Eighth: Demo to Production

YOU DONT GO STRAIGHT INTO PRODUCING AN ALBUM
you demo it first to get a feel for what you actually want with a record.
Now, i could tell you exactly how to make sound go to the right place via the mixing desk, and i could tell you how to get play back right, i could tell you the way that the patch desk is supposed to be set out and i could tell you where the EQ is and what frequencies everything sits at.
yes, i really could tell you all that.
but i wont.
its way more fun if you find out for yourself.
the only thing i cannot tell you is how your song should sound, only you know that. You demo a song to figure out technologically how you want it to sound and if you should change anything in the song, such as chords. it gives you an idea of what it will sound like.
and then you listen to it, make any changes and go again, for real this time.
the recording process is not as easy as it sounds, there is alot of waiting around for mic placements and your late drummer, but it is also the process in which you decide what you sound like, or want to sound like because you will never know it untill your get into that box.

A software program can do anything, it can emulate every great amp in history, it can make you feeble drum kit sound like its ten meters tall.
but you cannot polish a turd.
Nat.