This was a 5 minute take to test a new patch I was working on today. The guitars are entirely unprocessed in post as well as the drums, the only work I did in Logic was subtly adding about 3-5 dB's of buss compression via Stillwell's Bombadier plugin, adding a touch of room reverb to the drums and a tape delay to the centre guitar.

There's no bass guitar, and the drums aren't entirely accurate, but this was just a 5 minute mix. 

The big part of this test for me was working out a properly gain staged patch from entry into the POD HD, through it's internal routing of effects, preamps, amp models, eq's, gate's and compressors, and then into Logic. I wanted to have the fader set at unity gain and have the POD meet the right level so that there was still plenty of headroom and little noise. 

I think that spending the time doing that yielded better results than I had imagined, and my approach to patch building has now totally changed. 

Animals As Leaders - Tempting Time (Outro Riff) || POD HD

Tutorial on this patch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39rvm-peVMg&list=UUddF49NM4gQIIqShsSihNPA

I've finally settled on a preset. It's taken literally years, but I don't think I'll be changing too much else any time soon (other than mixing).
This is a comparison test to highlight what I've come up with using the POD & Redwirez mic/cab simulations and my favourite combinations of the two. They are not meant to replicate one another, the Redwirez combination is very different. 

I used Nolly's bass and drum sample that he used for the Bareknuckle Black Hawks tests and then recorded something similar over top. 

Guitar:
Sterling JP70 - Bareknuckle Juggernaut Bridge
POD HD500 into Logic via USB 
Waves plugins on the guitar buss and master buss. 


SkyProclaimsIt HD500 Patch - Pod & Redwirez Impulses

Messing around with GGD lately to try to offset the obvious offset when you don't have drum room mics.

Used the stems from Nolly's Days On Juno — Colours mix contest.

Fully Mixed

Kick In/Out – Neve 1073 PreampEmulation
Snare Top/Bottom — API Vision Preamp Emulation
Hats - EMI Preamp emulation
Rack — API Vision Preamp Emulation
Floor — EMI Preamp emulation
Overheads — SSL 4K E series Emulation

Buss — Neve Console Emulation

Virtual Console Collection — Hybrid Preamps

sE Electronics V7

Drums - RAW

The differences in full surround are even more staggering.

Raw vs. Final

Snare 1 - RAW

Snare 1 - In the Mix

Snare 2 - In the Mix

Snare 2 - Processed

Snare 1 - Processed

Snare 2 - RAW

I'm hoping to put together a 5 song ep in the next few months. This is a preview of what I'm working on. 

A Different Way Home

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