Well, the Hardgeworden Zacht lead singer didn't think the recordings were swell or something and wanted to change the entire song. So much for my work on it. Fuck it. They want to do it themselves? Fine, do it. Don't come and ask me how to do anything. I feel sorry for the rest of the band. They are cool guys and very enthousiastic about the recording session and all is fucked because of some dude who wanted to behave like some kind of rockstar. Good luck, you're gonna need it.

Hardgeworden Zacht - Rood en Blauw - part 1

Sorry, it's dutch. It's a dutch pop band which I've recorded last friday. We've learned a lot the last couple of months and used these things to the benefit of the recording process.

As usual, first we recorded the drums. The was done in 9 channels. 9 channels? Yes, 9 channels.
Channel 1 : Bassdrum
Channel 2 : Snare top
Channel 3 : Snare bottom
Channel 4 : High tom
Channel 5 : Mid tom
Channel 6 : Floor tom
Channel 7 : Overhead 1
Channel 8 : Overhead 2
Channel 9 : Room mic.
Why this many channels? Well, mostly because of the experimenting. In our own recordings we truly missed the snare bottom sound. When this track was recorded, the difference was huge! We had a snare drum in our drumtrack!!

Secondly we've recorded, as always, the bass. I asked the bass player what kind of sound he wanted. He wanted the pure bass sound without anything else. I glanced at him and wondered why the hell he had a bass amp and didn't plug his bass into the mixing panel which they use during recordings. So after that I plugged his bass into my DI and recorded the bass parts. Nothing new, so far..

Then we've came to the wonders which are called guitars. Firstly we recorded the lead guitar (Huzzie!!) by miking his amp using our MXL990 condenser mic. The back of his amp was open and therefor we decided to mike the back as well for the deeper tones of his guitar parts. Press record, play, done.
Then we've recorded the rythem guitar. Same as the lead guitar. That's it.
After that we also recorded an acoustic guitar. We used the MXL990 and a DI. This way we had the pure sound of the acoustic guitar and the lower sound because of the DI.

Vocals weren't recorded yet, because of the absence of their singer. Well, maybe next week.