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Posted: Oct. 08 2005, 08:36

I'm not sure whether this fits here or in the L&S area; if it does fit elsewhere please move it.

The TB 2003 DVD-A booklet was very well done in its extensive lists of instruments. Unfortunately the L&S one is not very much like that, so I'd like to ask some specific questions on the instruments used on the album.

- Guitars -> Did Mike only play his custom PRS, or did he use anything else (such as for example his pink Strat) ? The sound on "Angelique" sounds like an acoustic guitar, but cannot determine whether it's a real one or not.

- Bass -> Mike mentioned Christopher what's-his-surname [I'm too lazy to check it out!! :D] as the bass player on Nightshade. Does anyone know which bass (guitar) did he play? Also, did Mike play any real bass on L&S?

- Keyboards -> How many keyboards were actually played [i.e. Mike really pressing the keys! :)] on the album, and which ones?

- Piano -> Is there any real piano?

- Vocaloid -> Is it a stand-alone piece of software, or is it part of a bigger program? Also, is Cantor a version of Vocaloid or a different piece of software?

- FL Studio
1) Sorry for the very silly question, but is FL studio an improved/advanced/professional (?) version of that FruityLoops thing I've seen mentioned many times in this board, but I admit not knowing what it actually is? :)
2) What music, i.e. which instrumenta parts, did it actually generate on L&S?
3) Did Mike do anything else with it (i.e. mixing, editing etc.) other than actually making music?
4) Again, is it a stand-alone program or part of a bigger one?

Thanks in advance to anyone who answers!


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Posted: Oct. 08 2005, 09:05

From the L + S page here and added some coments by myself:

Guitars
Fender Strat (pink) 1963 - used a lot on Light guitar parts

Paul Reed Smith Signature 1990 - the first PRS he's
got,featured a lot on the Shade solos(the one which had a small cam on TB II concert)

Ramirez Classical 1974 - used for all the guitar parts

Fender Precision Bass 1964 - the very same bass Mike used
on the TB Part I performance @ Second House.

Piano
Steinway Grand 1928 - I think is the one we can see on Millennium Bell concert

Keyboards
Roland and Yamaha - various models,non-specified

Computers
Mac G5 (Logic 7)
PC (Windows XP Pro with FL Studio)

Software Plugins
Glaresoft: iDrum
Linplug: Albino 2
Native Instruments: Absynth 3 / Altered States / FM7 / Morphology / Reaktor / Sounds of Polynesia / Wired
REFX: Vanguard
Spectrasonics: Atmosphere / Stylus RMX
Steinberg: Groove Agent / Hypersonic / Kantos / Slayer / XPhrase
Virtual Vocalist Software: Vocaloid / Cantor


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Posted: Oct. 08 2005, 16:41

How silly I was not to check the Discography page before posting... :D Thanks anyway, Tati.

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Posted: Oct. 10 2005, 15:10

omg...mike using vanguard...

world seems to be crazy...


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Posted: Oct. 11 2005, 14:34

;) On Nightshade ( for the guitar chords ) he plays with Slayer... I recognize the particular sound of this Electric Guitar Virtual instrument  ;)
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Posted: Mar. 20 2006, 16:15

Quote (Tubular Tos @ Oct. 11 2005, 14:34)
;) On Nightshade ( for the guitar chords ) he plays with Slayer... I recognize the particular sound of this Electric Guitar Virtual instrument  ;)

Is "Slayer" Mike Oldfield's replacement for the Roland GP8 and Roland VG8 guitar multi-effects units?  :)  :)

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