How to get the 80's sound

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Huge reverb on the drums, especially snare drum

With guitar sounds, you might find that if you use a little less distortion then you usually do, it will sound clearer and more fluid on the recordings

Also, quite essential to that era is a solidbody, humbucker-equipped guitar.  Use the bridge pickup, as a very large percentage of hair metal guitarists used instruments in this style: 


Note the Fender Stratocaster -shaped body, the Floyd Rose trem, the single high-output humbucker


Edited by Captain Clutch - June 22 2010 at 11:22

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Triceratopsoil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016	Posted: June 22 2010 at 11:21
	Huge reverb on the drums, especially snare drum With guitar sounds, you might find that if you use a little less distortion then you usually do, it will sound clearer and more fluid on the recordings Also, quite essential to that era is a solidbody, humbucker-equipped guitar. Use the bridge pickup, as a very large percentage of hair metal guitarists used instruments in this style: Note the Fender Stratocaster -shaped body, the Floyd Rose trem, the single high-output humbucker Edited by Captain Clutch - June 22 2010 at 11:22

TheCrimsonIdol Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: October 08 2009 Location: Bracknell Status: Offline Points: 33	Posted: June 22 2010 at 08:31
	I don't know if this should be posted in this part of the forum, so feel free to move it. I play electric guitar, bass and have a programme called "EZ Drummer" to do the drum parts for me, I have recorded a few songs in the past, but I can never get the right sound that I want, I love the production on KISS albums like Crazy Nights and Lick it up, and some Motley Crue like Girls, Girls, Girls, does anyone know any effects I can add to songs to make my songs sound a bit like this, although, I do this from home so I do not have any professional equipment, only a Microphone and the programme Sonar. So does anyone know of any effects I can put on the songs to make it sound very "80's"?