Richard Monroe
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Oops, I posted this in the mixing/mastering forum. Let's try again-
We've posted up several more of the house mixes. As before- these are rough house mixes of Sahara-dry raw tracks. No panning, EQ, FX/reverb, compression, except on electric guitar. That would be the mixing engineer's job. We uploaded at 192kb/sec, and we still can't re-enable "Requiem" at the new sample rate, but we're working on it. Well, here goes-
"The Woodsman's Lay"- a true Medieval lay, a form of song with a series of verses, no chorus, no bridges. Celtic lap harp, classic guitar, Persian zarb, and muted viola with a slacked bow. Harp was done with a C414B-ULS, classic guitar/wind chimes with a pair of C-4's. Zarb was tracked with C414 and Shure SM7B. Vox and viola with B.L.U.E. Kiwi, muted, with the bow slacked. (verily, that's how viola sounded in ye goode olde days). All tracks into Avalon AD2022.
"Le Pela Finde"- I always wanted to know what you would hear if you sneaked up on the elves in Lothlorien in the dead of night. If anybody wants the English translation, you can find it on my web site at www.bardwire.com. Harp with C414 into the Avalon, classic guitar with the C-4's >Avaslon, lead vox with NTK>Avalon. Doumbek with C414/SM7B, as the zarb above. Violin with the Kiwi>Avalon. Backing vox tracked with Oktava MK319 into Joemeek twinQcs.
"Goody's Song"- First song I ever wrote. Acoustic guitar is tracked DI, using a Taylor 710CE with a Fishman Prefix Plus into the Joemeek. Vox with NTK>Joemeek. Backing vox with AKG C2000B>Joemeek. There's just a ghost of percussion, not quite cut completely.
"Family"- Maureen Fleming, the backing vocalist, wrote this tune. We used to do it with "Horsefeathers" in San Francisco. She recorded a latin beat version on her first CD, "Dreamers". Instruments were tracked pretty much as above, except backing vox was tracked with Studio Projects C-3>Joemeek.
"Donahue"- My tribute to talk TV, it's a Texas two-step. Tracked with a whole assortment of mics and pres. Acoustic and vox, as above, with C414 and Kiwi into the Avalon. snare with C414 and SM7B underneath, C-4's into the Joemeek for overheads. Kick w/ AKG D112 into the Avalon. The electric guitar has one bizarre signal chain. Parker Fly- Piezo pickup into the Avalon and straight to the board, unprocessed. Magnetic pickups to TC Electronics M300 for a little reverb and some slapback, then to Carver PM125 power amp, then to a Marshall 1 X 12 cab, mic'd with SM7B in front and AKG D112 in back, both mics to the Joemeek, and then to the recorder.
"Rock Star"- God, we had fun doing this, if we could stop laughing long enough to play. A bunch of 50-something folkies and jazzmen play circa 1981 hard rock! More boogered-up signal chains. Rhythm guit with SG into POD Pro ( tap-Brit Classic, models a Mesa Boogie IIc drive channel)>power amp> cab> mic'd
with SM7B into the Avalon. Vox with SP C-3>Avalon. Lead guitar also used the POD, same setup, using Tap-Modern Highgain, which models a Soldano SLO Superlead. The D112 was added in back of the (open back) cab. Both mics into the Avalon. Drums pretty much as above, but the MK319 was added for the floor
toms, and Oktava MC012's were substituted for the C-4's as overheads.
I hope y'all are not bored by the mic rundowns, but whenever I listen to MP3's in the clinic, I want to know, "how the hell did they mic that up?" It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. If I do, it's an idea to try, if not, one to avoid.- Enjoy-Richie
Here's the link:
http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/?aid=3239/album680
We've posted up several more of the house mixes. As before- these are rough house mixes of Sahara-dry raw tracks. No panning, EQ, FX/reverb, compression, except on electric guitar. That would be the mixing engineer's job. We uploaded at 192kb/sec, and we still can't re-enable "Requiem" at the new sample rate, but we're working on it. Well, here goes-
"The Woodsman's Lay"- a true Medieval lay, a form of song with a series of verses, no chorus, no bridges. Celtic lap harp, classic guitar, Persian zarb, and muted viola with a slacked bow. Harp was done with a C414B-ULS, classic guitar/wind chimes with a pair of C-4's. Zarb was tracked with C414 and Shure SM7B. Vox and viola with B.L.U.E. Kiwi, muted, with the bow slacked. (verily, that's how viola sounded in ye goode olde days). All tracks into Avalon AD2022.
"Le Pela Finde"- I always wanted to know what you would hear if you sneaked up on the elves in Lothlorien in the dead of night. If anybody wants the English translation, you can find it on my web site at www.bardwire.com. Harp with C414 into the Avalon, classic guitar with the C-4's >Avaslon, lead vox with NTK>Avalon. Doumbek with C414/SM7B, as the zarb above. Violin with the Kiwi>Avalon. Backing vox tracked with Oktava MK319 into Joemeek twinQcs.
"Goody's Song"- First song I ever wrote. Acoustic guitar is tracked DI, using a Taylor 710CE with a Fishman Prefix Plus into the Joemeek. Vox with NTK>Joemeek. Backing vox with AKG C2000B>Joemeek. There's just a ghost of percussion, not quite cut completely.
"Family"- Maureen Fleming, the backing vocalist, wrote this tune. We used to do it with "Horsefeathers" in San Francisco. She recorded a latin beat version on her first CD, "Dreamers". Instruments were tracked pretty much as above, except backing vox was tracked with Studio Projects C-3>Joemeek.
"Donahue"- My tribute to talk TV, it's a Texas two-step. Tracked with a whole assortment of mics and pres. Acoustic and vox, as above, with C414 and Kiwi into the Avalon. snare with C414 and SM7B underneath, C-4's into the Joemeek for overheads. Kick w/ AKG D112 into the Avalon. The electric guitar has one bizarre signal chain. Parker Fly- Piezo pickup into the Avalon and straight to the board, unprocessed. Magnetic pickups to TC Electronics M300 for a little reverb and some slapback, then to Carver PM125 power amp, then to a Marshall 1 X 12 cab, mic'd with SM7B in front and AKG D112 in back, both mics to the Joemeek, and then to the recorder.
"Rock Star"- God, we had fun doing this, if we could stop laughing long enough to play. A bunch of 50-something folkies and jazzmen play circa 1981 hard rock! More boogered-up signal chains. Rhythm guit with SG into POD Pro ( tap-Brit Classic, models a Mesa Boogie IIc drive channel)>power amp> cab> mic'd
with SM7B into the Avalon. Vox with SP C-3>Avalon. Lead guitar also used the POD, same setup, using Tap-Modern Highgain, which models a Soldano SLO Superlead. The D112 was added in back of the (open back) cab. Both mics into the Avalon. Drums pretty much as above, but the MK319 was added for the floor
toms, and Oktava MC012's were substituted for the C-4's as overheads.
I hope y'all are not bored by the mic rundowns, but whenever I listen to MP3's in the clinic, I want to know, "how the hell did they mic that up?" It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. If I do, it's an idea to try, if not, one to avoid.- Enjoy-Richie
Here's the link:
http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/?aid=3239/album680