Team members present: Mike, Lee and Bob
What was planned
Add bass guitar, lead guitar and some MIDI sounds.
What was achieved
Mike recorded a couple of bass guitar tracks using a DI's bass guitar. Mike recorded a reggae style bass section as well as a simpler bass line. Mike then created a patch within the Zoom G2 guitar effects pedal to create a fender guitar sound with some moderate distortion. Playing low twangy sounding notes plus simple vibrato lead notes gives a distinctive spaghetti western sound. Lee found a tubular bell sound in a Reason soundbank which he then exported from Reason as a wav file, and then imported it into the Cubase project. This distinctive bell sound also gives the track a distinctive spaghetti western feel. Lee also used a trumpet sound from the Halion synthesiser in Cubase to add an evocative spaghetti western trumpet backing sound. Three trumpet tracks were added to create a trumpet harmony. Bob suggested that each trumpet track is offset by a few milliseconds to give a more natural feel to the overall trumpet harmony.
Next Steps
In the evening session (when it is quieter in the split studios) we plan to record some vocal sound effects. Bob booked a selection of mics to try out. We may include other sound effects (e.g. a horse whinny, rattle snake etc). We also plan to use some outboard MIDI hardware to create some further sound effects. Bob booked the Roland JV 2080 and Waldorf Blofeld MIDI synthesisers for the evening session.
