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08-16-2007, 04:06 PM
|  | t h u n d e r f u c k e r | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Of Heaven
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| | | BIG sound
MY guitarist and I are working on a little side project at the moment, kinda super heavy doom/drone a la Melvins/Sunn/Earth.
Our big problem at the moment is capturing "bigness" on recordings. We seem perfectly capable of making amps and stuff make real big noise, and that's pretty cool, but, just can't seem to get it when we record the stuff to computer. As for the setup, I record my bass via a Behringer DI box, and Carsten plays his guitar through a mic'd up Fender DeVille 4x10 combo with a Shure SM-57. We play in C, use neck pickups, big fuzzy distortions etc.
Any tips for either A- getting the "front end" right eg. mics, techniques etc; or B - using post-production techniques to kinda expand the sound?
Also: anyone know if a Marshall JCM800/Plexi head would run ok into an Ampeg 4ohm 8x10 cab? Or would they have to run into an 8ohm cab?
Cheers. |
08-16-2007, 07:06 PM
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| | | You need to mic the bass cab to get big bass sound. And multi track so there's not just one guitar...
And record 24 bit, 48kHz. |
08-16-2007, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by bigmuff  MY guitarist and I are working on a little side project at the moment, kinda super heavy doom/drone a la Melvins/Sunn/Earth. | GO YOU
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08-16-2007, 09:13 PM
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| | I'd just limit it all so it distorts like crap  |
08-22-2007, 08:25 PM
| | t h u n d e r f u c k e r | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Of Heaven
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| | | I think I'm just gonna give up and just mic up my washing machine, and stick a sub-harmonic plugin on it.
That would be kinda cool.
Right? |
09-01-2007, 08:10 PM
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| | Have you tried adding a "chorus" effect? Another idea would be to use a "hall" reverb effect along with a quick closing gate effect on the compressor. (Sort of like how they did the drums in "Some like it hot" and "Caught a lite sneeze"  |
09-01-2007, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Strict Measures if you just want big guitars then set em' up that way. boss heavy metal distortuion pedal, brand new glow plugs in your amp, and good strings on a good guitar- with at least 3 pickups- or one double pickup- then try it. i don't even play or anything- just seen it done so much- and that's how it's done. and if you got 3 equalizer knobs on you amp- then turn the high all the way down and turn the mid and low all the way up get that weak ass treble shit out. | you're meant to do the opposite actually.
and what was that shit about not playing C? your advice is shitty  |
09-02-2007, 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Strict Measures if you just want big guitars then set em' up that way. boss heavy metal distortuion pedal, brand new glow plugs in your amp, and good strings on a good guitar- with at least 3 pickups- or one double pickup- then try it. i don't even play or anything- just seen it done so much- and that's how it's done. and if you got 3 equalizer knobs on you amp- then turn the high all the way down and turn the mid and low all the way up get that weak ass treble shit out. | Yeah. You can tell you don't play. Shut the fuck up now and spam another thread with 47 useless replies. Next time you have an after-thought use the fucking edit button.
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