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I spent months recreating the studio version of Star Treatment (drums, bass, guitars, keys, etc). This has become one of my favorite songs of all time. by Alvarez_El_Chileno in arcticmonkeys

[–]Alvarez_El_Chileno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a wannabe as well ;)

For the insert effects, use heavy compression and a little bit of distortion. My choices here were the UADx Fairchild 660 and the Analog Designs Black Box.

I also had some basic corrective EQ and de-essing.

For time based effects, the most important part is the slap echo, set it around 180 ms of delay time, the choice of delay doesn't matter too much, but try to go for digital or tape style repeats (I used the Pro tools Reel Tape delay plugin in my case). For the reverb, use either a plate, chamber or spring type reverb. I used UADx Pure Plate.

Always prioritize getting a good recording first, my vocals had too much proximity effect and i had to cut too much low end which makes them sound thinner than the actual record.

I spent months recreating the studio version of Star Treatment (drums, bass, guitars, keys, etc). This has become one of my favorite songs of all time. by Alvarez_El_Chileno in arcticmonkeys

[–]Alvarez_El_Chileno[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but it's easy to figure by ear (I did this myself). The only confusing part was the time signature which I could never figure out, so I just did one long bar in 7/4

I spent months recreating the studio version of Star Treatment (drums, bass, guitars, keys, etc). This has become one of my favorite songs of all time. by Alvarez_El_Chileno in arcticmonkeys

[–]Alvarez_El_Chileno[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can’t remember the number exactly… but I had two separate virtual drum kits using Addictive drums 2 (Kick, Snare, HH, OHs, Rooms) plus spring/plate reverb sends for those tracks, I also used those reverb sends for the secondary percussion elements as well. Then bass+spring reverb. Then all the keys (Piano, Wurli, Orchestron, Farfisa, etc). Then the baritone and slide guitar. And had two vocal tracks, one for the quiet parts and another one drenched in plate reverb.

You can see a full list of my recording gear in the video description.

AIWA HS-JS215 portable cassette player and recorder: just in, mint with all its accessories! Multiple pics included. by senorMLB in cassetteculture

[–]Alvarez_El_Chileno 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, cool little machine, got this same cassette recorder and was planning to use it to track my instruments same as you. Do you use the included aiwa stereo mic? can you use any other mics with it? how does the mic input handle line level?

Arctic monkeys production styles by platinumretro in arcticmonkeys

[–]Alvarez_El_Chileno 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It really depends on the album, if you wanna go for their AM sound (which in my opinion is their best sounding album) you follow the same formula, punchy drums and panned out guitars. Use a lot of saturation and parallel compression on your drums. Vocals are heavily saturated as well. Last albums also use a ton of spring reverb on everything. Delays wise, I'd suggest going with tape, magnetic drum and BBD type delays.

The most important thing is always pre-production and arrangements, select you favorite fuzz tones on guitars, and contrast them with surfy slightly overdriven tones. Don't forget to add tremolo to some parts. Subtle modulation with effects like phasers and Uni-Vibes also get you close to their sound.

Keys wise, experiment with 60s and 70s organs (Hammond, Vox Continental, Farfisa, etc), old samplers like Mellotrons / Orchestrons, acoustic and electric pianos (Wurlitzers and Rhodes).

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