CMoore: Production Notes: Needs Mo' Salt

Needs Mo' Salt

Probably my most complicated song, production/structure-wise. It's also the first one where I really took copious, you-could-reproduce-this-thing-from-these notes. This could be long.

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Instrumentation

Guitars:

Git 1: Strat, full vol, both tones: -10%. Main (verse): n+m pup - fireworx 85 verb (mod to 1.6s sustain). Hook: neck pup, fireworx 150, finger (thumb strum). Break: middle pup, TS9/808 (10,11,1:30). All -> meek vc3q, mackie, fx, RNC.
Git 2: Epi LP. Verse riff: neck pup, tone -50%. Chorus: bridge pup -> fireworx 9 (envelope filter), alpha at 50%. Break: neck pup, tapped coil, tone @full.
Git 3: Reverend Slingshot, bridge pup - PPro 8D - FX 11, no delay.
Git 4: EpiLP. Bridge pup, vol down @break. CC2 (dist 12, min, max) - PPro manual ("flip top", 12's cas, EQ: 1,11,12, drive=min, chan vol=max, compress =min, output = max) - RNC (12, 11:30, 10(2:0), 11:30, 12).
Git 5: Strat - RMC3 (teese real mccoy wah) - TS9/808 (11, 1, 12) - VC3Q - RNC (12^4, 12:15 on gain)
Git 6: Rev Sling - TS9/808 (2:45, 10, 1:30) - PPro (dry) - RNC (12,10,min,min,12)

Bass:

both pups (except bridge = bridge pup), no compression, volume: -10%, treb: +max, bass: --- (default), PPro 8D - wet L, dry R, wet = -1 on Mixer.

Drums:

Highhat: R4
Crash1: C
Crash2: thin18, R4
Snare: Med1 XS
Tom1: L2
Tom2: C
Tom3: R2
Ride: R4
Tambourine: kit 98, tam1 and tam2 pan hard R. tam1 pitch = +15, tam2 pitch=+5

Keys:

F Bass Synth: transpose -1 octave (-12) -> Korg EA-1: A09, vol@2:30, decay to max -> Mackie, max fader vol -> RNC (-5, 11:30 (6:1), 2.0, 0.4, --)
F Synth 1: EA-1, A:55, vol@1:30
F Synth 2: EA-1, C.11
F Synth 3: EA-1, B.01 (turn down at beginning)
F Synth 4: EA-1, A.28, decay start at 3, end at 11 (fast turn at end, not gradual twist)
F Synth 5: Yamaha PRS248 (10) - Celesta.

Vox:

Vox 1: AT3035 - VTB1 (30, +0.5, +3) - FX6 (gate only, -54db, 1:64, attack = 0.5ms, release=0.5ms)
Vox 2: AT3035 - VTB1 (30, +0.5, 0) - FXu15 (see Hook Vox 6, gate only, + phaser @ #2, pitch-400 at "city")
Vox 3: At3035 - VTB1 (30, 0.5, 0) - FXu15 verb only 1.7s plate.
BVox 1: AT3035 - VC3Q - RNC (12, 10, 10:30, 10:30, 12) - FX 14 (classic sweeper)
BVox 2 A/B/C: A, B: SM58 - Mackie - RNC (same as BVox 1), L treble @ 3. C: AT3035 - VC3Q - RNC (same). L + verb on "shake it!" after hook. A: center "dance" x4 at last chorus, fX 142 (japanese toys)
BVox 3: AT3035 - VC3Q - FX82 (chorus only) - RNC (recorded L & R separately, not as stereo pair)
BVox 4: SM58 - mackie - FX102 (smart face, alpha mod @ 50%) - RNC (12^5), gain C after first VR
BVox 5: SM57 - mackie - RNC (12^5)
BVox 6: SM57 - mackie - FX43, pitch - 1200% - RNC (12^5)
Ch Vox 1: AT3035 - VC3Q - FX 11 (delay L level = 58%, delay R level = 62%)
Ch Vox 2: AT3035 - VC3Q - RNC
Hook Vox 1 (low): AT3035 - VT1 (30, 0 , +3)
Hook Vox 2 (energy): ditto
Hook Vox 3 (high): ditto
Hook Vox 4 (high): ditto - FX63 chorus only
Hook Vox 5: At3035 - VTB1 - FX150 (LFOver...), delay mod: L time:288ms, R:500ms, Ltempo = 1/8, Rtempo = 1/4; Lfeedback = 30%, Rfeedback=60%, Lxfeed = 0, Rxfeed=20%; Llevel=75%, Rlevel=75%; Lpan=R50, Rpan=L50; mix=-25%, in=0, out=-74db
Hook Vox 6: AT3035 - VTB1 - FX-user15: Gate (-26db, 1:2, 0.3 attack, 100ms release) + verb (plate, 3s decay, 52ms pre-delay, -22 level, warm color, -50% mix) + Pan (speed=0.284 Hz)

Mixes

Too much info to fit with the instruments part, so separate section. -n vor vol = - number of hash marks, e.g. -.5 = between 0 and -1, but 99 or 98 = actual midi volume. vol, pan, eq.

Synth Bass: -.5, C, -2@80, +2@600, +2@1.9k
Tambourine: -1, C, no eq
Drums: 99, C, -4@400, +3@5k, +2@14k
Bass: 99, C, -2@50, +4@400, +2@1.5k

Git 1: -.5L -1R +.5@hook, C L&R@verses, -4@100, +2@3k
Git 2: -1L 99R, C @ chorus, -3@125, +2@3.4k
Git 3: +.5, ?, -2@50, +2@3.6k
Git 4: -1, C, -2@90, +2@2.6k
Git 5: 99, C, -2@100, +3@3.2k
Git 6: 99, C, -2@70, +3@2.4k

Synth 1: 99, R20, -2@40, +2@5k, -2@10k
Synth 2: +.5, C, -2@80, +3@4.5k
Synth 3: 99, C, -2@150, +2@5.5k
Synth 4: -1, L20, -2@175, +2@5.5k, -3@13k
Synth 5: 99, C, -2@90, +4@5k

Vox 1: 99, C, -3@200, +2@5k, +4@10k
Vox 2: 99, C, same as 1
Vox 3: 99, C, same as 1
BVox 1: 99, C, -2@225, -6@5k, +4@10k
BVox 2 A: 99, L (c+max at end of chorus 3), -3@250, -4@5.5k, +2@9k
BVox 2 B: 99, R, -3@200, -4@5k, +3@11k
BVox 2 C: 99, C, -4@200, -6@5k, +4@10k
BVox 3: 99, C, -2@200, -4@5k, +2@12k
BVox 4: 99, C, -3@200, -7@5k, +2@11k
BVox 5: 99, C, -2@175, -3@5.5k, +2@10k
BVox 6: 99, C, -2@225, -3@4.5k, +2@9k
Ch vox 1: 99, C, -2@200, -3@5k, +1@9k
Ch vox 2: -.5, C, -3@200, +2@5k, +4@10k
Hook Vox 1: -.5, C, -2@250, -5@4.5k, +2@12k
Hook Vox 2: 99, C, -2@150, -4@6k, +1@11k
Hook Vox 3: 99, L, -2@175, -3@5.5k, +2@11k
Hook Vox 4: 99, R, same as hvox3
Hook Vox 5: 99, C, -3@225, +3@5k, +2@10k
Hook Vox 6: 99, C, -2@200, +3@5.5k, +2@9k

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