SO! I've been trying to sort out a little home recording studio as of late, and I've been pouring through I/O interfaces and MIDI controllers and drum machines and the like. I've also commenced the writing process. Most focused I've been in a while. It seems like this project is going to be a post-metal/sludge metal type deal in the vein of Isis or Cult of Luna, albiet with a slightly more vicious bent a la Black Sheep Wall.
I'll be using Line 6 Studio PODs for guitar, bass and vocals, and using the amp modelling to get around my total lack of any decent amps or instrument microphones (Those Shure SM57s are just so damn expensive!), and a copy of Superior Drummer, with the Metal Foundry add-on for drums, because I don't really know anyone who can play the stuff I need - plus, given my limited resources, getting the drums miked up would be horrific - as well as a pair of Sennheiser studio headphones. About 550, if memory serves.
At least that was the plan. Pretty good one too, if I may say so.
Unfortunately for my serene little sense of organisation, I happened upon a rather interesting discovery at my local music shop. Tucked away between a modest collection of Gretsches, was a combo amp, a 50W with a familiar logo:
You just don't expect to see a Sunn amp these days.
For those who don't know, Sunn were an amp company who, up until folding in 2002, created some of the consistently greatest amps in the independent amplification business. Largely overlooked, the demand for the low end growl of a Sunn amp has been posthumously raised somewhat once everyone saw what a certain band were getting out of them. Great low end, growling distortion and sublime clean tones - exactly what I look for in an amp. These days, they're highly sought after by art-metal wangs such as myself. The infamous Model T head? No-one's selling anymore. No-one wants to give them up. The 4x12 cabs? Can't be found. And this little combo is still spoken of in hushed tones by anyone who knows anything about great valve combos.
It costs 550.
On one hand, great live sound, and the warm fuzzy feeling of owning a Sunn. On the other, great recorded sound, with all that brings.
Ugh. I don't know what to do. I should really be using the brainpower this is taking up on something more constructive, eh?
SLIGHT UPDATE: My songwriting has been knocked back a few days, because after a few days of attempting to get to grips with the latest version of my music notation software of choice, Guitar Pro, I can report that I failed miserably. I just dislike this version. They've made the interface more messy, removed features I used near constantly, and added a whole load of extraneous shit that doesn't actually matter. I'm just pissed I spent a good 45 on it. I'll have to get some use out of it when I'm not so pressed for time.
I'll be using Line 6 Studio PODs for guitar, bass and vocals, and using the amp modelling to get around my total lack of any decent amps or instrument microphones (Those Shure SM57s are just so damn expensive!), and a copy of Superior Drummer, with the Metal Foundry add-on for drums, because I don't really know anyone who can play the stuff I need - plus, given my limited resources, getting the drums miked up would be horrific - as well as a pair of Sennheiser studio headphones. About 550, if memory serves.
At least that was the plan. Pretty good one too, if I may say so.
Unfortunately for my serene little sense of organisation, I happened upon a rather interesting discovery at my local music shop. Tucked away between a modest collection of Gretsches, was a combo amp, a 50W with a familiar logo:
You just don't expect to see a Sunn amp these days.
For those who don't know, Sunn were an amp company who, up until folding in 2002, created some of the consistently greatest amps in the independent amplification business. Largely overlooked, the demand for the low end growl of a Sunn amp has been posthumously raised somewhat once everyone saw what a certain band were getting out of them. Great low end, growling distortion and sublime clean tones - exactly what I look for in an amp. These days, they're highly sought after by art-metal wangs such as myself. The infamous Model T head? No-one's selling anymore. No-one wants to give them up. The 4x12 cabs? Can't be found. And this little combo is still spoken of in hushed tones by anyone who knows anything about great valve combos.
It costs 550.
On one hand, great live sound, and the warm fuzzy feeling of owning a Sunn. On the other, great recorded sound, with all that brings.
Ugh. I don't know what to do. I should really be using the brainpower this is taking up on something more constructive, eh?
SLIGHT UPDATE: My songwriting has been knocked back a few days, because after a few days of attempting to get to grips with the latest version of my music notation software of choice, Guitar Pro, I can report that I failed miserably. I just dislike this version. They've made the interface more messy, removed features I used near constantly, and added a whole load of extraneous shit that doesn't actually matter. I'm just pissed I spent a good 45 on it. I'll have to get some use out of it when I'm not so pressed for time.
hyatt:
This sounds like an exciting venture. 
Good luck with it. As always, your writing floors me. You? 18? Shut the front door!
Good luck with it. As always, your writing floors me. You? 18? Shut the front door!