ProTools recording

[franko]

Hey Travis, a good friend of mine, and the drummer in my band is also a local Producer here in Montreal, Canada. He uses ProTools but he is still a beginner but I have heard what he has done so far and I was very impressed, it sounded quite professional. Anyways, we both LOVE Thanatopsis and your production skills so we were intrested in your genereal thoughts on ProTools, and any tips or comments you have would be much appreciated.


thanks Travis

franko

[Travis]

I love Protools. It\'s a great production tool. You still need good mic\'s and pre-amps and something good to record.

Travis

[franko]

thanks a lot....
more specifically travis, my friend wanted to know, any suggestions on some good pre-amps and good mics to use

[franko]

also, what about mic distance from the cab...and do you ever record useing a d.i.

[Travis]

There are lots of good mic\'s out there it\'s almost hard to buy a bad one. The thing with mic\'s though is a great mic might not be the right mic for a particular job like on a guitar amp or snare drum where it\'s hard to beat a shure 57. But on a vocal a good and often expensive condenser is real nice. For me Pre-amps are the most important link in the chain. I prefer Neve vintage pre-amps but I know at 3 to 4 thousand dollars a pop they are not for everyone. I thinks it\'s important to own at least one good one. An API or one of the Neve like reproductions like the ones that Brent Avrill sells are great. On guitars I often go direct but I still run it through my Neve 1272 to keep it fat. In the room on an amp I\'ll put a Royer 121 close to the cabinet and a Sony c37a or a U87 in the room and mix the two. Sometimes just a 57 close to the speaker cone sounds great. There are so many combinations that can work, it\'s more about the type music your recording and the arrangement then the gear. Thats true of the musicians and instruments as well. A good sounding drum kit played well by a good drummer will sound better with lower quality gear that a awful sounding kit played by an idiot recorded with the best equipment.  And then there\'s experience, the more recordings you do the better they sound.

Travis

[franko]

Thank you Travis!
any input you have is much appreciated