Some new demo tracks - featuring the Egnater M4

With Jennifer in NYC for the weekend, it was pretty much a self-proclaimed "lock myself in the basement and record some stuff" weekend. The last big personal recording project I worked on was when we did the Necessary Distraction demo tracks ( http://www.necessarydistraction.com/ ) about a year ago. Since then, I've swapped out my fair share of studio gear, but I've also completely swapped out my amp rig (was a Rocktron Vendetta at the time) for an Egnater M4 rack with a variety of modules. And I've swapped out a handful of guitars, too. Gotta put all this new stuff to use somehow...

So anyway, I ended up recording two tunes... both still need a few tweaks, but you'll get the basic idea. The first is called "Turn & Run"... Jennifer and I wrote it about a year ago when we were putting together a rather short-lived blues band. Turns out, that song is exactly all the blues I had in me (obviously not much, 'cause you can tell I gave up on the blues by the time the solo came around).

http://studio.depalma-duersch.com/turnandrun.mp3

Here's the breakdown:
- L rhythm: G&L ASAT through the Deluxe side of the T/D module, Lexicon plate reverb added through Sonar
- R rhythm: G&L Legacy through the B side of the VX module, Lexicon plate reverb added through Sonar
- solo (1:38) + fills: PRS McCarty Soapbar through the B side of the SL module, Sonitus delay added through Sonar
- vocals: Jennifer
- bass: G&L Tribute L2500, direct
- drums: Drums on Demand, of course
- signal chain: guitars --> front of M4 --> VHT2/50/2 (class A) --> Randall 4x12 w/ V30's --> double mic'd with Cascade Fat Head ribbon + Blue "The Ball" dynamic mics --> Presonus Digimax FS

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The second track is a Necessary Distraction tune called "Rock of Gibraltar". Here is an excerpt--the full-length track will be posted once Jennifer records the vocal tracks.

http://studio.depalma-duersch.com/gibraltar.mp3

Again, the breakdown:
- L rhythm (distortion): PRS McCarty through B side of the SL module, Lexicon chamber reverb added through Sonar
- L rhythm (clean): PRS McCarty through the Twin side of the T/D module, Carl Martin compression + Glass Nexus reverb out front
- R rhythm: PRS McCarty through the A side of the E-RECT module
- solo (1:51): Voodoo Guitar Works custom archtop through the A side of the EG3 module, Sonitus delay added through Sonar
(Bass, drums, guitar signal chain are same as the first track.)

While I was hoping to get 4-5 songs done this weekend, I guess I'll settle for two. Hopefully this week I'll get a little more basement time to record a couple more Necessary Distraction tracks.

While I'm at it, here's a pic of the mic setup... for the tracks above I only used "The Ball" and Fat Head mics... didn't do anything with the AT2020 (yet).


--B