Ryan Sutton

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  • In reply to: Tracking on non studio environments. Pros and cons

    February 27, 2023 at 8:47 am #5009
    Ryan Sutton
    Moderator

      I’ve personally done plenty of recording in “non-traditional” spaces.  9/10 I cam able to get a decent recording once I figure out how to mitigate (a-la the use of go-bo’s).  Vocals can be tricky if the room is really live.  Drums can be tricky if you’ve got a bunch of parallel naked walls.

      To answer your question about the tradeoffs, I’ll take a great performance everyday over a technically perfect recording.  I’ve had times where I’m mixing an artist/band and the vocal recordings aren’t all that great but the performances were killer.  Rather than fight too hard against all the “imperfections”, I leaned into them more (exaggerate) and was able to create a cool sound that was unique and identifiable to the artist.

      In reply to: Latency in overdubs?

      February 14, 2023 at 9:16 am #4888
      Ryan Sutton
      Moderator

        <p style=”text-align: left;”>Jason, while I’m not a technical expert on the round trip timings in and out of Pro Tools, I can tell you that this really only effects me when there’s a high playback buffer setting engaged.  In my experience, if the playback buffer is set to 128 or below, you should be just fine.</p>

        In reply to: Name your tracks appropriately, please.

        February 3, 2023 at 9:11 am #4592
        Ryan Sutton
        Moderator

          NOT naming tracks is something I’ve never completely understood.  On the rare occasion where I’m workmen with a producer who moves really fast, I’ll skip naming the track and put a quick note in the comments box in Pro Tools.  I’ll then go back and name the track based on my comment.  It doesn’t happen often but when it does, it get quickly addressed.

          All of that said, there is not a world where I send a mixer files that aren’t organized, let alone named.  Gotta help people to understand that they need to quit kicking the preverbal production can down the road.

          In reply to: What’s your favourite mixing console of all time?

          January 25, 2023 at 9:38 am #4463
          Ryan Sutton
          Moderator

            If we’re specifically talking about mixing, I love the SSL 4000 E.  The flexibility it offers is, in my opinion, unparalleled.  For the music I tend to work on, I like the “bite” that the EQ and dynamics sections have.  Plus the fact that you can drive the individual channels and stereo bus pretty hard.

            For tracking, I’m with Mary.  The Neve 80 series are my personal fav.  I also have at my studio 4 channel strips from and original Trident A Range that are pretty magical on drums.