Hog Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 I'm trying to get a home studio set up on my PA using Adobe Audition 3.Basically, I use a drum machine, Line 6 UX2 and microphone.I'm needing someone to show me a bit about compression, mixing and preferably how to use Plugins (especially for making choirs and mega epic layering of vocals)Would pay someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Victory Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 sounds tempting but i generaly just click and hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeid Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Internet and lots of reading/trial and error. You'll find good info at the Sneap forum on the Ultimate Metal boards. They're a bit unforgiving with n00bs, but if you do a lot reading before asking questions, they'll be generally helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 I see a gap in the market. There must be someone out there with good enough skills to teach and what with everyone using software to make music nowadays, there would be money to be made. Get on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHand Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 There are some basic rules to follow to get decent sounds for the different instruments you want to record. Trial and error is a good way to go but base it at least on a little knowledge by reading about the topic.I'm a complete novice but I think stuff I do is passable. Happy recording Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Indeed there is a gap in the market.I would be happy to treat it like guitar lessons i.e. pay for tuition.If I had the time for trial and error that would be great but I work around 80 hours per week.Would be really ideal if someone could just show me the basics behind vst plugins, compression, eq etc.Anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ca_gere Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Indeed there is a gap in the market.I would be happy to treat it like guitar lessons i.e. pay for tuition.If I had the time for trial and error that would be great but I work around 80 hours per week.Would be really ideal if someone could just show me the basics behind vst plugins, compression, eq etc.Anyone?So would I actually. Last week it took me countless hours trying to figure out how to assign sliders and knobs on a midi controller to the controls of just one VST instrument and even after raking through pages on the internet it wasn't easy to find answers. Are there any MIDI/DAW experts that use this site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 I've done it too, but I can't remember anything about how plugins work.Hog - check out articles on Home: Sound On Sound music recording technology magazine for advice on compression, EQ and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Indeed there is a gap in the market.I would be happy to treat it like guitar lessons i.e. pay for tuition.If I had the time for trial and error that would be great but I work around 80 hours per week.Would be really ideal if someone could just show me the basics behind vst plugins, compression, eq etc.Anyone? Setting up the software/hardware can be taught. More subjective stuff like EQ. compression etc is best learned by trial and error. Take compression as an example. There are very few controls to learn the function of and there's plenty articles on the interweb to do that. There's also plenty of places that'll show you good starting points for particular instruments in particular genres. After that it's all subjective and depends very much on your source material and intended result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Basically I would love to have something resembling this..YouTube - The Devin Townsend Project - NumberedLayers and layers but not so chaotic that you can't make out what's going on. I love wall of sound.Devin recorded this album for around $12000 including practice space, flights for the female guest vocalist, photography, artwork.I know he "red-lights" the compression to avoid the layers sounding like mush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHand Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Basically I would love to have something resembling this..YouTube - The Devin Townsend Project - NumberedLayers and layers but not so chaotic that you can't make out what's going on. I love wall of sound.Devin recorded this album for around $12000 including practice space, flights for the female guest vocalist, photography, artwork.I know he "red-lights" the compression to avoid the layers sounding like mush.Like the sound of that, epic!If you were using Cubase I'd show you what I know for nothing, I just do it for fun. It's getting familiar with your software that is the hard part and is the time consuming bit initially. I'm not up on midi but pretty sure that's not what you're after. Once you have your source material mixing it using plugins for processing is a lot about just using your ears. That and having good plugins to use. Not saying I'm great at it but would be able to give you a leg up. Same with you Ca_Gear when you get back from France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted November 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 That would be awesome! Shall PM you:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHand Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 That would be awesome! Shall PM you:up:Do it. I've got a bit more time up til xmas so would be better for me to do it sooner rather than later I've got some toys you might enjoy playing with too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HairyScaryMark Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Last I heard there were Recording Classes in the evenings at Bridge of Don Gordon Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan G Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Agree greatly with Jeid and Ian on this one.Mixing and engineering is something that takes a lot of trial and error and the development of a good ear. It's not something that can be learned quickly.EQ is everything, and it's worth reading up as much on that as possible - to understand exactly where and why you need to create space in the mix for various instruments. Same goes for compression; it's an amazing tool but utterly dangerous/useless in the hands of someone who doesn't know why or where to use it.If you're serious about recording, you really need to spend hours/weeks/years researching and learning as much as possible. Experimenting and then understanding yourself will help you greatly in the long run. I'd heavily recommend the Sneap forums, like Jeid says. Don't burst in with noob questions like "how do you get a good guitar tone?" etc etc. Instead scan every page of threads from the very start (about 2002/03!) and read all the threads that seem like they will answer your questions. I did this a couple of years ago and it was beyond helpful.Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted November 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2009 Cheers Dan:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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