After several thousand attempts, I learned a few things:
- Drums can never be real. Unless I have a electronic drumset. This is due to the “human feel” a computer program is unable to perform such complexity. That’s why metal bands are always better than pop bands or electronic bands.
- Programmed drum tracks needs to “mellow” down the crash/cymbals. After hearing “real drums”, I think this is reasonable method. Plus extra work.
- Guitars needs more treble. Even the POD XT recording proved that the treble is lacking. I don’t think increasing the high frequency of the metalzone helps, hence audio editing is necessary.
- Since I don’t use a multi-fx gadget to get the sound I wanted, a few “cheats” is incoporated to get the best results. I will probably re-record my recordings and see how it works.
- Direct analog recording sounds more “raw” than digital sounds (e.g. from multi-fx gadgets like Boss GT-8 or Pod XT). Hence the level of raw-ness can be heard in recordings.
- Vocals have yet to be experimented. My stupid microphone is still missing!
I’ll post my new recordings when I have the time.
