mercurydime
Gangster of Love
Here's another tune...which you'll most likely recognize...maybe not a first, but you will.
https://soundcloud.com/mu-spot/come-together
https://soundcloud.com/mu-spot/come-together
It is done 99% by ear. There's some 'meter watching' going on, but since you won't be seeing the music, best to do levels by ear.
There is compression involved. I generally track with a bit on kick, snare, bass, and vox. I have a compressor on the toms, but I use it more as a peak limiter to keep from having 'overs'. I will compress the kick, snare, bass, and vox a bit more at mix time.
So, no cheating!
Mercury, do you do amp repairs?
I have a Laney Lionheart head that just fades out after playing it for a couple of minutes and just goes totally quiet. Does it every time. I am not handy with amp repairs. And just don't know much about the inner workings. Is that a tube?
Try taking a spare preamp tube of the type in the socket and replacing it, and see what happens. Make sure it's the same tube designation (12ax7, 7025, etc.) Be sure to cut the amp off each time you make a swap.
It could be a power tube. (Hell, it could be anything)! With the amp turned on, see if you observe any red-plating going on in the power tubes. The center plate would be orange/red...like it's too hot. Shouldn't do that!
It would seem that as some component(s) heats up it starts to fail or the value drifts way out of spec. The fact that it is a 'repeatable offense' suggests that whatever it is...that part has not totally failed yet...but it will!
Tubes are always the first things to check.
Let me know what you find.
I have a Laney Lionheart head that just fades out after playing it for a couple of minutes and just goes totally quiet. Does it every time. I am not handy with amp repairs. And just don't know much about the inner workings. Is that a tube?