Recording a Band Song Track in a Day !
Here at the coolest recording studio in south London we work at all kindsa speeds – mainly the speed the artist we’re working with wants to work at.
Some folks need their stuff in a hurry – others want to take their sweet time.
We just had the supercool post punk band Happy Science in to record their upcoming single – & boy what a banger it is. They needed the whole band recorded in a day – drums / bass / guitars (plus overdubs) & vocals – & all to our regular uber high standards! So as per – we set up the drums the day before to save the band some time – & within an hour had Fin test recorded & sounding his phenomenal self!
Recording Bass Guitar
Next we ran the bass through a nice DI into a tube / valve eq which gently saturates the peaks & makes the bass more alive, and also miked up a bass amp – solid state for punch & power in this instance (though we do have valve bass amps too). Ba
Recording Big Electric Guitars
Next up we setup the guitar through a beautiful Ibanez tube amp using a 545 mic & a U87 – this was in an isolation booth ( as was the bass) so there was no bleed into the drums – the band monitored through headphones. After recording 7 takes of the backing track we set up twin guitar amps in the live room with both close & distance mics on each cab & re recorded all the guitars, also adding some riffs & a beautiful chorus uplift. It sounds Massive!!
Recording Vocals
All that done in a day! We work fast when the remit commands it! the band were so blown away by the quality of the recording they said it hardly needed mixing it sounded so good!!
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