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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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 Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:01 am Post subject: what was 1BL doing in 1993? |
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I am disgracefully un-mpeggy and not au fait with all the latest tech. Besides, when my old band, sub rosa recorded in 1993, it was on Fostex 1/4" tape. Nothing wrong with that, but I didn't even have CD-burning capability so I ended up with a cassette tape (remember those?)
Anyhoo, I've simply played it through my deck and stuck a WAV recorder in front of the speaker. You can hear the wobble of the device as I pressed the record button. To me, the quality sounds a bit shi'ite but I am using a laptop to listen back. Let me know if it sounds cack to you and I'll try a re-record.
http://www.4shared.com/account/file/35634206/7931d5f0/PICT0007.html
The song is called "This". |
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Tim
Low Frequency Out
Joined: 14 Aug 2005
Posts: 1015
Location: At the back, behind the guitarist.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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You can hear everything, got the 'bathroom effect' but thats no suprise really.
It's like what I was listening to in '93, had I been old enough I could've come to see you play...  |
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
Posts: 3316
Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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I like it Bass, nice guitar work, it reminds me of something but i can't place it.
Did you record in a studio or in a home studio?
What guitar was your guitarist using? |
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1bassleft
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Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:08 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the comments, Lee + Tim.
It was recorded at Lancaster Music Co-op's studio in, erm, Lancaster. They had an 8-track Fostex setup. We'd used them a few times and this was the last as sub rosa (there is a Difference Engine recording I might be able to dig out). Our usual trick was to live-dump the instrumentals for as many as six songs in one go, as we're reasonably tight - or not fussy, depending on your viewpoint. That'd be on a Saturday, then Sunday we spent putting down the main vox (Chris), b-vox (mine and Chris) and perhaps some additional guitar. We'd then spend the rest of Sunday mastering it down to DAT (remember Digital Audio Tape?), which Chris kept, and a chrome cassette copy. I only have a chrome copy of the chrome sub-master.
The Co-op hired out a nice Sonex drumkit for £10, which was a good thing as Justin had an awful £299 bunch of biscuit tins. HST, the Sonex came with Zildjian Ks which I completely disliked so I splashed out (see what I did there?   ) on brighter Paistes for Justin. My bass at that time was the trusty Aria into the CMI 100. This had no DI (being a vintage valve thingy) and we were short of mics but we rigged up something that plugged into the speaker-out and didn't blow up when connected to the deck.
Jason did the "lead" guitar on a VERY red Mexican Strat through a Valvestate 40W combo. The rhythm guitar, holding most of the melody even though distorted, was Chris on a Jap RI Jazzmaster through a Peavey Bravo 112. Well spotted, Lee. Chris admitted that his guitar line was "influenced" (I take that to mean ripped off from) a Sonic Youth song. I don't know which one, I'm afraid.
If the recording is no worse than a bathroom effect, I might punt up some others; so plead with me now to cease and desist |
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Tim
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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No way, you go dude.
I'm working on something that I can post up but my PC laaaaaaags awfully these days...roll on March and bonus time! |
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1bassleft
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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I'll have to upgrade to a proper 4shared account, as a whole song takes a lot of the freeby 5Gb up. Tim, my lo-tech solution was to use a £30 Vivitar camera in sound mode and transfer it directly to 4shared. No strain on the CPU which is just as well; this Toshiba Satellite Pro is yonks old with some lowly silicon in it.
And when is Lee's LAND recording going to be posted up? Looking forward to it... |
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Tim
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Cheers, but I'm playing everything myself and sampling the drums so I have to do it all into Acid (I don't have enough mates for a real band...I have two in fact...both of whom play flute!) |
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1bassleft
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I can almost remember when musicians did their recordings on acid. How times change. |
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Tim
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lee_UK
Rolling Stone No.8
Joined: 04 Feb 2005
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I posted it up for a few days and took it down again, it was a real rough mix. we are re-mixing in 6 weeks. |
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