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Nice work. What hardware did you use?
ReplyDeleteI use a Boss BR600 to record I like it to be simple!! Drums are off that, I use a condenser Mic on vocals guitars are my good made Tele on the main fingerpicked bit my PRS CE22 on the fills and my Ibanez 5 string bass all straight into the BR600 using its processor. Mix down via Audacity. All very simple and basic really.
DeleteHow nice to hear your music finally! I guess I should go visit your Reverbnation site for more :).
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of Johnny Marr a bit. :)
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