Corrientes - This Ghost - ep - Recording info.

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We have completed the ep "This Ghost".
You can see the recording info. here.
This ep was mastered by Nathan James - Jigsaw Sound in NYC.

You can see pics and info. about the live drum recording for this ep here:
http://corrientesmusic.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11

Some of the songs will be using drum loops, I will specify if so.

You can listen to the ep from the Reverbnation music player link below.

Link to "This Ghost" ep (still needs Methane Mysteries)
http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/18200

1. This Ghost

2. Unavoidable Ruin

3. Esta Larga Distancia

4. Hopeless

5. Methane Mysteries


If you like the music, you can downoad it for free from our website.


Thanks!

-ev
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Todo es música y razón

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Esta Larga Distancia

You can listen to this song on our myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/corrientes

Drums:
I put together a drum track using Big Fish Audio's, Eddie Montalvo
Salsa All stars.

Bass:
Sadowsky RV4
> A-Designs - Reddi Tube DI
> Soundcraft Spirit E12 Mixer
> Presonus Firebox.

Nylon String Guitar:
Gustavo Arias
> Phoenix Audio DRS-1 di for direct
> Presonus firebox
>added some reverb plugin

Mic'd with ADK Hamburg
>Safesound P1
> Presonus firebox
>eq'd with plugins

Guitar:
Guild electric
> Sebatron vmp-2000e ch.1 daisy chained into ch. 2.
> Presonus firebox.

Re-amped:
out of Presonus firebox
> Radial JDI
> Soundcraft E12 Spirit mixer
> Musicman amp.

Mic'd amp with Audix i5
>Phoenix Audio DRS- 1
> presonus firebox.

Also mic'd amp with ADK Hamburg
> Safesound p1
> presonus firebox.


Plugins use on Guild Electric Guitar tracks:
I used some amplitude plugins, waves eq's - LinMb, Sonic:fx eq's and phase, and Sonar 6's VC-64 vintage channel.

Keyboard:
EMU-XL7 - Harp sound and ambient orchestra synth sound
> stereo left and right out of emu xl-7
> Sebatron vmp2000e ch. 1 and 2
> Presonus firebox.

Lead Vocal:
CAD m179 mic
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Presonus firebox
>plugins, eq, comression, reverb

Backing vocals:
CAD Trion 8000
> Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (expander,compressor, limiter)
> Presonus firebox
>plugins, eq, compression
_________________
Todo es música y razón

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Hopeless

You can listen to it here:
http://www.reverbnation.com/corrientes

Drums:
I'm using drumagog to blend the original snare with the drumagog snare. And, I'm doing the same with the kick.

In Sonar 6:

Track 1 - Left Overhead (Oktava MK-012)
Track 2 - Right Overhead (Oktava MK-012)
>>Panned all the way left and all the way right
Plugins used on both of these tracks:
>Vintage Channel VC64
http://www.cakewalk.com/sonar/VC64.asp
>Waves Q-8 Paragraphic EQ
>Sonitus:FX Phase
http://store.cakewalk.com/b2cus/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=36-CWSF3.31-10EG

Track 3: Kick drum (Oustside Head) Audix D6 -pan center
Plugins used:
>Lexicon Pantheon Surround
>Waves Q-4 Paragraphic EQ

Track 4: Kick inside head above pedal - Shure SM-57 -pan center
Plugins used:
>Compressor - Sonitus:fx
>Vintage Channel VC64
>Perfect Space™ Convolution Reverb powered by Voxengo
>Waves LinMB

Track 5: Kick sound replaced in Drumagog - pan center
Plugins used:
>Multiband -Sonitus:fx
http://www.cakewalk.com/Tips/Mar05_SonitusMultiCompressor.asp
>Waves LinEq Lowband
>Waves X-Noise
>Waves C4

Track 6:Snare - Audix i5 -pan center
Plugins used:
Waves REQ 4 bands

Track 7: Snare -cloned -pan center
Plugins used:
>Sonitus:fx Equalizer

Track 8: Snare -sound replaced in Drumagog - Pan 5R
Plugins Used:
>Vintage Channel VC64
>Waves LinMB
>Sonitus:fx Multiband

Track 9: Rack tom mic - CADM179 - Pan 50L
Plugins used:
>Waves C1 comp-sc Mono

Track 10: Floor Tom Mic - ADK Hamburg - Pan 50R
Plugins used:>Waves C1 gate


Track 11: Room Mic - Nady RSM-2
Plugins Used:
>Sonitus:fx Compressor
>WAves L2

*Then I mix the drum tracks all together to create a stereo track of drums.

Bass:
G.Gould CG-i5
>Reddi Tube Di
>Soundcraft Spirit E12 mixer
>Presonus Firebox
(Waves C1 Compressor plugin applied)

Electric Guitar:
Guild Electric guitar
>Sebatron daisy chained ch.1 to ch.2
>Presonus Firebox

Alembic Skylark
>Fulltone Fulldrive 2
>Phoenix Audio drs-1
>Presonus Firebox

Reamped electric Guitar Tracks:
Out of Firebox
>Radial JDI
>Musicman amp

Musicman amp mic'd with:
Nady RSM-2
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound limiter/expander
>Presonus Firebox

Audix i5
>Sebatron daisy chained ch.2 to ch.2
>Presonus Firebox

Acoustic Guitar:
JP Rushing Dreadnought
>Phoenix Audio drs-1
>Presonus Firebox

Reamped Acoustic:
Out of Presonus Firebox
>Radial JDI
>Soundcraft Spirit E12
>D-Tar Mama Bear
>Back into Presonus Firebox


Keyboards and drum machines:
Roland MC-505 and Korg Electribe ER-1
>Left channel
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (limiter, expander)
>Presonus Firebox

>Right Channel
>Art Tube MP
>Presonus Firebox

>Kurzweil K2000R
>Presonus Firebox

>Mc-505 Groovebox
>Groove Tubes Ditto
>Presonus Firebox


EV's Vocal:

CADm179
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (limiter, compressor, expander)
>Presonus Firebox
waves plugins, compressor, reverb, eq

For heavier parts another mic and preamp were used as well.
NADY RSM-2
>Sebatron vmp2000e ch.1 daisy chained to ch.2
>Safesound p1 (limiter, compressor, expander)
>Presonus Firebox
waves plugins, eq, compressor, reverb

Tom's Vocal:
>Studio Projects B1
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 line in (limiter,compressor,expander)
Waves compressor, eq, and reverb plugins applied

Percussion:
Tamborine and egg shaker
>Nady RSM-2
>Sebatron vmp2000e
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6
Waves reverb plugin added
_________________
Todo es música y razón

[corrientes]

This Ghost:

You can listen to it here:
http://www.reverbnation.com/corrientes

Drums:
I'm using drumagog to blend the original snare with the drumagog snare. And, I'm doing the same with the kick.

In Sonar 6:

Track 1 - Left Overhead (Oktava MK-012)

Track 2 - Right Overhead (Oktava MK-012)
>Panned all the way left and all the way right
Plugins used on both of these tracks:
>Vintage Channel VC64 - on overheads track

Track 3: Kick drum (Oustside Head) Audix D6 -pan center
Plugins Used:
Sonitus:fx Kick Drum Compressor

Track 4: Kick inside head above pedal - Shure SM-57 -pan center
Plugins used:
>Compressor - Sonitus:fx
>Vintage Channel VC64
>Perfect Space™ Convolution Reverb powered by Voxengo
>Waves LinMB

Track 5: Kick sound replaced in Drumagog - pan center
Plugins used:
>Multiband -Sonitus:fx
http://www.cakewalk.com/Tips/Mar05_SonitusMultiCompressor.asp
>Waves LinEq Lowband
>Waves X-Noise
>Waves C4

Track 6:Snare - Audix i5 -pan center
Plugins used:
Waves REQ 4 bands

Track 7: Snare -sound replaced in Drumagog

Track 8: Rack tom mic - CADM179 - Pan 50L
Plugins used:
>Waves C1 comp-sc Mono

Track 9:
Drumagogged Toms

Track 10: Room Mic - Nady RSM-2
Plugins Used:
Waves Compressor

Bass:
>Musicman 1982 -Modded
>Sadowsky Outboard Preamp
>A-Designs Reddi Tube di
>Presonus Firebox

Guitar:
Alembic Skylark
> Sebatron vmp2000e Daisy chained ch.1 to ch.2
> Presonus Firebox
>Amplitude Plugins added

and

Alembic Skylark > Barber Tone Press > Timmy
>Money Shot Envelope filter (on end of song) > Sebatron daisy chained ch.1 to ch.2 > Fostex vf16ex

Reamped Guitar tracks:
Out of Presonus Firebox
> Radial JDI
> Soundcraft E12 Spirit mixer
> Fender Blues Jr. Amp

Mic'd with a Shure sm57 through Phoenix Audio DRS-1 and 2nd reamped track Mic'd with a Studio Projects B1 through a Safesound P1.


Keyboards:
Moog Rogue
>A-Designs Reddi tube DI
>Presonus Firebox

Roland MC-505 Groovebox (marimba and old piano)
>A-Designs Reddi tube DI
>Presonus Firebox

Boss Dr. Groove
>Safesound p1
>Presonus Firebox

EV Vocal:
>CAD M179
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)
>Presonus Firebox

EV Background Vocals:
>CAD trion 8000
>Sebatron vmp2000e ch.1
> Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)
>Presonus Firebox

ADK Hamburg - some doubling and on the bridge part
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (limiter, compressor, expander)

Tom Vocal:
>CAD M179
>Safesound p1

Percussion: Tamborine and Egg Shaker
>CAD Trion 8000
>Sebatron vmp2000e
>Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)

[evt]

Unavoidable Ruin
You can listen to this song here:
http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/4949

Drums:
I used the Recorderman technique for the overheads.
These are the mics and preamps used.
Track 1:
Left Overhead:
>Oktava MK-012
>Soundcraft Spirite E12

Track 2:
Right Overhead:
>Oktava MK-012
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 3:
Kick Outside
>Audix D6
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 4:
Kick inside
>SM-57
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 5:
Snare
>Audix i5
>A-Designs Reddi Tube DI

Track 6:
Rack Tom
>CAD M179
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 7:
Floor Tom
>ADK Hamburg
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 8:
Room Mic
>Nady RSM-2
>Art Tube MP

All these were run into a Fostex VF160ex 16 track.
I then exported them as wav. files into Sonar 6.

I used waves eq plugins.
I used digitalfishphones floorfish as an expander for the kick and snare tracks. I then used drumagog for the kick, snare, and toms and blended it with the original tracks.


Guitar:
JP Rushing dreadnought and traveler
> Phoenix Audio drs-1 direct
> Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Also mic'd with ADK Hamburg

Bass
Musicman '83 pre-Ernie Ball modded
>Sebatron vmp2000e (with a platinum Mullard CV4024/12AT7 tube)
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

I used the D-tar Equinox for reamping the bass track.
I used a waves compressor, sonitus:x compressor, and amplitude plugins.

You can listen to it here:
http://www.reverbnation.com/corrientes

Drums:
I'm using drumagog to blend the original snare with the drumagog snare. And, I'm doing the same with the kick.

In Sonar 6:

Track 1 - Left Overhead (Oktava MK-012)

Track 2 - Right Overhead (Oktava MK-012)
>Panned all the way left and all the way right
Plugins used on both of these tracks:
>Vintage Channel VC64 - on overheads track

Track 3: Kick drum (Oustside Head) Audix D6 -pan center
Plugins Used:
Sonitus:fx Kick Drum Compressor

Track 4: Kick inside head above pedal - Shure SM-57 -pan center
Plugins used:
>Compressor - Sonitus:fx
>Vintage Channel VC64
>Perfect Space™ Convolution Reverb powered by Voxengo
>Waves LinMB

Track 5: Kick sound replaced in Drumagog - pan center
Plugins used:
>Multiband -Sonitus:fx
http://www.cakewalk.com/Tips/Mar05_SonitusMultiCompressor.asp
>Waves LinEq Lowband
>Waves X-Noise
>Waves C4

Track 6:Snare - Audix i5 -pan center
Plugins used:
Waves REQ 4 bands

Track 7: Snare -sound replaced in Drumagog

Track 8: Rack tom mic - CADM179 - Pan 50L
Plugins used:
>Waves C1 comp-sc Mono

Track 9:
Drumagogged Toms

Track 10: Room Mic - Nady RSM-2
Plugins Used:
Waves Compressor

Bass:
>Musicman 1982 -Modded
>Sadowsky Outboard Preamp
>A-Designs Reddi Tube di
>Presonus Firebox

Guitar:
Alembic Skylark
> Sebatron vmp2000e Daisy chained ch.1 to ch.2
> Presonus Firebox
>Amplitude Plugins added

and

Alembic Skylark > Barber Tone Press > Timmy
>Money Shot Envelope filter (on end of song) > Sebatron daisy chained ch.1 to ch.2 > Fostex vf16ex

Reamped Guitar tracks:
Out of Presonus Firebox
> Radial JDI
> Soundcraft E12 Spirit mixer
> Fender Blues Jr. Amp

Mic'd with a Shure sm57 through Phoenix Audio DRS-1 and 2nd reamped track Mic'd with a Studio Projects B1 through a Safesound P1.


Keyboards:
Moog Rogue
>A-Designs Reddi tube DI
>Presonus Firebox

Roland MC-505 Groovebox (marimba and old piano)
>A-Designs Reddi tube DI
>Presonus Firebox

Boss Dr. Groove
>Safesound p1
>Presonus Firebox

EV Vocal:
>CAD M179
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)
>Presonus Firebox

EV Background Vocals:
>CAD trion 8000
>Sebatron vmp2000e ch.1
> Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)
>Presonus Firebox

ADK Hamburg - some doubling and on the bridge part
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (limiter, compressor, expander)

Tom Vocal:
>CAD M179
>Safesound p1

Percussion: Tamborine and Egg Shaker
>CAD Trion 8000
>Sebatron vmp2000e
>Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)

Last edited by corrientes on Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:42 am; edited 2 times in total


plugins: compressor, eq, amplitude

Keyboards:
organ and electric piano
I found wav's from a previous recording of this song and don't have the info. for them.

Roland MC-505 Groovebox (marimba and old piano)
>A-Designs Reddi tube DI
>Presonus Firebox


EV Vocal:
Also found some tracks that I used and don't know how they were recorded.
I sang again with...
>ADK Hamburg
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)
>Presonus Firebox

Plugins: eq, IR1 reverb, d-esser

EV Background Vocals:
>ADK Hamburg
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound p1 (expander, compressor, limiter)
>Presonus Firebox

One part I double and used a Studio Projects B1 through Sebatron.
_________________
Todo es música y razón

[corrientes]

Methane Mysteries

Drums:
I used the Recorderman technique for the overheads.
These are the mics and preamps used.
Track 1:
Left Overhead:
>Oktava MK-012
>Soundcraft Spirite E12

Track 2:
Right Overhead:
>Oktava MK-012
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 3:
Kick Outside
>Audix D6
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 4:
Kick inside
>SM-57
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 5:
Snare
>Audix i5
>A-Designs Reddi Tube DI

Track 6:
Rack Tom
>CAD M179
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 7:
Floor Tom
>ADK Hamburg
>Soundcraft Spirit E12

Track 8:
Room Mic
>Nady RSM-2
>Art Tube MP

All these were run into a Fostex VF160ex 16 track.
I then exported them as wav. files into Sonar 6.

I used waves eq plugins.
I used digitalfishphones floorfish as an expander for the kick and snare tracks. I then used drumagog for the kick, snare, and toms and blended it with the original tracks.

Bass:
Fender Custom Shop '58 relic
>Avalon U5
>Presonus Firebox

Guitar tracks:
Alembic Skylark
> Carl Martin eq pedal
>Sebatron vmp2000e with Mullard tube
>Presonus Firebox

Alembic skylark
> Pedalboard (Barber Tone Press, Barber eq, Maxon eq phaser pedal)
>Sebatron vmp2000e with mullard tube
>Presonus Firebox

Guild Solid body guitar
> Fulltone Fulldrive II
>Sebatron vmp2000e with Mullard tube
>Presonus Firebox

Gustavo Aries Nylon string parlor guitar:
AKG C414 tl-II
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Presonus Firebox

Guitar tracks reamped:
>Out of Presonus Firebox
>Radial JDI
>DTAR Equinox
> Musicman amp
Mic'd with Audix i5 through Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Presonus Firebox

Harmonium:
Mic'd with AKG C414 tl-II
> Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Presonus Firebox

Keyboard:
Roland MC505
>Safesound P1
>Presonus Firebox
waves supertap plugin used

Drum Machine:
>Dr.Groove
>Safesound P1
>Presonus Firebox

EV lead vocal:
AKG C414 TL-II
> Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Safesound P1 (Expander/Compressor)
>Presonus Firebox

Backing Vocal:
ADK Hamburg
>Sebatron vmp-2000e
daisy chained ch.1 to ch.2
>Safesound P1 (Expander/Compressor)
>Presonus Firebox

2nd backing vocal:
Nady RSM-2
>Sebatron vmp-2000e
daisy chained ch.1 to ch.2
>Safesound P1 (Expander/Compressor)
>Presonus Firebox

Waves IRS reverb and C4 compressor used

[corrientes]

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