Hey all...
OK, so this is a bit of a promotion thing, but bear with me. If any of you guys are getting into recording, the Spectre Sound Studios YouTube channel might be very useful. No, it's not mine - it's Glenn Fricker's channel (aka The Shouty Canadian). He's got a lot of great guides to recording (including tracking and mixing drums, which I've found to be a goldmine), and as a bonus he uses Reaper (a lot of people are starting out with it these days) and shows how he mixes drums and guitars using only free plugins.
You can find him here:
Spectre Sound StudiosHelpfully, he's put together a bunch of playlists for his tutorial videos too:
Playlists hereHe also runs competitions and giveaways, which are generally only for people who've signed up to his newsletter (which also has bonus unlisted videos). You can sign up here:
http://www.spectremedia.ca/newsletter-signup/In case anyone's wondering why I'm posting this...well, I think it's going to be useful for quite a few people, and he's been kind enough to give us a shout out a few times too so it only seems fair to return the favour.
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Heh...I think I'm going to be on Viewers' Comments this week too, and probably not in a good way
I do find that he's very insistent on the older ways of doing things ie focusing on getting the setup right so less has to be done in post. Which is great, because that's what I don't know
On the subject of that, he's writing up some guides for tracking/mixing/etc over the next few months, which will be available for free to all newsletter subscribers.
as I say, I'm a fan it's just the 'my way or the highway' thing kinda pangs .. my personal favorite is the recording revolution oh and warren huarts channel is awesome too ...
The best results are probably going to come from applying both. Personally, I have neither, which is why I always end up paying somebody else to do it for me
I did wonder who that was. Now I know.
Not sure what to do with this new found information.
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Regarding learning - If you're serious about learning I'd suggest recording a song from start to finish with a producer who has done stuff you like. I reckon I've spent about a decade trying to teach myself to not suck at music and I've learned more in less than a week's worth of time spread out with a few knowledgeable people than I learned on my own with books and YouTube.