The next piece in the prog puzzle -- synths/harspichord/orchestral/lap steel!

[TwilightOdyssey]

Well, here is the latest section of the big prog piece. Enjoy!



Almost too much going on to break down:

Rhythm guitars are Tele Thinline/Beano Boost/Champster
'War' section is Tele Thinline/BB Preamp/Studio 2
Funk section is Strat/Beano Boost/Champster on the right; Strat/SunFace/Champster on the left
First lead guitar is Tele Thinline/Beano Boost/Champster
All other leads are Strat/Beano Boost or Strat/SunFace/Mooer Chorus/ Champster

Slide is a custom built lap steel by WezV in the UK; Thunderbird pickup

Speaker is a Weber 12A125A w Shure SM57 off axis
Mic pre is the Focusrite Saffire 18i20

Bass guitar is a Silvertone bass/Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver/Pigtronix Philosopher's tone

All analog synths are Dave Smith MOPHO

Wulitzer/horns/piano are Halion synth

Harpsichord is Samplebase Scarlatti sampled harpsichord from the 1780s

Violin and Cello are EasWest Symphonic Orchestra samples

Mellotron is MTron sampled from original Mellotron tapes

 

[DankStar]

Re: The next piece in the prog puzzle -- synths/harspichord/orchestral/lap steel!

trippy! really like the snare stuff and the solos around 9-10 min. not sure how you remember all that stuff!

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: The next piece in the prog puzzle -- synths/harspichord/orchestral/lap steel!

Thanks for listening!

Believe it or not, this stuff is largely improvisational/ written as we go. Then we try a couple of passes to make sure we remember the basic structure, and then a couple/few passes, recording it live (no comping!)

The basic tracks were written and recorded in 3 hours. I then spent 2 weeks building the arrangement with overdubs and solos.

I hope you dug the guitar tones, there are a couple that I really like. (Though I am pretty much convinced at this point that the SM57 is not the best match for the Weber)