Corrientes "no, no, no" EP -Recording info.

[corrientes]

This album is complete now finished!
It was produced and recorded by EV.

All of these tracks were mastered by Nathan James from The Vault Mastering in NYC.
www.vaultmastering.com

These are the tracks on this EP:

1. Por una sola vez

2. Corazón

3. No, no, no

4. ¡Óyeme! tiburón

5. No te puedo olvidar

You can listen and dowload this album for free from this Last.FM link:
http://www.last.fm/music/Corrientes/No%2C+No%2C+No

Lyrics and translation of lyrics from Spanish to English can be found here:
http://corrientesmusic.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=209

And for those of you who are interested in recording (as I am),
you can see the recording info. for this EP below.



-ev

[corrientes]

Corazón

Drums:
I programmed the drum track with "Salsa Al Stars, Eddie Montalvo Sampling CD.

I used Waves IRI to give some room depth to blend with the rest of the tracks I added and I also added some Waves eq as well.

Bass:
Fodera
>A-Designs Reddi Tube DI
>Emperical Labs Distressor
(6:1 attack 5, release 4)
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6


Acoustic Guitar:
Godin Acousticaster
Direct through Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Also mic'd with an AKG c3000
>Safe Sound P1
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

I then reamped the direct track out of the Presonus Firebox through a Radial JDI into a D-TAR Mama Bear and recorded the processed track back in.

I blended all of these to taste.

Electric Guitar:
Guild Electric Solid body guitar
>Sebatron VMP-2000e (with Mullard tubes)
>ch.1 Daisy Chained to ch.2
>Safe Sound P1 (line in - only using the expander)
(Because the guild is pretty hummy/hissy noisy.)
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Re-amped electric guitar:
Out of the Presonus Firebox
>Radial JDI
>Musicman amp
Mic'd with an Audix i5 powered the Sebatron
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Keyboard:
EMU XL-7 Pizzicato sound, string sounds.
>Sebatron vmp-2000e (stereo)
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Roland Groovbox MC-505
Pad sounds, electric piano
>A-Designs Reddi Tube DI
>Safesound P1
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

EV Lead Vocals:
AKG C 414 B-TL II
>Sebatron VMP-2000e
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

EV Backing Vocal:
Karma k6 Ribbon mic
>Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Emperical Labs Distressor
(6:1 HP in both the detector and audio paths, attack 5, release 4.)
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Backing vocal harmonies:
AKG C414 TL-II
> Safesound P1 preamp, limiter, expander
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

[evt]

No, No, No

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

I used drumagog and used "Steven Slate" drum replacement files.

I reamped the kick, snare, and room mic tracks through the Emperical Labs Distressor .
Settings on the distressor for these tracks were:

Kick: Opt, 10:1, DET HP on , Attack 10, Release 0

Snare: Opto, 6:1, Det Link, Audio Dist.2, Attack 3.5, Release 0

Room: British Mode 1:1, Nuke, Dist 3 Audio, Attack 6.2, Release 4.4

I ran the drum mix through the A-Designs Hammer.
Beautiful!!


Bass:
Rob Allen MP2 fretless 4 string
> Sebatron vmp2000e
>Emperical Labs Distressor
(6:1 attack 5, release 4)
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
> Presonus Firebox
> Sonar 6


Nylon String Guitar:
Gustavo Arias Nylon String Parlor guitar

Direct Track:
> Avalon 5
> A-Designs Hammer tube eq
> Presonus Firebox
> Sonar 6

Mic'd Track:
AKG C3000
> Phoenix Audio DRS-1
> Safesound P1 line ine (expander, limiter)
> A-Designs Hammer
> Presonus Firebox
> Sonar 6

Electric Guitar:
Alembic Skylark
>Fulltone Fulldrive II
>A-Designs Reddi Tube DI
> A-Designs Hammer tube eq
> Presonus Firebox
> Sonar 6

I then added amplitude for a cabinet sound blended in.

Keyboard:
EMU XL-7 (organ sounds)
> Sebatron vmp2000e
> A-Designs Hammer tube eq
> Presonus Firebox
> Sonar 6

EV lead Vocal:
AKG-C414 TL-II
> Sebatron vmp-2000e
>Emperical Labs Distressor
> Safesound P1 line ine (expander, limiter)
>A Designs Hammer tube eq
> Presonus Firebox
> Sonar 6

Backing Vocal on chorus:

Karma K6 ribbon mic
> Phoenix Audio DRS-1
>Emperical Labs Distressor
> Safesound P1 line ine (expander, limiter)
> A-Designs Hammer
> Presonus Firebox
> Sonar 6
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Todo es música y razón

[evt]

Por Una Sola Vez

Drums:
Programmed with M-Audio drum loops
Waves Parametric EQ plugin added and Waves IRI -Hamon Studios convolution reverb added.

Keyboard:
EMU-XL7 - Organ sound
>Soundcraft Spirit E12
> A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
> Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Nylon String Guitar:Gustavo Arias Parlor Nylon String guitar
>Mic'd with AKG 414-TL-II powered by Phoenix Audio DRS-1 preamp
> Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Electric Guitar:

Alembic Skylark
>Musicman 1970's HD 130 Head
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox audio interface
>Sonar 6

Bass:
Rob Allen MB2
>Mike Pope Outboard Preamp
>A-Designs Reddi Tube DI
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Emperical Labs Distressor
>Presonus Firebox audio interface
>Sonar 6


Keyboards:
EMU-XL7
Violin, horn, electric piano
>Soundcraft Spirit E12 Mixer
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox audio interface
>Sonar 6

EV vocals:
AKG C-414 TL-II
>Sebatron vmp2000e
>Emperical Labs Distressor
>Safesound P1 -line in (Expander only)
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox audio interface
>Sonar 6

Waves EQ, reverb, IRI convolution reverb added.
_________________
Todo es música y razón

[corrientes]

No Te Puedo Olvidar

Drums:
Programmed with Sampleheads Mark Walker Drums loops.

Piano:
Emu xl7 piano from Perfect piano rom
> Soundcraft Spirit E12 mixer
> A Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Trombone and Flute:
Programmed with Latin Jazz by Peter Michael Escovedo

Bass:
Fodera 5 String
> A Designs Reddi Tube DI
> Emperical Labs Distressor
> A Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

EV lead Vocals:
AKG C-414 TL-II
> Sebatron Vmp-2000e with mullard tube
>Emperical Labs Distressor
>Safesound P1 -for expander - When source is plugged in through line in, the Safesound's preamp section is bypassed)
> A Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

EV Backing Vocals:
CAD M179
Safesound P1 (compressor, limiter and expander)
> A Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Tom Backing Vocals:
AKG C-414 TL-II
Safesound P1 (compressor, limiter and expander)
> A Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

[corrientes]

óyeme tiburón

Drums:
Programmed with Big Fish Audio - LA Drums
and Mark Walker latin drums

Percussion:
Egg shaker and tamborine
>AKG-C414 TL-II
>A-Designs P1 (500 series)
>Safesound P1 - line in (expander, limiter)
>A-Designs ATTY
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Bass:
Fodera Emperor 5 string
>A-Designs Reddit Tube D_
>Emperical Labs Distressor
>A-Designs ATTY
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

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Guitar:
JP Rushing Dreadnought

Direct - Avalon U5
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Mic'd track - AKG C414-tl-II
>Safesound p1 (preamp/expander/limiter)
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6
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Keyboards:
Kurzweil K2000R (piano with string pad and electric piano)
>A-Designs P1 (500 series)
>A-Designs ATTY
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6


EV Vocals:
I recorded layers of my vocals using the AKG C414 TL-II
First I used:
>A-Designs P1 (500 series)
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Safesound P1 (line in, expander and limiter)
>A-Designs ATTY
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

Then...
Sebatron vmp2000e
>A-Designs Hammer Tube EQ
>Safesound P1 (line in, expander and limiter)
>A-Designs ATTY
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

And then...
Safesound p1
>A-Designs ATTY
>Presonus Firebox
>Sonar 6

I used waves eq and IR1 convolution reverb on the vocal tracks.