Recording

I’ve been recording a lot of music lately. It makes me excited because music has been one of my biggest loves — it’s one of the most satisfying things in my life. To be able to put to music words that have been in my heart or create an atmosphere with sound is an awesome gift to me.

Here’s a description of my main recording rig. I’m tracking guitars with a Les Paul and Gretsch Pro Jet into a variety of amps. My friend Aaron is the proud owner of some very nice gear and I’ve been able to use that. We’ve recorded with his Orange AD30, Mesa Boogie Stiletto and my Peavey ValveKing 100 head into a pair of Avatar 2x12 cabs loaded with a G12H Vintage 30 70th Anniversary Edition and G12 (Vintage 30) speakers. All the amps are on Hot Plates to get good saturation at a decent level and recorded with a Shure SM57. Aaron’s main axe is a Les Paul Custom. We’re tracking bass with an old Samick bass I have lying around.

All that sweet tone is captured at 24bit/96k into an M-Audio ProFire 2626 that runs into a pair of Tannoy Reveal monitors. We’re using Apple’s Logic Studio package for recording, mixing and editing and it’s good. I’ll be posting a little video describing the setup in a few days (when I get around to it). What are you guys recording with?