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upload image- Ok, so if you'd told fear factory fanboi teenage/twentiesvl me that one day I'd have this is tell you you were pulling my leg, but, this...
- Ghost have released details of their new album, Skeleta, and first single Satanized. Not sure how Ghost are received on this forum, but...
- DerekS reacted to M3CHK1LLA's post in the thread Ye Olde Metalheads Thread (post up if your 30 yrs +) with
Like. Wow...came across my olde thread from 2013! Crazy how times and music has changed in 12 years. Thought it would be fun to revive this... - DerekS reacted to Dayn's post in the thread Ye Olde Metalheads Thread (post up if your 30 yrs +) with Like. Well I fit the thread now. What's changed? I have money. Now if I say "I want that", it's a threat. For better and worse.
- DerekS reacted to jaxadam's post in the thread Ye Olde Metalheads Thread (post up if your 30 yrs +) with Like. I have been going back and listening to some older stuff lately. I wonder if it’s because my kids are starting to get into music and...
- DerekS reacted to wheresthefbomb's post in the thread Ye Olde Metalheads Thread (post up if your 30 yrs +) with Like. my musical taste has gotten progressively both weirder and poppier... same with my playing I guess. I obsess a lot less over tone and...
- DerekS replied to the thread Ye Olde Metalheads Thread (post up if your 30 yrs +).I'll bite. I'm turning 50 tomorrow. Interestingly, I'm playing guitar better now than ever; have actually developed a regular practice...
- DerekS replied to the thread SM57 placement.One thing I'd also add (that may help) would be to get a strip of masking tape and use a ruler and a sharpie to mark out 1" spaces on...
- So far the tracks sound pretty great. The best way to find a sound that YOU like is to loop a guitar track and move the microphone...
- But it's also a "safe" mic, and by that I mean it's just a good, dependable option for an electric guitar, and if you can't get...
- that's the beauty of recording Do some testing until you find something that pleases you.Trial and error.
- That MAY work for you - for lead sounds lately I've found that comes out a little muffled for me and I get a more "open" sound back an...
- This stuff is SO subjective. But, at a minimum, you're doing two things (IMO) right - 1) you're using a SM57. Everyone's got their own...
- That sounds fine to me. IMO to really get the full "picture" of what your mic placement is doing, double track and hard pan them like...
