://www.goldfingas.com, or >> have >> Brian Smart send you something he did in Sonar. That stuff sounds amazing. >> Hell. I've got stuff I tracked in Sonar while I had that rig. My pro tools >> rig sounds better to me than my sonar rig did. Not because it's Pro TOols, >> but because I know how to dial Pro Tools in. That's the ticket. In short, >> learn your rig. You're jumping from board to board without really learning >> it. Don't go for bells and whistles. If I were you, I'd get a Mackie Onyx >> if >> you can grab the smaller one. That mixer is so easy to use and integrates >> right into Pro TOols. No effects, no nothing. Just an analog board with a >> fully digital back end. Then, open every pro tools plugin and see what it >> does. Move every knob in the window till you figure out how it makes it >> sound. Use presets if you have to. You'll find what you need after a >> while. >> Again, sorry to piss on your parade, but that's the true honest answer. >> You >> have to just do it to get through it. Trust me. I've hated stuff I've >> recorded and wanted to sell everything off. It's just part of this >> journey. >> Good luck. >> >> Kevin= >> >> > > > -- > Take care, > > Chris Norman. > > <!-- [email protected] --> >
