the following concerning the weekend of 20th - 21st of january 2007:
saturday:
after arriving at the home-studio in tuusula and having a quick meal, ilkka and i started by getting the basics ready for recording my vocals; actually, i stood around while ilkka began the tenuous task of setting up two vocal microphones, one going directly onto one track dry, while the other was routed through a fender guitar amp, using the built-in reverb, and a third mic for the amplifier going onto a second track. once this was sorted out, and the vocal parts for 'ff3' were finished, we agreed that the vocal sound through the amp suited the song very well. we used the same setup for the rest of the vocal tracks, although bringing down the amount of reverb for 'i sway', which sounded good in the end, even with the singing in the chorus crackling with digital distortion.
sunday:
we were expecting samu to show up at about half-past twelve to start work on his guitars, toy piano and vl-tone, so we had time to record a quick mandolin take before he arrived. samu called me at one o'clock to tell us he had been held up as he'd got into a car crash about thirty meters from the studio, and was waiting for the police to arrive. luckily, no one was hurt badly, but the car was deeply dented in the side, leaving the drivers-side door sticking out at a slight angle. clearly fate would not have samu play his parts for the record, further demonstrated by a two-hour long powercut later that evening, that only rectified itself soon before the last bus to helsinki. he did manage to play most of his guitars, but the missing feedback for 'this just won't do' and the toy piano and vl-tone for 'ff3' will have to wait until later. probably next weekend.
-roy
saturday:
after arriving at the home-studio in tuusula and having a quick meal, ilkka and i started by getting the basics ready for recording my vocals; actually, i stood around while ilkka began the tenuous task of setting up two vocal microphones, one going directly onto one track dry, while the other was routed through a fender guitar amp, using the built-in reverb, and a third mic for the amplifier going onto a second track. once this was sorted out, and the vocal parts for 'ff3' were finished, we agreed that the vocal sound through the amp suited the song very well. we used the same setup for the rest of the vocal tracks, although bringing down the amount of reverb for 'i sway', which sounded good in the end, even with the singing in the chorus crackling with digital distortion.
sunday:
we were expecting samu to show up at about half-past twelve to start work on his guitars, toy piano and vl-tone, so we had time to record a quick mandolin take before he arrived. samu called me at one o'clock to tell us he had been held up as he'd got into a car crash about thirty meters from the studio, and was waiting for the police to arrive. luckily, no one was hurt badly, but the car was deeply dented in the side, leaving the drivers-side door sticking out at a slight angle. clearly fate would not have samu play his parts for the record, further demonstrated by a two-hour long powercut later that evening, that only rectified itself soon before the last bus to helsinki. he did manage to play most of his guitars, but the missing feedback for 'this just won't do' and the toy piano and vl-tone for 'ff3' will have to wait until later. probably next weekend.
-roy
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