SpiderWars":2h1k7hjg said:
You've prob been asked before but can you give a quick run thru of your recording set up? Your clips always have a polished sound to them.
Thanks Spiderwars! I recently picked up some Adams t5v monitors for Christmas and that has made a drastic improvement for me on fine tuning/mixing.
My setup is:
RME UCX usb interface
Adams T5V monitors
Windows 10 with Reaper
Waves OneKnob Series vsts
Waves SSL E-Channel vst
Waves Bass Rider Plugin
Waves CLA Bass
Waves CLA MixDown
Addictive Drums 2
Ugritone midipacks
Here is a step by step how I normally record:
For guitars I like to record 3 tracks - Left pan 78% ish - Middle - Right pan 78% ish. To make them sound fuller I use a different IR for each track or for the Nameless suite I change the mic and move it a little per track.
For drums I use Addictive drums 2 and lately been using midi packs I got cheap from Ugritones. If I have time I'll turn on my Roland kit and just play along like with this track.
For Bass I plug straight in to the interface
Then I start working on levels
First thing I usually do is add the bass rider plugin to the bass track. It just auto levels it for me and then I add CLA bass and just mess with it a little. That plugin rocks for simple piano thrash bass sound
Then I solo the drums and bass tracks and balance their levels til sounds good
Then I Add a track and call it guitars and drag all 3 guitar tracks under it as sub directory tracks, this is just to make it quicker for balancing levels.
I switch the master track to mono, solo the guitar tracks only, then drop the middle guitar track down for the time being, pan then balance the left and right to matching levels, then slowly bring up the middle track til it fills in the sound without over powering the left and right track. Doing this in mono really helps for me.
While still in mono I take of solo and have all the tracks playing and adjust the guitars track without touching the sub guitar tracks til it sounds good with my bass and drums.
Take it off mono and see how everything sits and adjust if needed
Then I like to fine tune everything with the Waves OneKnob "Brighter", "Phatter" and "Louder" and Waves SSL E-Channel plugins.
I usually start with the drums, first tweak the snare, high hat and bass drum levels to taste in the drum software. Then I use the SSL E Channel to make it pop where needed. Literally going thru every knob and moving back n forth a little to adjust by ear.
Make sure the master track is in stereo then I do each guitar track, Left first I adjust the Louder plugin til the left side stands out just a bit, then adjust the brighter til I can hear just a little more detail (picking, finger sliding etc) then adjust the phatter if it needs a little more bottom end/beef to it. Then I do the right and adjust it a slightly different. So if the left is brighter I'll make the right a little less bright but beefier. The middle I usually just add a little bright to it and try to leave it from standing out too much in the mix.
Then I do the bass, then drums the same with the brighter, phatter and louder as needed til everything kind of stands out on its own.
Then last I use the same SSL E channel on the master track and adjust sparingly, then next in the chain I use CLA MixDown (the glue) and pick between setting 1 or 2 really, then use the brighter, louder and phatter again to taste which helps making everything louder overall.
I hope this makes sense... I took my time writing this up and its pretty much what I do
My kids and I are enjoying this quarantine, my wife on the other hand is trying to push this whole no electronics and play cards n shit vibe when she is at work and we are at home 
