Dean Hadjichristou has been making records for over 20 years and has worked on some world-class projects including Parkway Drive / Obey the Brave / Protest the Hero / Auras / Intervals / Four Year Strong etc. and has worked on material for clients across the globe.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:
- Building your career: To do it on your own or take the “traditional” path
- The toxic hazing culture of studio internships
- Recording heavy vocals
- Compressing vocals
- When to drive your preamps
- Using dynamic EQ on guitars and vocals
- Creating space for each instrument to shine
- How working with amp sims can be more creative
- Adding character to stale-sounding tracks
- How to balance the low end of your guitars and bass
- Becoming obsessive with plugins
- Using Kempers vs real amps
- Using IRs for guitar cabinets
- A free Kemper-like plugin for profiling guitars
- Editing: When to edit 100% to the grid
- What order you should edit your instruments
To learn more about Dean Hadjichristou, visit: http://www.allbuttonsin.com/
Notable gear mentioned:
U47 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ25yv
UA 1176 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/AWE4MR
Great River Preamps - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PW4j1
ToneX - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/75bAAY
Kemper - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/QyKqqa
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