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Dean Hadjichristou: Recording Metalcore Music

72 min • 26 juli 2023

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 you should edit your instruments

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

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

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