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Next on the list is Soho. This is one of our more complex tunes. The blocking is still not quite worked out, and it showed. We spent a lot of time trying to figure who was playing what when. Not the most efficient use of studio time. After six takes with not much to show for it, we took a break.
After ten minutes of walking around outside and just resting, Chris had the idea that Brett and I would lay down rhythm tracks, and then Aref and Shahin could go back and redo their guitar lines afterwards. The concept was that Brett and I were having problems picking out our own work from the mix -- both the guitars and Shahin's synth patch were really overpowering the drums and the bass in the headphones.
So we redid Soho with the drums and bass high up in the mix. Aref and Shahin played, but mostly so that Brett and I could keep track of where we were in the song. It really made a difference; Brett and I nailed it in one. To be honest, my solo was one of the best I've recorded in quite some time.
This is another tune that I used the Fodera. Aref wanted a fairly funky bass line, and that almost always means the Fodera. I rolled the pickups back towards the bridge, scooped out the mids and reset the Ampeg to a shallower parameteric curve.
Posted by Casper at February 28, 2004 04:17 PM