Eric H. wrote on Wed, 06 May 2009 17:49 |
Abuse of Autotune on the lead voc?
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Not an ounce of Autotune.
There is Melodyne, and I promise it was executed with a great deal of competence.
With regards to the overheads, these are more "cymbal" mics than full-kit overheads. The kit sound during tracking was built around the close room mics and spot mics. The OHs were compressed with a pair of 1176s - which I thought worked well for this song.
The Kick is another story. The kick and toms were an early sixties ludwig kit- chosen for another song that needed a more vintage sound. Efforts were made to make the Ludwigs more aggressive for this song, with varying degrees of success (I think the kick sounds better than the toms). And no, it wasn't a Beta52, smartypants.
There is no set tempo, as the band recorded without a click. They were good enough to, so why not? Anywhere between 110bpm and 116bpm should get you close enough for setting delays.
The snare and kick waveforms ARE clipped. They were compressed with an LT Sound CLX-2. If you ever work in Nashville, you'll see them all over the place. They do that to drums. I don't know why. I've noticed it, but don't really care because that thing just rules.
Anyway, I'm glad you're all enjoying this. It was a fun project. Unfortunately, the band is not on tour with anyone. They broke up about a month after finishing this.
And J, it will be nice to have you in town.
A picture...