Author Topic: Alembic in the Studio (Read 199 times)

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

4u2nv · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2004, 06:30:07 PM »

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

alemboid · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2004, 11:27:52 PM »

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

Alemboid

jure_the_second · « **Reply #3 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

lothartu · « **Reply #4 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

jagerphan84 · « **Reply #5 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...

haddimudd · « **Reply #6 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

David Houck · « **Reply #7 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.

jetbass79 · « **Reply #8 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.