equinoxe_uk
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Posted: Aug. 07 2005, 23:32 |
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Right, I'll finally get round to telling people who are interested how this track was made -
All recorded, sequenced and produced in Cubase SX, Mastered using oZone in Cool Edit
The acoustic at the beginning is (obviously) sampled, but most other instruments are real. The strings and flute are a VSTi.
I played the bass, acoustic guitar, Toy Glockenspiel (Cost me a tenner from the early learning center, not chromatic so I had to play the melody out of tune and digitally pitch shift it), Grand Piano, Jew's Harp, Tubular Bells, Percussion, some Vocals and keyboards and I got a few friends in for some other parts such as the mandolin, drums and female vox.
The guitars and mandolin were recorded using a Shure SM-57 next to the hole with an AKG C-1000S around the middle of the fretboard. The Glockenspiel, vocals and jews harp were all recorded using a Soundking Tube mic and the Grand Piano was done using 2x AKG C-3000's and a PZM.
The cymbals were recorded using a C-1000S. I used a 14 inch China and a 16 inch rock Crash.
The bells were originally played using 2 sets of wind chimes that I tuned to form a rudimentary rack of Tubular Bells. The longest chime is around 4 feet long and the shortest about 10 inches. I used a C-1000S above the bells and an SM-57 below the bells at an angle. I used the recordings to make samples that I used in the final version, just to get more higher harmonics. Coupled with some chorus and reverb they sound perfect!
That's about it really for the track - I'll post it back on my site for people to download again should they wish!
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