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The Ask Jeph thread
Patrick:
So Jeph, you manage to get any of your stuff recorded with OMG REAL MICZ yet?
jeph:
--- Quote from: SWOON! at My Gravitas on 23 Nov 2009, 17:00 ---Dear Jeph,
Have you heard the new Krallice album?
If so, do you think it's better or worse than their self-titled?
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I've only listened it through a couple times but my initial impressions are that while it is very good, the songs are not as individually distinctive as the ones on the first record. Also I don't think they'll ever top Energy Chasms. The new growly vocals are cool though!
--- Quote from: Patrick on 25 Nov 2009, 04:58 ---So Jeph, you manage to get any of your stuff recorded with OMG REAL MICZ yet?
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Not to my satisfaction. The trouble with mic recording is that instead of turning on my POD, setting my software compression to its usual setting and being good to go, a tiny 1/2 inch difference in mic placement results in COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SOUND and instead of actually writing songs I spend four hours just fucking around with the microphones and obsessing about tone. I'm hoping once we move into our house (and I can run my amps full-up without disturbing neighbors) this will be less of an issue, but we'll see.
Heavyoak:
Hey Jeph,
Have you ever tried to draw in 3d? a 3d Hannelore would be awesome.
Patrick:
Heh. Have fun ever playing a gig then, man. I have only ever been happy with a miked amp's sound ONCE, and that was at a gig where everything else that could possibly go wrong went wrong. But damned if it didn't wind up being a great gig. Suggestion: make like Brian Eno and look at things sideways. You could try recording the songs with a tone that you're not satisfied with at the time of recording, but don't delete the recording. Do it with a couple of different mic positions and wait a few days before listening to the playback, and see if you wind up feeling differently. You might wind up with something awesome.
Downside: you can NEVER REPLICATE IT EVER because damned if you're not right about it being a pain in the ass.
jeph:
Oh, I've played plenty of shows in my day and very quickly learned to trust the soundman (or at least not worry about what the PA sounds like). When you're playing live your #1 consideration has to be playing the songs right, not worrying about your sound.
Basically when recording I get really really anal about guitar midrange, often to the point of forgetting that a lot of the guitar tones I really like (Gojira, Behemoth, Mogwai) are practically nothing BUT kinda honky mids.
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