romanianreaper
Well-known member
All,
I've been doing recordings for years (since the early 90's) primarily doing instrumentals of my playing and handling all of the duties myself. I do the guitar, bass, lead guitar, and even drums (got back into that recently). I started out with Cakewalk years ago and use Reaper now. Love how easy it is and does what I need it to do.
What I need help with is BASIC stuff that can help give my recordings a bit of polish or to help me avoid pitfalls (too much bass, etc.) or just tricks people use that are simple solutions. Things like "Always set the bass frequencies at ___" or "I always pan one guitar right at __ and one left at ___", etc.
I normally record a guitar part and have it at anywhere from 30 to 50% panned in a direction and then record a second panned the other way. I put a bass guitar track down and leave it up the middle and put drums on. I keep it pretty simple and don't like to obsess too much because I would rather just create. Don't get me wrong, I want it to sound awesome but not trying to get a Grammy.
I use EZMix 2 and does a great job of adding quick mastering things that add compression and various other tools. It is simple and straightforward. Any other tips that you guys use? Appreciate the help. I know there are a lot of folks here that have done serious recordings, etc over the years. Thanks! RR
I've been doing recordings for years (since the early 90's) primarily doing instrumentals of my playing and handling all of the duties myself. I do the guitar, bass, lead guitar, and even drums (got back into that recently). I started out with Cakewalk years ago and use Reaper now. Love how easy it is and does what I need it to do.
What I need help with is BASIC stuff that can help give my recordings a bit of polish or to help me avoid pitfalls (too much bass, etc.) or just tricks people use that are simple solutions. Things like "Always set the bass frequencies at ___" or "I always pan one guitar right at __ and one left at ___", etc.
I normally record a guitar part and have it at anywhere from 30 to 50% panned in a direction and then record a second panned the other way. I put a bass guitar track down and leave it up the middle and put drums on. I keep it pretty simple and don't like to obsess too much because I would rather just create. Don't get me wrong, I want it to sound awesome but not trying to get a Grammy.
I use EZMix 2 and does a great job of adding quick mastering things that add compression and various other tools. It is simple and straightforward. Any other tips that you guys use? Appreciate the help. I know there are a lot of folks here that have done serious recordings, etc over the years. Thanks! RR