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(This will be in parts as I work on it)
Latest version: 17
DLB Redux Test 17verb
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/lefty-lounge-lizard/dlb-redux-test-17verb
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fVBUL3SmFieFItdjhnWkwwcm8/view?usp=sharing
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I decided to do a complete redux of my earlier attempt at Don't Look Back found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fVBUL3SmFiOF8tbFBzMm95VTA/view?usp=sharing
...utilizing some different studio tricks and tweaking the drums & bass.
For starters, I now have a pickup that is very similar to the DiM SD that Scholz had... the SD SH-5 (there it is again!).
Rig-wise, everything else is the same (slaved Marshall rig) including the MXR 6 Band EQ set to the honky mids setting.
Some people don't dig the honk, but a very beneficial side effect of this is the harmonics are really accentuated (for lack of a better
explanation - an example of this is where you hold/vibrato a note/chord and it goes from the fundamental to the harmonic over time).
...
First off, you gotta have a rhythm section. And if you don't have a readily-accessible drummer and bass player, that means
you gotta do it yourself. I make it easy by siphoning the drums & bass from a Guitar Pro (guitar tab software) track.
The problem with this is the drums and bass are... cheap Casio-keyboard/MIDI sounding. Well, you can massage them
in the DAW by adding compression, etc... . They won't be perfect, but they will sound damn better than the source.
Alright, so you're Tom Scholz. You recorded the starting/main rhythm, but it sounds weak. What do you do?
Well, if you're Tom Scholz, you double-track it. Then double-track it some more. Hell, triple-track it. Even quadruple-track it!
For the record, the famous starting rhythm of this tune is actually 2 different guitar parts; both doubled. So yeah,
that's 4 (count 'em - FOUR) guitar tracks. The vast majority of the guitars in this tune are at the very least doubled, and
in some cases, quadrupled. This adds a sweet thickening as well as a slight chorusing effect (due to miniscule differences
in pitch changes and timing changes).
Needless to say, this adds up to a ton of tracks and a ton of clips.
I haven't counted all the tracks yet, but prolly around 14... and I'm not even close to done yet.
Clip count so far (including flubs and redo's
222
That's 222 times I've hit the record button.
Anyways, back to the doubling... so you record the same part twice, then pan each out left/right.
The sound is huuuuuge.
So, go through the entire tune recording all the distorted rhythm guitar parts; doubling and sometimes quadrupling each.
In some cases, I had to make a quick "scratch" track so I knew where I was timing-wise (the middle part of the tune especially).
Here's where we're at now:
- drums added & massaged
- bass guitar added & massaged
- all (or most; don't remember) distorted rhythm guitars tracked & panned (no EQ)
- channel volumes roughed in
Master
- just a touch of Sunset Studios Echo Chamber for ambiance (for demo purposes only)
- old school RIAA-ish EQ (47Hz-12KHz)
- Limiter
- Kramer Master Tape
...and here's what we've got so far:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fVBUL3SmFiNEM0bFBwLW5Gc1E/view?usp=sharing
Next up: Not sure - maybe the solo guitars, maybe the clean stuff. And don't forget the pick scrapes and feedback!
Latest version: 17
DLB Redux Test 17verb
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/lefty-lounge-lizard/dlb-redux-test-17verb
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fVBUL3SmFieFItdjhnWkwwcm8/view?usp=sharing
==================================================================
I decided to do a complete redux of my earlier attempt at Don't Look Back found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fVBUL3SmFiOF8tbFBzMm95VTA/view?usp=sharing
...utilizing some different studio tricks and tweaking the drums & bass.
For starters, I now have a pickup that is very similar to the DiM SD that Scholz had... the SD SH-5 (there it is again!).
Rig-wise, everything else is the same (slaved Marshall rig) including the MXR 6 Band EQ set to the honky mids setting.
Some people don't dig the honk, but a very beneficial side effect of this is the harmonics are really accentuated (for lack of a better
explanation - an example of this is where you hold/vibrato a note/chord and it goes from the fundamental to the harmonic over time).
...
First off, you gotta have a rhythm section. And if you don't have a readily-accessible drummer and bass player, that means
you gotta do it yourself. I make it easy by siphoning the drums & bass from a Guitar Pro (guitar tab software) track.
The problem with this is the drums and bass are... cheap Casio-keyboard/MIDI sounding. Well, you can massage them
in the DAW by adding compression, etc... . They won't be perfect, but they will sound damn better than the source.
Alright, so you're Tom Scholz. You recorded the starting/main rhythm, but it sounds weak. What do you do?
Well, if you're Tom Scholz, you double-track it. Then double-track it some more. Hell, triple-track it. Even quadruple-track it!
For the record, the famous starting rhythm of this tune is actually 2 different guitar parts; both doubled. So yeah,
that's 4 (count 'em - FOUR) guitar tracks. The vast majority of the guitars in this tune are at the very least doubled, and
in some cases, quadrupled. This adds a sweet thickening as well as a slight chorusing effect (due to miniscule differences
in pitch changes and timing changes).
Needless to say, this adds up to a ton of tracks and a ton of clips.
I haven't counted all the tracks yet, but prolly around 14... and I'm not even close to done yet.
Clip count so far (including flubs and redo's
222That's 222 times I've hit the record button.
Anyways, back to the doubling... so you record the same part twice, then pan each out left/right.
The sound is huuuuuge.
So, go through the entire tune recording all the distorted rhythm guitar parts; doubling and sometimes quadrupling each.
In some cases, I had to make a quick "scratch" track so I knew where I was timing-wise (the middle part of the tune especially).
Here's where we're at now:
- drums added & massaged
- bass guitar added & massaged
- all (or most; don't remember) distorted rhythm guitars tracked & panned (no EQ)
- channel volumes roughed in
Master
- just a touch of Sunset Studios Echo Chamber for ambiance (for demo purposes only)
- old school RIAA-ish EQ (47Hz-12KHz)
- Limiter
- Kramer Master Tape
...and here's what we've got so far:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fVBUL3SmFiNEM0bFBwLW5Gc1E/view?usp=sharing
Next up: Not sure - maybe the solo guitars, maybe the clean stuff. And don't forget the pick scrapes and feedback!
