Great tutorial on recording heavy guitars

[Kurkkuviipale]

The shit is online again!

[The Honorable]

Originally Posted by Arsis

I feel kind of embarrassed to say this but I cant understand what the fk that guy is talking about. Maybe i'm an idiot lol. He does not talk normal lol.

Yeah he sounds really knowledgeable but I can't understand anything. It's like every line is a inside joke. Wish I could understand it!

[guy in latvia]

the parametric eq with 17 frequencies is really amazing stuff, does anyone have something like that for bass guitar? now that ive made the guitar sound uber fat i can barely hear the bass, any suggestions?

[Nile]

Originally Posted by Drew

Thumbnail sketch for anyone too lazy to read the whole thing (which you should anyway)



Also, for comic value:Get 'twinkie' to play some VERY REPETITIVE chord stuff that omits the 'chugging' for a couple of minutes. Tell him that when you need him to stop playing, he must stop playing IMMEDIATELY or you will ....ing KILL him. Pet the handgun every sane engineer keeps on top of the console lovingly, like a favorite cat, as you say this. Look purposefully and coldly THRU him and say these EXACT WORDS.

"IF YOU DON'T STOP PLAYING EXACTLY WHEN I SAY STOP... I'M GOING TO SHOOT AND SHOOT AND CONTINUE TO SHOOT YOU UNTIL I RUN OUT OF AMMUNITION..... THEN I'M GOING TO RESUME SHOOTING YOU AFTER 'ASS-BOY'(point at shivering assistant) GETS BACK FROM THE GUN SHOP WITH MY REPLACEMENT AMMO".

im 6 years late but,

[Ryan-ZenGtr-]

Necro bump, but I guess the noobs should read it...... Maybe..... Mods?

Are we keeping this secret?

I keep a gun in my studio for times like these. I call it "MOTIVATION". It's a Mexican knock off S&W 6 shooter.



*That's a .38, but gives you the right idea. Mines deactivated BTW... I hope I never have to work with anyone that sees this *

Slipperman is great. It's like a glimpse into the future.

[EtherealEntity]

Bloody awesome read!

[in-pursuit]

there are so many very simple concepts that he's talking about that I'm not understanding. no wonder I hate recording anything distorted/heavy haha!

[Katash]

thank you so much for sharing = )

[crazyprofessor]

I am going to cite some of you guys:

"This guy Is an AE Encylopedia "

"o this guy is a hero =) "

"Man, this is deep."

etc, etc.

I do not share your fanboy opinions. This guy is mostly full of shit. Not that the doesn't know anything. Surely he does. There is some useful information in there. Sure. But most of it is a A BUNCH OF MEANINGLESS RANT. Most of it.

His writing suggests that he is not interested in teaching anyone what he knows. If he did, it would be stating things clearly. Make nice diagrams. His discussion is to the contrary full of impenetrable profane laced rants which interspersed with just occasional, rare references to the topic matter. This rant is designed to make him seem smart and knowledgeable without actually providing much specific advice.

All sorts of professions have these types of characters who invents their own language in an effort to seem more important and knowledgable than they are. These guys pop up in all sorts of professions. Most of the time they are nothing but posers.

[JC7]

Nice good info

[LOLAND]

20-45Hz. Never say never. Just say rarely.
50-90hz Ahh the madness. Here's the 'swing' range in our 'chugging'.
100-150 Bottom of the meat.
180-240 Lo-Center of the meat.
250-320 Hi-Center of the meat.
340-650 Danger Will Robinson. Top of meat/Bottom of mids. CRITICAL.
700-900 More danger. Hard to hear. Kills 'newbies' on contact. Will explain.
950-1.2k Pure Satan. Make or break ya. Easy to hear. Hard to control.
1.3k-1.6k Ditto the above.
1.7k-2.2k Top of the mids/Bottom of pick attack range. Oh, the fear.
2.3k-3.1k Middle of pick range. Picky de poison. Mucho Satania.
3.2k-4.2k Top of pick range. Pick out a nice coffin. Yer gonna need it.
4.3k-6.5k Bottom of fizz. Add Beefeaters for gin fizz. Guzzle many glasses.
6.6k-8k. Top of fizzy. Many will kill this range ruthlessly. Careful. Can O' wormies.
8k-10k Road to hell. Paved with good intentions. Enjoy. Not.
10-15k Less obvious road(s) to hell. Gravel. Lose a windshield up here.
15k-25k Same disclaimer as 25-40Hz. Can you say 'sometimes bandwidth matters'?

I feel this is really important, but he's being such a self-satisfied jackass that I can't tell what his point is.

EDIT: I just realized this guy is Grampa Simpson. He fought in WWII, he's seen everything there is to see in life, but every time you try to talk to him, he rants about the time they wore onions on their belts and cars got 60 rods to the hogshead.

[ViolaceousVerdance]

So, I was reading this a fair bit last night... got about half-way through before I fell asleep. I've learned a few things:

1.) Slipperman has intense emotional/psychological problems.

2.) I should've paid more attention in college.

3.) Noise gates have sidechains, too.

4.) I need to stop messing around with cheap crap.

5.) I probably should've been mid-scooping my kiks all this time; Everyone must hate me by now.

[niffnoff]

I'm gonna have to agree with the guy saying he's on a rant most of each section...

[Fraz]

Awesome article! Amusing yet knowledge to be picked up. The bit about micing cabs at the start and the kick drum section are pretty useful, although wading through all the jokes and ranting has become slightly tiresome...
I will also have to agree with the majority of readers that Slipperman has problems...

[Dimensionless]

NOOOOOOO!!!!!! Its gone, It was sooo good.

[Mazzy]

It's online, but I honestly can't draw anything useful from the good portion I read. There's too much rabble in there to really explain what the heck he's talking about. Then a good amount of it seemed like common sense to me, but maybe it's because I've been reading these sorts of things for awhile.

[kenken27]

Originally Posted by Mazzy

It's online, but I honestly can't draw anything useful from the good portion I read. There's too much rabble in there to really explain what the heck he's talking about. Then a good amount of it seemed like common sense to me, but maybe it's because I've been reading these sorts of things for awhile.

Would you happen to have any recommendations or more things to read? I'm really interested in this AE stuff. Thanks.

Also, can anyone explain the beginning about excursion point and cabinet involvement? I understand what he means, but I don't know at what master volume I should be recording at after finding these two points. My understanding has always been to isolate and push the ............ to eleven?

[ViolaceousVerdance]

Check out The Systematic Mixing Guide by Ermin Hamidovic. It's a concise read, not as lulzy, but it has a humorous bit here and there. I'd recommend it.

[median]

"miserable square wave rectifier/noise generator"

CLASSIC...

[ShadowAMD]

Slipperman was a gearslutz member with a lot of famous credit's on his name (Recordings / mixes), did a lot of great work and is a great guy..

Even though sometimes he can go off in a slight tangent, the guy is funny as hell

Ermz is an excellent mixer and really down to earth, I have the systematic guide and I can +1 for it.

[johnny666]

Haha this is an old tutorial but very informative to newbies. +1

[Char2000]

I hate this guy's writing. Stop ranting and write what you mean man!

[Bence Póczak]

Hi! What do you think about my first song on my first sevenstring guitar?
Guitar sound comes from a pod xt live
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[Bence Póczak]

sorry there's the link: Original progressive metal instrumental ( Line 6 pod xt live patch, Schecter omen extreme 7) - YouTube

[Krullnar]

I'd rather make a shitty sounding record.