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We had reserved the whole weekend for the bass recording sessions, but we thought we should spare Janne's nerves and take Friday off. Any bozo can record a few basslines in two days without any problems. Fail.
An enigmatic strugle began even before the beginning of the actula recordings. We arrived at the studio at about two o'clock in the afternoon, and we found out that the studio had been taken over by some nasty hooligans. However they had a good reason for it as they had a diploma work to do which was a bit more important than our little production. Luckily there was another unreserved studio downstairs, into which we moved to make preparations.
We had reserved the whole weekend for the bass recording sessions, but we thought we should spare Janne's nerves and take Friday off. Any bozo can record a few basslines in two days without any problems. Fail.
An enigmatic strugle began even before the beginning of the actula recordings. We arrived at the studio at about two o'clock in the afternoon, and we found out that the studio had been taken over by some nasty hooligans. However they had a good reason for it as they had a diploma work to do which was a bit more important than our little production. Luckily there was another unreserved studio downstairs, into which we moved to make preparations.
It took a lot of time and effort to get the right sound for the bass. We tried out a plethora of pedals, such as Tech21 XXL, Tech21 Sansamp Bass Driver DI Programmable, Boss MT-2, boss HM-2, Ibanez CP-10, Boss NS-2 and BBE Sonic Stomp. In the end we decided to send the signal straight to amp through a BSS Audio active DI. So the final setup was like this: Schecter Hellraiser C-4, DI-box, Ampeg SVP-pro (Sonic Stomp and NS-2 in the effects loop), Phonic MAX 2500, Ampeg SVT-410HE miced with Sennheiser 602 and 421.
We began laying in the tracks around six o'clock in the evening. We worked only for a couple of hours. We were surprisingly efficient though as we got one and a half songs down and then decided to go home.
The next day we began much earlier and we were at studio before 10 am. I really can't remember when I last woke up before 9 am on a sunday morning. The early wake-up call was clearly audible in my playing and it took some time before my playing was smooth enough to really records some tracks. I had to redo some earlier things as the pickup balance on my bass had shifted to the neck pickup. In addition I had to learn some basslines anew as the guitar riffs differed from the ones I had learned earlier. There's a video on this below.We began laying in the tracks around six o'clock in the evening. We worked only for a couple of hours. We were surprisingly efficient though as we got one and a half songs down and then decided to go home.
After some hard work we finally got down all the tracks. I must say that there's some heavy shit coming your way as soon as we get the vocal tracks done. May the Thrash be with you.
FINNISH
Koko viikonloppu oli varattuna bassojen nauhoituksia varten, mutta säästimme Jannen hermoja, pitämällä perjantain vapaata. Kyllähän bassot kahdessa päivässä aina nauhoittaa ilman ongelmia. Virhe.
Hirveä säätö alkoi tietenkin jo ennen nauhoitusten aloittamista. Saavuimme studiolle n. kahdelta iltapäivällä lauantaina ja selvisi, että studion olivat vallanneet jotkut epämääräiset rentut. Tosin näillä rentuilla oli opinnäytetyö alla, joka oli arvoasteikolla korkeammalla kuin meidän pikku tuotoksemme. Onneksi alakerrasta löytyi toinen studio, johon siirryimme tekemään valmisteluja.
Säätämistä ja soundin hakemista kesti jälleen oman aikansa. Kokeilimme monia eri pedaaleja kuten Tech21 XXL, Tech21 Sansamp Bass Driver DI Programmable, Boss MT-2, boss HM-2, Ibanez CP-10, Boss NS-2 ja BBE Sonic Stomp. Lopulta päädyimme kuitenkin vetämään soundin pelkän BSS Audion aktiivi DIn läpi vahvistimeen. Lopullinen setup oli siis tällainen: Schecter Hellraiser C-4, DI-box, Ampeg SVP-pro (efektiloopissa Sonic Stomp ja NS-2), Phonic MAX 2500, Ampeg SVT-410HE mikitettynä Sennheiser 602:lla ja 421:llä.
Nauhoittamisen aloitimme iltakuuden aikoihin ja jaksoimme vääntää vain pari tuntia, mutta silti yllättävän tehokkaasti. Ensimmäisen illan aikana ehdimme nauhoittamaan n. puolitoista biisiä ja päätimme lähteä kotiin.
Seuraavan päivän aloitimme huomattavasti aikaisemmin ja olimmekin studiolla jo ennen aamukymmentä. Milloinhan viimeksi olen herännyt sunnuntaina vapaaehtoisesti ennen kello yhdeksää. Aikainen herätys tuntui soitossa ja kesti aikansa ennen kuin soitto alkoi luistaa. Jouduin soittamaan aiempia otoksia uusiksi, koska basson mikkibalanssi oli siirtynyt etumikille. Lisäksi jouduin opiskelemaan pari riffiä uusiksi, koska muutama poikkesi aiemmin oppmistani. Tästä alla video.
Kovan työn jälkeen saimme raidat viimein purkitettua. Täytyy sanoa, että aika napakkaa tavaraa on tulossa jahka vielä saamme laulut nauhoitettua. Olkoon rässi kanssanne.
- Mikko -



















