| Thanks for the introduction Brent!
I'm very glad people are digging the record!
I'll gladly answer any questions I can!
I'll start with the interest in the guitar sounds. The sounds that I tracked were always tiny vintage combo amps. Mike has a great collection of tiny old combos! A little Gretsch was the most popular choice throughout. The band brought in some little white combo too. I think White is the brand name. I don't really remember what it was, but it was killer!!! Usually to save time, the band would audition amps, and then we'd throw up a 57 and 421, maybe a 121, sometimes a U67. Sometimes I'd pick a single mic, sometimes use the combination. When using one mic, I'd use the Chandler Germanium 500 pre, to 550a, then normally to a distressor (6:1, just tickling the GR meter, and Dist 3). When combining mics, Mike has an old BCM10 that was modded to fit into the rack. I'd use the 1073 pres in that, and send one side of the mix bus to the 550a and distressor. I love the way the api eq's work on guitars! I usually just use the distressor to add a touch of attack, and the Dist 3 setting adds a little something special.
The band did a lot of the tracking at their place outside of a few tracks. When it was mix time, we did do it at Mike's studio. I'd get an hour or so to sort through their session and get a mix started. Then we'd do some overdubs. We did redo some guitar, bass, vocals, even drums during the mix sessions, but a lot of the original parts were kept. Then I'd finish the mix that night. It was an extremely difficult and exhausting way to mix a record!! Probably couldn't have done it if they weren't such awesome guys!
Thanks again!
Adam |