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There were tracks recorded for each guitar part, a dynamic mic (Sennheiser MD-421) and a ribbon (T.Bone RB500, same as the Apex 210 mic). Here is the EQ setting for the first guitar (left channel): Decapitator to the rescue.įirst things first. There weren’t just problem frequencies, the sound needed a “shape” change. The overall “shape” of the tone needed work. The usual tool for the job is EQ find the nasty frequencies and cut them out. What to do with a guitar sound that isn’t working in the mix? This is one of those famous “fix it in the mix” scenarios. …and this is what the guitars sound like in the track:
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Here’s where we wound up after processing: To fit in the track, the tone needed to be warmed up a few degrees. that he used on this track led to a thin, harsh tone. Lachs (the singer and guitarist) had used just one mic setup for all the tracking (more on their tracking setup in later posts), and the combination of guitar, pedals, etc. In one of The Soundmills tunes, “You’re Wrong”, the guitar tones were not working in the track. I’d have to call it the “sleeper” of the bundle, which I had actually bought to get my hands on Echoboy and Crystallizer to satisfy my craving for the H-3000 D/SE I wish I hadn’t sold some years ago. I’ve been thoroughly impressed by the tone sculpting abilities of this plugin, however, and have found many, many more uses for it than simply creating fuzzy, overdriven sounds. I recently picked up the Soundtoys bundle, and had assumed that the Decapitator would be an extreme, mangle-your-sound kind of plugin. So stay tuned.īefore starting, I’d like to sing the praises of the Soundtoys “Decapitator” plugin.
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I’ll try to cook up some videos using a screen capture, too.
#Soundtoys decap series
When this project is done, I’ll do a series of posts where you can hear the basic tracks, and I’ll go through drum track prep, drum mixing, bass guitar tone, adding “real” sounding ambience to dry, close mic’ed tracks, and a lot more. Instead of waiting until the very end of the project, here’s a quick post to give you a feel for what the style will be here on this home recording blog. We keep improving, and some replacement performances recently came in, so things are somewhat behind schedule. It’s now more than a week into February, and I’m still not done with The Soundmills mixes.