Time for an update. Since finishing up Solo Flight, I’ve turned my attention to the next track, “Strange But True”. There’s not a lot I wanted to change in this piece. As per my usual habit, it’s already been re-recorded a couple of times, but in accordance with my master plan, I wanted to replace the electric guitar with the Gibson L6-S, and go over the acoustic guitar tracks to see if there were any glitches I wanted to clean up. Oh, and also I wanted to replace the sampled Doumbek with a “live” recorded track, and the drum loops with XLN Addictive drums, again played “live” on my SPD-20, with sticks.

So, actually quite a lot of work needed doing.

Whilst re-recording the nylon acoustic guitar tracks, I noticed an unexpected problem. Since I’ve started using Dad’s Zoom H2 for recording the Ovation steel, I’ve realized that I am not happy with the sound of the Godin. I can no longer get a recorded sound that I’m happy with, either from a microphone or from the piezo pickups, or in any combination. I guess my tastes have changed.

Well that brings me to the next post. A new addition to the arsenal comes to the rescue!