Dean Hadjichristou: Recording Metalcore Music

Dean Hadjichristou has been making records for over 20 years and has worked on some world class projects including Parkway Drive / Obey the Brave / Protest the Hero / Auras / Intervals / Four Year Strong etc. and has worked on material for clients across the globe.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

• Building your career: To do it on your own or take the “traditional” path
• The toxic hazing culture of studio internships
• Recording heavy vocals
• Compressing vocals
• When to drive your preamps
• Using dynamic EQ on guitars and vocals
• Creating space for each instrument to shine
• How working with amp sims can be more creative
• Adding character to stale sounding tracks
• How to balance the low end of your guitars and bass
• Becoming obsessive with plugins
• Using Kempers vs real amps
• Using IRs for guitar cabinets
• A free Kemper-like plugin for profiling guitars
• Editing: When to edit 100% to the grid
• What order should you edit your instruments

Notable gear mentioned:

U47 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/rQ25yv

UA 1176 - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/AWE4MR

Great River Preamps - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/4PW4j1

ToneX - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/75bAAY

Kemper - https://sweetwater.sjv.io/QyKqqa

To learn more about Dean Hadjichristou, visit: http://www.allbuttonsin.com/

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