I Love Producing:

[Inspector #20]

Almost as much as playing, I love producing and engineering. There is something about creating something immortal that appeals to me.

I like analyzing the production and structure of many famous songs. In doing so, you find out how little gain is actually used on some of your favorite "Monster Hits" of yesteryear:

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long Live @ Donington (Guitar Track)

Rush — The Spirit of Radio (Live) isolated guitar track

AC/DC - Thunderstruck Live @ Donington (Guitar Track)

 

[JohnnyGoo]

Those some good songs.

 

[Truss_rod]

Great songs...

 

[Inspector #20]

Gene Simmons Quote:

“Live, it is a delusional point of view that the players have of all those dials on their guitars. You have all those dials left, right and centre; treble up, down, different pickups and all of that. Those are the variables. Then you plug into an amp and it changes your sound. Also, if you have a preamp of some kind that’s going to change your sound. Then you go through speakers or you go direct. That goes to the mixer, which does its thing. By the time your playing goes through the sound system, you’re on crack if you think you’re controlling the sound. You’re not.”



So what’s the solution?


“The best hope you have is to get the sound you like live, and don’t worry about anything else because you’re at the mercy of the sound mixer. The best tool you have is a mixer that understands your sound, and he’s going to try and get there. All these other different frequencies are flying all over the place, with the highs competing against all those lows, so you’ve got to fit in somehow into this framework that’s coming out of this sound system.”