Repetoire
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Our recorded repetoire includes
complete and excerpt
versions of:
Technical notes on the recordings:
The original demo recordings were done in 4 sessions, with tracking
done live in the first session at Phil's home studio, followed by an
overdub
session, second vocal OD session, then mix session.
Phil's studio includes a Yamaha 02R console, and three 8 track
20 Bit Alesis ADATs, of which we used two, for a total of 16 tracks.
Phil engineered the tracking and overdubs, which consisted of adding
some bass mini-Moog and Moog solo sweetners, a couple of fixes from
John
on the original bass guitar track, acoustic and electric guitars added
to Lucky Man, and John's final vocals on all tunes.
Phil's main keyboards are the Kuzweil K2500s, which produced the grand
piano heard on Trilogy.
John's Alembic bass guitar was taken from the DI output of his Hartke
3500 amp, via Demeter Tube mic pre.
John played Phil's Gibson electric guitar through a Line6 POD direct
into
the console on Lucky Man.
Vocal channel consisted of Demeter tube mic pre and compressor.
John did the mixdowns from ADATs via O2R to DAT, then transferred it
into his Protools, where the final editing and mastering was done. MP3s
encoded via Apple itunes.
The gong on Tarkus Finale was added at the very end as an overdub by
Jerry in Protools, then added to the mix.
The New Studio Versions were recorded directly to John's
Protools
Mix
Plus 24Bit/48KHz as a series of overdubs, referenced to the original
ELP
tracks.
Jerry was recorded first, with his new DW set at Enterprise Post
Studios
on the main dub stage, using 12 Mics going to 12 tracks. John used his
8 Channels
of Neumann/True Class A mic preamps, 2 Channels of Precision Analog
Systems
MPA-100 Class A mic preamps, and 2 Channels of SSL Avant remote Mic
Preamps
for the Overhead Mics (which were a pair of U67s).
John did his bass parts direct via the Neumann/True Class A DI input,
fed directly from his Alembic Series I bass.
Phil was tracked at his studio, using a variety of keyboards, including
Kurzweil, Mini-moog, etc.
The tracks were edited and mixed by John at his home on his Protools.
Monitoring was done via a prototype set of Dan Wallin's Custom
Signature
Series 2-Way Monitors, driven by a McIntosh MC-250 stereo power amp.
WE HOPE YOU ENJOY LISTENING TO THESE
TUNES AS MUCH AS WE ENJOYED PLAYING THEM!

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