Recorded on January 23, 2003

Produced by Dan Richards
Engineered by Jeff Costa, Dan Richards

Recorded and Edited at Sea Note Recording Studios
Sponsored by Digital Pro Sound

Brian McKenzie, Lakland Skyline Bob Glaub bass guitar

Special thanks to:
John Hardy - John Hardy Co.
Alan Hyatt - PMI Audio
Dan Kennedy - Great River
John La Grou - Millennia Media
Dan Lakin - Lakland
Steve Langer - Mojo Pie
Shaun Leveque - Phoenix Audio (UK)
EveAnna Manley - Manley Labs
Peter Montessi - A Designs Audio
Tim Murray - HHB Communications
Vince Poulos - Speck Electronics


Session Notes: Session 3 is all bass DI. The bass you'll hear is a simple Blues progression. We asked Brian McKenzie of Lazy I Studios to do the honors. For this session we used a Lakland Skyline Series Bob Glaub P&J bass with Lakland Flatwounds. The volume and tone pot knobs on the bass were completely open for the entire session. In order to insure a consistent signal level, we employed a Countryman Type 85 FET Direct Box.

The purpose of this session is to listen to the different qualities each preamp brings out in the bass. The signal path is minimal and there was no dynamic processing — no EQ, compression or limiting — of any kind used on these tracks.

A note of caution! These MP3 files are of UNCOMPRESSED BASS! [ YES, WE'RE SCREAMING ] Be very careful with the volume on your monitors! You are essentially getting the same signal from these sound clips as you would from plugging a bass straight into your system. Please start at a low volume, and then raise as desired and as is safe for your monitoring system. You also might chose to run these files through your favorite compressor. We assume no responsibility for any damage these files may cause to your sound system or to your relationship with your neighbors.

Enjoy - DR

The signal chain for these recordings:

LAKLAND BASS---COUNTRYMAN 85 FET DI---MIC PREAMP---RADAR II---APOGEE ROSETTA---COOL EDIT PRO

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320 bitrate MP3. Total file size approx 39 MB     

Track 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Mic Preamp Great River MP-2 API  3124 API  3124 API  3124 Manley SLAM! Millennia Media M-2B Millennia Media HV-3D Great River MP-1NV Behringer MIC2200 Ultragain Pro A Designs MP-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 Studio Projects VTB-1 John Hardy M-1 Speck MicPre 5.0 TL Audio 5051 Ivory 2 HHB Radius 40 Phoenix Audio (UK) DRS-2 M-Audio Tampa FMR Audio RNP M-Audio Audio Buddy Joe Meek MQ3 Joe Meek VC6Q British Channel

Source Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass Lakland bass

Add'l Set-up Notes w/  vintage 2520  opamp  Huntington,  NY w/  vintage  2520  opamp  Melville,  NY w/  Millennia MM-990 opamp @ 10K SS 50 ohm impedance Tube @ 12 o'clock - 50 ohm impedance w/ transformer w/ transformer

MP3 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Track 11 Track 12 Track 13 Track 14 Track 15 Track 16 Track 17 Track 18 Track 19 Track 20 Track 21 Track 22

       

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