How are CD's normally made (specifically OLP's)?

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 3/18/2004, 6:05 pm

I know everybody is shocked that OLP is recording everything in one try now... that's sort of how I always thought they did it, with a couple things added in post (I read somewhere the old piano sound at the beginning of Clumsy had to be digitally made/fixed/whatever). But apparently that's not the case. How did OLP used to do things?
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Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 6:17 pm

they used to do things as most bands do nowadays, recording each instrument seperately, one at a time.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 3/18/2004, 6:43 pm

yeah, they would go instrument by instrument. sometimes layered over one another. Sometimes it wouldn't be one take, they would take bits and pieces of other takes and mix them together to get one perfect take. Things were just done over and over and tweeked until they were perfect. OLP just wants to get rid of all the digital elements and make it one or two takes with no layering. Just all of them playing the same song together.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 3/18/2004, 7:42 pm

Oh, I see. Thanks a bunch

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Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/18/2004, 8:27 pm

It actually easy(and yet tough)now that you think about it.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 3/18/2004, 8:44 pm

I imagine it's easier on the band. When I was in a school band (yes, I'm a band nerd), which I realize wasn't the same, and OLP has leagues more experience, but anyway, when I was in the school band, I would often lose my spot because I was distracted by other players. I'd imagine playing alone would help that (what with there being no other players

).

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/18/2004, 9:00 pm

I guess it depends on what the band wants at the time. I actually prefer using the usual method for recording.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 3/18/2004, 9:03 pm

Wait... which is the usual method? Live or layered?

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 9:05 pm

the thing with recording one at a time, is you can make perfect takes by splicing together a bunch of different takes. when you're recording the whole band at the same time, it's much harder to splice in to fix your part, and obviously when there are more than one person recording at the same time, there's more chance of someone screwing up. and your exactly right jonathan, it just depends on what the band want, whether it be a 'perfect' recording or more of a live feel.

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 9:05 pm

layered is the normal technique.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/18/2004, 9:07 pm

You're in a band arent you?

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 9:08 pm

si senor.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 3/18/2004, 9:09 pm

Oh, okay. I can't form an opinion on which is better, because, well, I haven't to my knowledge heard any bands that record live (because OLP is the only band I've really been interested enough in to find out the processes and such) except for a Guster concert I went to. I can definitely see why layered would be the more popular, though.

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 9:12 pm

just listen to old beatles records and stuff from that time . . . back then, live was the only way you could record.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/18/2004, 9:12 pm

Dabekk wrote:si senor.

Cool. How do you prefer to record?

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 9:17 pm

Johnathan wrote:
Dabekk wrote:si senor.

Cool. How do you prefer to record?

we've actually done it both ways, and both ways have their advantages and dissadvantages. I think it really comes down to the vision we have for each specific song. some songs just sound better live, and other sound better layered.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/18/2004, 9:20 pm

So what are some of the advantages and dis-advantages?

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 9:28 pm

well, personally with layering, i find that i tend to get carried away in trying to make my parts perfect, and then coming up with new parts, and then having to get those parts perfect and so on. But at the same time, i think my parts end up sounding pretty good. the live recording process on the other hand, goes by a bit quicker. just coz the focus is really put on the overall feel of the piece rather than the individual parts, so I tend to not get carried away with making corrections. for the overall sound of the song, when recording live it's easier to get the emotion of the song across, just coz everyone's playing it at the same time as it would be played at a show or in practise, but with layering, you generally end up with a better overall sound quality.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 3/18/2004, 9:53 pm

So what kind of amplification do you guys use?

Dabekk · Post by **Dabekk** » 3/18/2004, 10:30 pm

i mostly use a marshall head with a berhinger cabinet which is the same amp that i use live. if i can't get a sound i like out of that i use either my trainer tube amp or one of our producers amps. for bass we usually can get a good sound from a direct input, but our bass player has a freakishly huge berhinger cabinet if need be.