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| Re: Computer based samplers with Paris [message #95140 is a reply to message #95137] |
Sun, 27 January 2008 17:07  |
Aaron Allen
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Registered: May 2008
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>Danny Russell. (not solo, not short, hi-fi). Effective combination of MIDI
>instrumentation and rock guitar with miked tube combo amps.
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>All the guitar sounds are real guitars through an assortment of small orphaned
>combos that I've accumulated. The single mic was placed close on the speaker
>in all instances, but positioned differently depending on the particular
>amp in use, and/or just depending on what I needed to hear on a particular
>track. The guitar tracks were basically recorded flat and dry. On a couple
>tracks, small amounts of corrective EQ were used to remove rumbling or booming
>noises from below, but not so as to shape tonality. Also on a few of the
>solos, a small amount of amp reverb was used, mostly just to loosen up my
>playing a bit. No direct was used on guitar parts.
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>Since I had the amp with me in the same room as the playback monitors, I
>had to throw a thick blanket over the amp and mic to muffle the volume and
>minimize bleedthrough. Only problem is that amp doesn't ventilate with the
>blanket on. In two instances, I had an amps produce smoke while recording.
>That puts danger in the sound! You can't get that any other way. ...vocals
>on Head Around were sung through, and miked off of the same amp the guitars
>were recorded through (Marshall master volume combo). I sang into the amp
>using an ancient ('72) omni-directional condenser that came with my Sony
>portable cassette recorded that I somehow still have from when I was a kid."
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>Equipment was really basic. Nothing exotic. Mic is an Optimus 33-3018 dynamic,
>bought it on sale for $19.95 (cheap). It's Radio Shack's crappy version
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>a Shure 57. The only difference is that unlike the Shure, it probably wouldn't
>withstand the high SPL's of close-miking real drums... Soundcard, I couldn't
>even tell you. I can't find a number on it anywhere, but it does say Yamaha
>on it. It came with my 'puter. It's really noisy, but I think I've managed
>to utilize that to my advantage as an additional warmth to the final sound.
>The MIDI voices were all generated in software via Yamaha S-
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