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sunday morning session

ben — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:51:22 +0000

got up early this morning to work on some guitar and bass parts. we’ve decided to focus on 3 to 4 song batches, get everything recorded for those songs then move to the next batch. I’ve almost got my parts done, a few more days of work.

jen’s gonna work on her parts the next two days, giving me a couple much needed days off.

we’re also getting ready for the may 30 show at cafe 939. should be great. we’ve got a lot of surprises in store for everyone. stay tuned…

fender jaguar

Pietro — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:26:53 +0000

About half of the songs we’re recording will feature some fabulous Fender Baritone Jaguar; in some songs it plays a leading role. It’s beautiful sounding guitar with a ton of character and depth.

Trying to record it though, is a little bit more difficult. It has a tone somewhere between a guitar and bass, though it definitely leans more towards the lower, bassier side, since most of the tone we user comes from a bass rig (Ampeg SVT-VR head and 6×12 cab).

Lately, we’ve found that we get the best recorded tone by also playing through a Vox AC30, which adds some bite, clarity and high end responce that isn’t there through the bass setup.

To record the bass side of things, we end up with 4 tracks; 2 mics (AKG D112 and Shure Beta 52), a direct from the SansAmp, and direct from the head. On the AC30, we’ve found that a Rode NT5 right against the grill sounds great, helped out by the old stand by Shure SM57, and a Shure KSM27 a little further away.

Anyway, i’ll post some audio samples of what all this sounds like shortly. But for now, it’s time to enjoy what’s left of a beautiful sunday evening.

guitars

ben — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:44:12 +0000

bass & jaguar parts are done for 65% of the potential songs for this record. yay! on to guitars. endless combinations of pedals and effects, finding the right combination can be daunting, but when you find the perfect mix… ahhhhhh.

jen’s knocking out Fire Eater parts right now…

the Diana+ camera will be loaded today, photos will be posted soon.

current playlist:

eulogies: here anonymous
jose gonzalez: veneer
kings of leon: because of the times
yeah yeah yeahs: it’s blitz

Worm’s eye view

Pietro — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:08:15 +0000

Tracking some baritone Jaguar on “Meteor Flights” by Logic’s glow. This will be our first true recording of this song. We started to demo it a few months ago before we ran into some dongle issues; in other words, I lost the dongle. What’s a dongle? Well, let’s just say that is a pretty damn expensive piece of plastic if you can’t find it. Anyway, just press record already!