Recent content by Troels Pleimert

Thank you for your insights! :) I think what I take away from your comments mostly is to have more confidence in my vocals. Because I have zero confidence in it (I always fancied a Greg Puciato-style vocal for my songs, and my voice is far too nasal and whiny for that), I tend to mix it quite...

On my ass laughing at the poor, delusions-of-grandeur drummer douche in the sound booth, listening back to his kick-ass sounding drums, going "Fuck yeah!", not realizing the engineer is snickering behind his back that most of the track is running off an EzDrummer-patch he has carefully hidden...

In the same spirit of masochism this thread began its life with, I thought I'd plonk down a few of my tracks and brace for impact. I have no interest in "making it big", getting a record deal, going on the road or anything like that. I gave up on that long ago when I realized just what kind...

Edit: completely forgot to thank you for your response. ;) And also, express feigned rage towards your secrecy vows. Like, that Arnold Schwarzenegger-side project Austrian Death Machine which claims that dude from As I Lay Dying or whatever played guitar, bass and DRUMS on it. Yeah, guitars...

Is this thread still alive? I actually do have a question that I feel needs an insider perspective. I was talking about drums way earlier in the thread and about how hard it is to record them adequately on a shoestring (or a no-shoes) budget. But I'm starting to wonder whether most...

I think it was your use of the word "obviously" that tripped you up and now makes you seem contradictory, forcing you to do a bit of revisionism in the name of fairness. But never mind that. In response to a much more interesting point, I think that the people swayed by the better graphical...

I see where you're going with this. I am intrigued. Keep going ... keep going ... Ah, you lost me. So close and yet so far away. Unsubstantiated blanket statements: how to immediately turn off your readers.

I picked "fuck motion gaming," and I'm a "proud" Wii owner. Motion gaming is fun for gimmicks and parties, but never for games. And for that reason, I predict neither success nor failure for the Kinect, Move or indeed the entire Wii console. In fact, I'd be more likely to predict that...

While we're temporarily on the subject of good albums with bad production - has anyone heard Arcturus' "The Sham Mirrors"? While it's true you need a good chunk of mid-range in metal guitars to make them shine, there's also a thing as "too much." This album is an example of guitars with way...

Regardless of where this thread belongs, I want to chime in with a long-time wish of mine: a remake of the original Carmageddon. Oh God, to be able to play that game on a modern computer, without any tweaks beyond the purely cosmetic, over a modern network. I'd be in road rage heaven.

Well, you're not supposed to lay them on the floor; you're supposed to prop them up next to the drum kit. Lean them against the amps if necessary. ;) Mattresses are one of an amateur recordist's best friends. In larger rooms, putting mattresses around amps and drum kits will help dampen the...

Again, I'm not trying to steal anyone's thunder - I'm sure BonsaiK has a ton of tricks up his sleeve on this. But as a rule, yeah, you definitely want to isolate the instruments as best you can. That's going to help tremendously in the mixing process. It can be a bit difficult if you're in...

This thread is great! Very interesting information, and it's always fun hearing the evils of the inside trade exposed. I don't really have a question, but someone was requesting help on recording his metal band's demo on a tight budget, and I thought I could chime in on that. I do home...