EQ Magazine - March 2008 - (Page 9)

Bob Mould, with his fleet of amps, chilling in his home studio. EQ’S SOFTWARE TUTORIALS FREE The next thing I address is the temporal aspect. Again, as I use a lot of drone notes in my playing, I tend to stay away from reverbs, because they can muddy the sound. If I have a part that isn’t too busy, I may add a little plate reverb emulator, but, generally, I use delays 90 percent of the time. I like to stick with quarter-note and half-note delays that stay in time with the music. Do you ever add compression to your guitars? Yes. I like to introduce some harmonic action by adding a bit of compression. I’ll start with a typical guitar preset, and then adjust the parameters until it fits the performance. Preset compression sounds can be way too aggravating, so I find myself backing the settings off by 40 to 50 percent, and working with a ratio of around 3:1 or 4:1. I don’t want to be able to hear the compression breathing. Finally, I’ll throw on a limiter with a super-fast attack, a super-fast release, and a –2dB threshold. If I push the limiter too hard, it starts to color the low mids around 200Hz, so I don’t want any more than –5dB attenuation. Are there any other plug-ins that make your guitars stand out in the mix? If I have a mono guitar, I may use the DUY Wide Spatializer to spread them out further in the field. Also, the Chandler Abbey Road package emulates old Neve consoles/limiters, and I’ll use it to tighten up a track, and give it an older sound and feel. What advice would you give to someone who is trying to record at home? There’s something to be said about the purity of the first time you do something. You may make some sacrifices on sound because of that technique, but I find that the first time I do something is always the best—flaws and all. EQ, in conjunction with Keyboard, has posted 100 percent, totally free online educational software webinars complete with archived Q&A chats with hosts John Krogh and Jeff Anderson on the www.eqmag.com homepage. Direct links to these special offerings are as follows: John Krogh’s Propellerheads Reason 4 tutorial: www.visualwebcaster.com/ event.asp?id=44581 John Krogh’s Native Instruments Kontakt tutorial: www.visualwebcaster.com/ event.asp?id=44605 Jeff Anderson’s Digidesign Pro Tools 7.4 LE tutorial: www.visualwebcaster.com/ event.asp?id=44606 So get your butt in gear and go check them out. You’ll be glad you did. This Month on EQTV Join us at EQtv—EQ’s own video channel chock full of tips, tricks, tutorials, behind the scenes footage of some of the hottest sessions, and tons more. To check it out, visit www.eqmag.com and click the pretty little link, or go direct to www.eqmag.tv. You’ll be glad you did. This month you’ll see: How to Bake Tapes at Home: A Video Tutorial. Pimp My Studio: A Look Inside Rob Clivilles “Paradise Garage.” Room Tuning Tips with Studio Wizard John Storyk. AND TONS MORE!!! www.eqmag.com See exclusive footage of Uberzone at www.eqmag.tv. MARCH 2008 EQ 9 http://www.eqmag.com http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=44581 http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=44605 http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=44606 http://www.eqmag.com http://www.eqmag.tv http://www.eqmag.tv http://www.eqmag.com

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EQ Magazine - March 2008 Contents Talk Box Sounding Board Punch In Tool Box Dream Theater Nick Drake LO-FI Recording Tricks Guitar Trax Bass Managment Key Issues Drum Heads Vocal Cords Mix Bus Cheat Sheet Tascam Gigastudio 4 Cakewalk Sonar 7 Crane Song Avocet Cad Signature Series Mic Packs Waves GTR3 Kjaerhus MPL-1 Pro SE Ableton Live 7 Centrance Micport Pro, Tapco LINK.midi 4x4, Multi-Gigabyte USB 2.0 Memory Sticks Digital Redux Electrotech, Nine Volt Audio Action Drums, Big Fish Audio Hadeeth 2 Room with a VU

EQ Magazine - March 2008

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