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Recording Metal with Eyal Levi: A Bootcamp

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Overview


Recording Metal with Eyal Levi: A Bootcamp will give you access to one of metal’s most in-demand producers and educators. You’ll also get to watch the talented and seasoned performers of Monuments show you how to record flawless takes and how to prepare to enter the studio.

Recording Metal with Eyal Levi: A Bootcamp is the definitive guide to recording and producing metal. From soup to nuts, start to finish, A to Z, you will learn everything you need to know about recording and producing a metal song.

Eyal Levi will take you inside the studio with Monuments as they record a song from scratch at Clear Lake Recording in Los Angeles. In this bootcamp, you will learn how to:

  • Prepare for a session in preproduction by choosing tempos and organizing the session
  • Record flawless drums from selection and reheading/tuning to mic choice and placement to editing
  • Record rhythm guitars
  • Record clean and lead guitars
  • Record bass guitar
  • Record, edit and tune lead vocals, harmonies, and screams
  • Mix and master from session setup to final bounce

Syllabus

  • Intro to Bootcamp
  • Purpose of Pre-Production
  • Technical Side of Preproduction
  • Pre-Production: Setting Up the Tempo Map
  • Pre-Production: Importing Stems
  • Pre-Production: Click Track
  • Creating Tracking Templates
  • Intro and the Tone Pie
  • Drums - Lay of the Land
  • Bearing Edges
  • Wood Types
  • Depths and Sizes
  • Hoops
  • Sticks and Beaters
  • Drum Heads
  • Drum Tuning
  • Drum Mic Placement Intro
  • Basic Drum Mic Setup
  • Cymbal Mic Setup
  • Touch Up Tuning
  • Microphone Choice and Placement
  • Drum Tracking Intro
  • Getting Tones and Final Placement
  • Primary Tracking
  • Punching In and Comping Takes
  • Guitar Setup and Rhythm Tone Tracking
  • Amplifiers - Lay of the Land
  • Amplifiers & Cab Shoot Out
  • Guitar Cab Mic Choice and Placement
  • Guitar Tracking and Signal Chain
  • Finalizing Amplifier Tone
  • Guitar Mic Shootout Round Robin
  • Intro to Rhythm Tracking
  • Setting Up Guitars
  • Working with a Guitarist
  • Final Guitar Tone and Recap
  • Guitar Tracking with John
  • Guitar Tracking with Ollie
  • Final Tracking
  • Tracking Quads
  • Intro to Bass Tone
  • Bass Tone Setup
  • Bass Tone Mic Placement
  • Bass Tracking
  • Intro to Clean and Lead Tones
  • Clean Guitar Tones
  • Lead Tones
  • Vocal Setup for Tracking
  • Vocal Mic Selection and Setup
  • Vocal Mic Shootout
  • Lead Vocal Tracking
  • Writing Harmonies
  • Harmony Vocal Tracking
  • Vocal Warm Ups
  • Scream Vocal Tracking
  • Vocal Tuning and Editing Introduction
  • Vocal Tuning and Editing
  • Routing and Bussing
  • Color Coding, Labeling and Arranging Channels
  • Setting Up Parallel Compression
  • Setting Up Drum Triggers
  • Gain Staging and Trim
  • Drum Mixing - Subtractive EQ
  • Drum Mixing - Snare
  • Drum Mixing - Kick
  • Drum Mixing - Toms
  • Drum Mixing - Cymbals and Rooms
  • Drum Mixing Recap
  • Mixing Bass Guitar
  • Mixing Rhythm Guitars
  • Basic Vocal Mix
  • Mixing Clean and Lead Guitars
  • Mixing - Automation
  • Mastering - Interview with Joel Wanasek

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