Sweet Beast

In episode 3, Vance dials in the drums, guitar, and synth bass sounds, explaining every decision along the way.

Watch as Vance:

• Dials in tones for the drums on his SSL console and massive wall of outboard gear
• Explains his approach to getting the sound of the kit through the overheads
• Inserts 1176 compressors on the main kick and snare drum channels
• Uses multiple parallel processes during tracking on the drums
• Checks the phase relationship of all of the elements of the kit in the overheads
• Sends the "taste mic" to his famous "Beard Verb" pedal and Polysaturator
• Creates a mono drum mix to enhance the sound of the kit
• Uses a very unique technique to eliminate guitar hum during tracking. You'll just have to see... we cannot in good conscious type it out here. Trust us.
• Demonstrates how he checks phase relationships in mono
• Uses his vintage RCA microphone preamplifiers on guitars
• EQs the guitar mics
• Sets the tone for the octave down guitar
• Explains the phase relationship between bass DIs and amplifiers and explains how he addresses it.

Watch the rest of the series here