A message about the audio post Olie is posting on his personal web page (Olie, you may want to copy this for the post with the link).
We had some nice grooves going the last time we got together, so this time we set up a small recorder and recorded some stereo tracks. Blue condensor mike with compressor and Focusrite preamp on the left, and an AT4040 condensor and Groove Tubes Brick preamp on the right. No particular mike placement, other than the AT closer to the drums, and the Blue mid-room equidistance from the three amps and drums.
We turned the recorder off and on and various times and just let it run in between, so this was not an organized recording (about 3 hours of raw tape). Austin took it home and edited out a lot of extraneous talking (although Wayne's story of explaining his first Alembic purchase to his wife just after he got married was pretty good) and general plunking.
The result is the recording which is about 6 meg and about 7 minutes. The first minute is pretty quiet nature sounds with a little dialogue, then some bass tracks with some nice transitions created by Austin. Most of what you hear is two, three and sometimes four basses, typically playing a bass line, a solo and either duplicate lines, harmony or chords. Pete does a great job drumming as always.
Obviously not a studio recording (not even anything direct to the board), but better than videotape with some interesting grooves for those who wonder what multiple basses sound like.
Next time we'll try to get a little more organized and make some better recordings - My new goal is to create an Alembic bass band recording with 4 or 5 basses playing simultaneously!
