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Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: bonesrad on December 03, 2004, 05:22:19 PM

Hey,
 
I've just finished laying down all my tracks on my band's upcoming cd and my Alembic performed like a true champion.  My original idea was to use all of my basses (Sadowsky, Lakland, Stingray fretless along with my Alembic), but once I got a listen to the Series I electronics in this environment, it made no sense to use anything but the Alembic.  I'm going straight from the DS-5R into two tracks in the board and the engineer was very pleased with the tone I achieved.  I'm very excited to hear what final product ends up sounding like.
 
Bones

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: 4u2nv on December 03, 2004, 06:30:07 PM

It could be cool if you post some drum n' bass tracks here for our enjoyment.

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: alemboid on December 03, 2004, 11:27:52 PM

Sounds great Bones! If it ain't broken....
 
Alemboid

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: jure_the_second on December 14, 2004, 10:44:45 AM

I agree. You should see the smile on the engineer's face when I gave him the signal out of the Orion through Demeter tube pre. He just managed to mumble beautifull.
 
Jure

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: lothartu on December 17, 2004, 03:42:49 PM

I've recorded in the past by running a Series I out of a DS-5 in stereo using a countryman direct box for each pickup output directly into the board.  It was a really nice experience.  My bass sounded awesome.
 
Guitar setup and check - 30 minutes
Drums setup and check - 3 hours
Bass setup and check -  about 2 minutes
 

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: jagerphan84 on December 17, 2004, 03:46:35 PM

See?  If you spend enough time in the studio, an Alembic pays for itself.  Another excuse for me to keep buying them...

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: haddimudd on April 15, 2005, 09:38:27 AM

I was curious if any Alembic owner uses an Alembic pre-amp also with recording. I was planning to do so very soon in order to get the full sound features of the tubes as well as the SF-2.  
 
Or is that a redundant approach for recording? Please, let me know what you think.
 
Hartmut

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: David Houck on April 16, 2005, 07:10:01 AM

I don't think it is redundant.  I used my F-1X with my SF-2 on my band's recent demo recordings.

Title: Alembic in the Studio
Post by: jetbass79 on May 15, 2005, 11:13:26 PM

These basses seem to be the greatest direct recording instruments on the planet...we got usable bass sounds so easily in minutes with my buddy's setup.  Most remarkable.