Experimenting with a stereo setup

[hieronymous]

So I did get a usable take:
 
https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/rays-of-sound-demo
 
This is just a demo - I think I am going to cut the two measures of bass-only at the very beginning and rerecord the filter sweep in just the 4 bars with the filtered drums, but I did want to try it this way.
 
I did end up doing the neck pickup clean (panned slightly left) and the bridge pickup through the Budda distortion (panned slightly right). I recorded some free playing, then did a couple of passes on this tune. Erased one I maybe should have kept, but the next one was ok - punched in another take from the key change because I messed up. By this point I could tell I was getting a little tired (I'm out of practice!) - thought I had messed up my settings between the two takes and was thoroughly bummed but then realized that I was confused and mixed in an earlier completely different take! Phew!

[hieronymous]

In memory of Lemmy - a huge influence on my playing (and probably on my life too) - here is the first-ever time that the doubleneck has ever been presented played with a pick and distortion (digitally by myself anyway):
 
https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/lemmy-tribute

[mtjam]

Nice Lemmy tribute! I think he would approve of your sound on that track!

[hieronymous]

Thanks mtjam! He might think there's too much low-end, though I've been going back and listening to some of my favorite Mot?rhead tracks and there are some nice meaty bass tones!
 
I put together a complete version of this track. The original demo (played with fingers) is the first part, goes right into the Lemmy Tribute as the solo (played with pick), then the conclusion (again played with fingers). Again, the finger parts were recorded Christmas Day 2015, the pick part the day that Lemmy died. My buddy Greg DeGuglielmo is on drums - he is responsible for a lot of the feel and vibe of the track. Another friend Lee (he prefers to stay off-grid) is playing the vibes, though I have manipulated them. I think the bass was too loud on my original demo (link no longer works) - I've tried to temper it - please let me know what you think of the mix! I still need to listen in my car...
 
https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/rays-of-sound-seven-complete

[hieronymous]

Doh! I changed the link for the complete #7:
 
https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/rays-of-sound-seven
 
And for fun, here it is clean in earlier version #5 (though not recorded in stereo):
 
https://soundcloud.com/hieronymous-seven/rays-of-sound-5-doubleneck
 
I think the low-end might be a little over the top on #5, but I can't help it!