DaveDrummer
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Ive been listening to this song. Not so much the drums this time, but the main riff. When the guitars first come in, what makes this mix so punchy? I cant figure it out. bass compression maybe? tape saturation? ahh!
but the main riff. When the guitars first come in, what makes this mix so punchy?
Im talking about the original, but ive heard both. Thanks!
DaveDrummer said:for songs like No Quarter and Black Dog, im almost certain jimmy was plugged DI, right into the board.
kylen said:
If it's the old stuff then (guessing here - not cause I know but it's fun) there's 1176 limiters and compression, compression, compression. Some articles I've read the engineers weren't afraid to run Page thru a couple of hardware compressors. I never read much about what they did to Jones bass.
2 urie 1176 & 58 Les Paul, so I've read.
DaveDrummer said:Im talking about the original, but ive heard both. Thanks!
and yea, for songs like No Quarter and Black Dog, im almost certain jimmy was plugged DI, right into the board.
gatorhaus said:Are you saying that Page's Les Paul (or whatever he was using) was plugged in DI, and not amped or are we talking about John Paul Jones' Bass being DI. Just trying to clear up my confusion. Never heard of DI-ing a 6-string and getting a dist. sound. Not saying that it can't be done or anything, just a little confused.
larry
gatorhaus said:Are you saying that Page's Les Paul (or whatever he was using) was plugged in DI, and not amped or are we talking about John Paul Jones' Bass being DI. Just trying to clear up my confusion. Never heard of DI-ing a 6-string and getting a dist. sound. Not saying that it can't be done or anything, just a little confused.
larry
Simman said:This interview Andy Johns describes exactly how he got the sound.
http://www.uaudio.com/andyjohns/index.html#Anchor-Interview-49575
So “Black Dog” has a direct Gibson Les Paul Sunburst 52 or something, going right into the mic amps on the mixer, which is going through two 1176’s, and it sounds like some guy in the Albert Hall with a bunch of marshals.
VirtualSamana said:Shit,
next thing you know we find out that Hendrix recorded everything through a POD that ran on punch cards.