It's been a while since I posted one of these.
(Jyraneth Rising)
...it's one of the first songs I've uploaded which has been done on 2" using my new Otari MX80. The new album seems to be shaping up to be largely about dangerous maniacs. :-/
Not having access to a female vocalist I decided to try recording the lead vocals with the tape running slow and see what happened. This is the result.
There are a few glitches, a couple of flubs on the bass part, the drums don't sit well in the mix and the mixer buss clips each time the word 'screams' is voiced, something which I'm going to have to try and fix before I do the album version.
Vocals, bass and some of the tape effects (reverse cymbals) were recorded first on a TSR-8 and dubbed onto the 2" machine. Other tape effects were done on a Studer A807. The octave shifting bit around 5:10 was done on my Akai GX-210D because the other machines were too stable and precise when switching speeds.
Recorded on 2" 24 track on an Otari MX80 and mixed to 1/4" stereo on a Studer A807. Both machines use SM900 tape at 15ips.
Instruments used included:
Roland MVS-1, Roland JV1010 with Orchestral card
Korg Triton Extreme, Waldorf MicroWave Mk1
Hammond XM-1 with H&K Rotosphere
Manikin Memotron Rack, Waldorf Pulse, Moog Voyager
Epiphone Thunderbird Gothic