Kapo_Polenton
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Inspired by Ghosty's thread on the Lange sound, I would be interested in hearing what people know or have heard about the Cult's Sonic Temple. The whole thing sounds so huge to me... especially the guitars. They seem to be slightly in the back ground but occupy a huge sonic space. The main melodies on Firewoman for example are verbed out and sound like they are recorded in huge stadium... is the formula on the rythms similar? Am I hearing multiple cabs/speakers/mics rolled into one rythm track or is that effect achieved also with verb and a simple 2 mic setup with a room mic as a third? Maybe each track has been double tracked making the result 2 tracks L and 2 tracks R of individual performances. Maybe a Chorus all over the rythm guitars is the key? Not finding much by way of the recording process ... maybe i am just a sucker for the Bob Rock approach but he makes things sound huge and I would be interested if I could get something similar.It is a bit dated by today's standard but that is what I like about it.
Another thing I wondered is whether anyone else thinks that snare is a replacement snare. Too perfect on every hit and only deviates slightly on rolls/fills. Probably became a standard approach by the late 80's on most projects seeing as the drumming in most of these songs is fairly straightforward and does not involve a lot of snare dynamics or subtleties like ghost hits or rim shots.
Another thing I wondered is whether anyone else thinks that snare is a replacement snare. Too perfect on every hit and only deviates slightly on rolls/fills. Probably became a standard approach by the late 80's on most projects seeing as the drumming in most of these songs is fairly straightforward and does not involve a lot of snare dynamics or subtleties like ghost hits or rim shots.
