Aside from being a cool performance that just sounds really good for a live recording too - How did you do it?
EDIT: Fucking hell, Bill. You can really play.
Thanks man. Coming from you guys around here, that means a lot to me.
I have 2 Zoom R24's linked via USB cable for 16 channels of recording. I mic everything and take the direct outs from my board (only what needs to be in the house goes through the PA. ie vocals, sax, a touch of guitar and, if the room needs it, some kick and/or snare). The drums were done with a Beta 52 on the kick,
SM57 on the snare and a pair of Octava MK-012's, the bass is a direct out from his amp, the sax player uses a Sennheiser E835, the guitar is a Sennheiser E609, my vocal mic is a Beta 58 and the other vocal mic is a Sennheiser E835.
Then I take it home, throw it in the DAW (Studio One) and mix. On this particular one, the drums have been EQ'd and somewhat compressed. I have also some verb specific to the snare and a different verb for the whole kit. The guitar and sax have not been EQ'd at all and only very slight compression. The sax does have it's own reverb. The bass had some slight EQ and compression. The vocals have some reverb and delay as well as some EQ and compression. This took me about 2 hours total to do the whole gig (I don't edit any of the .wav and there's no automation on any of this. This is pretty much how it was recorded with EQ and stuff added later) and that includes burning CDs of 2 different mixes.
Lt Boob Very cool. As a kid, I had a copy of that show as a bootleg. Wonder if it came from your source? I know a lot of Live Show traders (I used to be one) so I may just do a little investigation. Did you ever let anyone borrow (or make a copy of) your tape?
Cakewalk Thanks man. Like I said, first gig with this drummer, second time he ever played the song. The bass player, sax player and I run an open mic every other Tuesday (tonight, actually) so we use that as a paid rehearsal. Other than that, no practices. The bass player and sax player are top notch and the only thing holding us back was a drummer that does what we need. This guy does it.
JDOD Everyone I know that has seen Hendrix (or anyone* back then, really) always had mixed reviews. From my albeit unscientific study, the bad ones came down to a couple of things A. The sound was usually bad and therefore unpleasant. B. The performers, especially at that time, were known to be completely fucked up and unable to perform often. or C. Their memory is clouded by their own imbibing. If I remember correctly though, Hendrix was having amp issues, wasn't in a very good frame of mind at the time, was certainly intoxicated. I know there's video of his performance there. In fact I think some was included in that Jimi Hendrix movie from back the 70's.
* Pink Floyd being the one example that anyone I know who has seen them has said the sound was always great. Lot's of timing and prop mishaps but never an issue with their sound.
