@musicproduction “The Other Side” is the third LP from the Swiss artist “Saint Cyr”. The music is inspired by the Doom Rock and Doom Metal scene, but exclusively produced with electronic and synthetic instruments. The tempo is slow, the chant is clear but the atmosphere is heavy and dark… The light is at the end of the tunnel but “The Other Side” is not an easy road…

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-other-side/1677092524

#musicproduction #musicpromotion #musicindustry #saintcyr #theotherside #laminimalechic

  • OpenmasteringM
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    2 years ago

    HI, would you mind sharing some production tricks you used? I’m not against some self promotion, but please provide value to the group.

    • polygonefactory@mastodon.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      @Openmastering Hi there, sorry for the very very late reply…

      Of course I can share my process!

      I can explain the way I work around with guitars, which are a blend of acoustic and electric guitars :

      The acoustic ones are recorded through a large diaphragm static microphone (AT2030) and processed with Guitar Rig and some Ableton’s distortion pedal emulation.
      The “electric” ones are Ableton instruments (mostly Tension) played to re-create the touch of a “real” guitar player ; no disto

      • polygonefactory@mastodon.socialOP
        1·
        1 year ago

        @Openmastering To finish with the guitars section, I play a lot with the stereo width, in order to enlarge or minimize the whole guitars section depending of the desired intensity during the song.

        Drums are made and performed in-the-box, with an Ableton’s acoustic drum kit, with some gentle EQing and some compression. The goal is to make it sound as real as possible, trying to push the limits of this virtual drum kit.

        • polygonefactory@mastodon.socialOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          @Openmastering Once instruments sections are fully written, voices are recorded (in my own mic booth) with the Audio Technica AT2030 too (amazing microphone!!!).

          Every lyrics for each track are written during the composition process.

          Most of the time, the voice is “alone” without voice layers.

          I use only a subtle compression and EQ on the voice for the dynamic processing and the M4L’s convolution reverb in send/return for the temporal processing.

          • polygonefactory@mastodon.socialOP
            1·
            1 year ago

            @Openmastering The mix is performed with a Neve 8816S, a 16 tracks inline summing mixer, “powered” by the legendary Neve’s “St Peters Carnhill” circuitry (which is the circuitry from the no less legendary 48 tracks Neve 88RS)

            Every “similar” sections are merge in busses (drums, bass, guitars, voices…) and sent in the 8816 for the mix.

            Sorry for the “book” 😅 and many thanks to @Openmastering to offer this share place 🙏🏽