Drums, Drums, and more Drums!

Hey guys and gals!

This is Jester, the new drummer. I'm pretty excited to be here with INSATIA. It's been a fun month, or so, getting into the groove of writing and recording. We're about half way done with the drum parts and it's coming along real well. Most definitely the best drumming from me will show on this album. Here is a sweet little video we have of the song "After Tomorrow" where you can hear what I have to offer. Enjoy!

Until next time!

Jester

Cosmetics and Counter Melodies

Hey everyone!

One of the next steps in the recording process (and probably the most under-noticed) are the cosmetic guitar parts and counter melodies.  What are those, you ask?  Check out the video of me playing a couple of them from the last tune you heard, called "Bleeding You".  You'll notice that they enhance the main riff, make it perhaps a bit more melodic and a bit more driving.  Plus, they thicken up the sound.



Cheers!

DUCK

So, a Peavey Supreme 100W, a Marshall DSL-100 and a BOSS GT-8 walk into a bar...

And what comes out is utter relentless brutality at its best, or shall we just call it INSATIA?  I think so.

DUCK here, everyone, with some good news!  We recorded the main rhythm guitars waaaay back in March thinking that we would have the album done much sooner than we currently have, and as sad as that is, I can promise and assure that the wait will be well worth it, and we thank you all for your patience!  Our old drummer wanted to be in charge of the mixing, so we sent him the tracks and then never heard from him again.  There's a word for this in English, for all of our non-English speaking fans.  This person is called a "fag" in English.  Clearly, after all of this, we are in the process of auditioning drummers and I'm once again in charge of the mixing.  All a side note, really.

Today, I took all of those tracks that we recorded and reworked the guitar tone to a point of utter, relentless, brutality and perfection.  We only want the best for you guys, and by the best, we simply mean the best that we can do with what we have available to us at the time.  We never settle for less, even if we're dealing with less.  You will always have that promise from us!

Here are some pictures from the day!

Fuckin' A, right?  The speakers are hidden somewhere where my neighbours won't be too pissed at me for cranking the best heavy metal they've ever heard.

It was fun, and I'm really happy to be at the point where we're at.  Conrad's been working hard on perfecting his bass magik and he's come in to record some lines.  We have a blog posting coming soon about his adventures in bass magik.

Care to hear a sample?  Check out an mp3 by clicking the following link!  Bleeding You.mp3

Keep rockin' everyone!

Stay tuned for more to come!

Cheers!

DUCK

Acoustics Part Deux

The acoustics are finished!

I honestly couldn't be any happier, not only did the sound come out rather well, but another chapter in the recording of the album is closed and the next one opens!

The 12 string acoustic recording went either easier than the 6 string acoustic recording or more difficult.  The majority of the time I was doubling what I did with the 6 string acoustics, though in another register as to really thicken up the sound and add a great amount of dimension.  In other instances, I was creating entirely separate parts that sounded great solely because of the timbre the 12 string provides.  In rare instances, I had to double the 6 strings parts with a close, but different strum pattern, which really thickened up the sound and added dimension.

I recorded the 12 string acoustics the same way as the 6 string acoustics; I used one SM-27 at the area in between the 12th fret and the sound hole (arguably the most balanced tone), and directly plugged into the computer.

Here is a video on our official YouTube account giving you guys an idea of the sound:


Next up is the bass recording, and that may actually be happening in conjunction with the reamping of the electric guitars, so stay tuned later this month for some updates on either front!

Cheers!

DUCK

Acoustics Part One

Well, hello!

DUCK here with most excellent news!  All of the 6 string acoustic guitar parts have been recorded!  I recorded far more than I will probably need, but that's entirely the point.  This way I can always take away, which is much easier than having to deal without.  The process went smooth as can be, minus my guitar strings going rather dull about third-of-the-way through.  A new set happened to be in the case, that I bought probably 5 or 6 years ago, and decided to use them.  They were bright and shimmering for about 4 songs and then just went dull.  Nothing a little extra EQ can't fix, which is why I saved the time and money of going to get more strings, since money is a little tight right now.

Here is a video that I made showcasing the progress and pre-production sound of the 6 string acoustics.  Pre-production meaning that there isn't any mixing or effects on the guitars.  When you hear them on the album, you'll immediately notice how different they'll sound.  Better, naturally.




Tonight I'm going to get my 12 string acoustic ready with new strings and proper tuning.  Tomorrow and Wednesday will be spent entirely on recording the 12 string acoustic parts, so stay tuned!

Cheers!

DUCK

Acoustics - Finding the Sound

Hey everyone!

Today, I played around with a couple microphone combination's, in order to find a good acoustic sound for the album.  All of the main electric guitars were already recorded back in the Spring, and all that needs to happen now is to put them through another amplifier to make them sound good.  I've already played with some amps and found the sound I want, so later this month I'll do that.  But first, I have a few weeks of free time, so I wanted to get the acoustics recorded.  Part One will cover 6 string acoustics, and Part Two will cover 12 string acoustics.

First and foremost, the space I'm working with isn't conducive for recording acoustic guitars, at all.  As you'll see from the pictures, there are only hard surfaces, plus my computer all directly in front of me, so achieving a good sound will be difficult.  Since this is the only way I can go about recording the acoustics, we'll just have to make do and do the best with what we have.

Here we have two SM-81's in an X-Y configuration along with the guitar plugged direct-in.

Here we have one SM-27 along with the guitar plugged direct-in.

I ended up liking the one SM-27 with the direct-in sound the best and have decided to use that configuration to record all of the acoustic guitars.  The SM-81's were just too good for the space and too much reflection could be heard from all of the hard surfaces.

Tomorrow,  I'll be dedicating the day to recording 6 string acoustic parts.  I'll do my best to snag some pictures and video footage to post of the process.

Cheers!

DUCK

Our New Singer

Hey everyone!

Lots of things have been changing here in the world of INSATIA!  First and foremost, we have a new singer by the name of Chelsea, who will be captivating and mesmerizing you all from this day forth!



We're also auditioning drummers at current.  All of which have greatly slowed down our progress on the debut album.  Never fear, as we're back on schedule and are stronger than before!

Cheers!

DUCK