Recording question. How to sound like a pro.

[born_hard]

Unless I missed it, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned mastering. It makes a big difference for the mix as a whole, and it's individual components, including guitars.

Yes, thump is coming from mastering more than anything, especially if you like the guitars as is.
Do a low cut on almost everything: guitars cut up to 60>120
Bass guitar low cut below 30 with a dip around 80 to make room for the ...
Kick drum cut with 80 being its spot
Everything else you can basically put a blanket low cut on around 80-120 until you get used to it

Then master it and the lows boosted wlll sound tight and clear without the mud
I love the new Stealth Master Plug from TRacks, it is awesome and not too much $

which Stealth Master Plug ?
http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/ca ... ly-t-racks

 

[155]

Unless I missed it, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned mastering. It makes a big difference for the mix as a whole, and it's individual components, including guitars.

there you go....people act like they do nothing to their clips....bullshit its mastered to sound like that...

 

[sixstringking713]

Great sounding guitars are often thinner and have less gain than one might think.

I think you would get a better answer if you showed us some specific clips.

This x10. What sounds great in a mix is NOT what sounds great by yourself in the bedroom. They also have way less gain than you think they have.

+1

 

[HilltopExplosion]

Unless I missed it, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned mastering. It makes a big difference for the mix as a whole, and it's individual components, including guitars.

there you go....people act like they do nothing to their clips....bullshit its mastered to sound like that...

When you say "Mastered" are you talking about adding fx,eq, compression etc to the master track, or this.. V

Unless I missed it, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned mastering. It makes a big difference for the mix as a whole, and it's individual components, including guitars.

Yes, thump is coming from mastering more than anything, especially if you like the guitars as is.
Do a low cut on almost everything: guitars cut up to 60>120
Bass guitar low cut below 30 with a dip around 80 to make room for the ...
Kick drum cut with 80 being its spot
Everything else you can basically put a blanket low cut on around 80-120 until you get used to it

Then master it and the lows boosted wlll sound tight and clear without the mud
I love the new Stealth Master Plug from TRacks, it is awesome and not too much $

which Stealth Master Plug ?
<span class="skimlinks-unlinked">http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/cat-view.php?C=family-t-racks</span>

 

[HilltopExplosion]

Great sounding guitars are often thinner and have less gain than one might think.

I think you would get a better answer if you showed us some specific clips.

This x10. What sounds great in a mix is NOT what sounds great by yourself in the bedroom. They also have way less gain than you think they have.

+1

I am doing 4 tracks, 2 from 1 v30 on the left with sm57 and 2 on the right with heil pr30, I'm trying different levels of gain to see how it compares to the 4 I already have done at what I would normally play at to see what happens.. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Bob Savage]

Unless I missed it, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned mastering. It makes a big difference for the mix as a whole, and it's individual components, including guitars.

there you go....people act like they do nothing to their clips....bullshit its mastered to sound like that...

You cannot master a humdrum mix into excellence, however, I agree completely about mastering. It's historically a very specialized art that starts with the engineer designing his room and gear compliment, of course preceded by the ears of the mastering engineer. It seems to be on the verge of being a lost art particularly in today's world of being louder than the last.

In any event, my advice to the OP is to study up. There are tons of articles on the web about engineering and mixing effectively but in the end, if you want "that pro thump and grind" then focus on your band (you'll need a smoking rhythm section to start), get tight and save up so you can afford a known great recording studio, mixing studio and mastering engineer. <burp>