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<h2>Gear</h2>
<ul>
    <li>Electric guitars: Kiesel DC6</li>
    <li>Acoustic guitars: Martin D-18</li>
    <li>Keyboards: Yamaha Motif 8</li>
    <li>Interface: Scarlett something</li>
    <li>Effects: Line 6 Go</li>
    <li>Bass: Fender Precision w/ broken bridge, can't be bothered</li>
    <li>Vocal mic: AudioTechnica something</li>
    <li>
        Electric guitars: <a href="https://www.kieselguitars.com/series/guitar/dc">Kiesel DC6</a>
    </li>
    <li>
        Acoustic guitars: 
        <a href="https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/standard-series/10D18.html">Martin D-18</a>
    </li>
    <li>
        Keyboards: 
        <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_Motif#First_genenation:_MOTIF_Classic">
            Yamaha Motif 8
        </a>
        that I've had since 2003
        </li>
    <li>
        Interface: 
        <a href="https://us.focusrite.com/products/scarlett-4i4-3rd-gen">
            Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 (3rd gen)
        </a>
    </li>
    <li>
        Effects &amp; amp modeling: 
        <a href="https://line6.com/podgo/">Line 6 POD Go</a>
    </li>
    <li>
        Bass: 
        <a href="https://www.fender.com/en-US/electric-basses/precision-bass/">Fender Precision</a> 
        w/ broken bridge, can't be bothered
    </li>
    <li>
        Microphone (for vocals and acoustic guitar): 
        <a href="https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/at2035">Audio-Technica AT2035</a>
    </li>
</ul>
<h2>Software</h2>
<p>
    For all recordings, I used Ardour 6 on Ubuntu Studio. Almost all of the production effects
    were from Calf Studio Gear plugins.
    For all recordings, I used <a href="https://ardour.org/">Ardour v6</a> on 
    <a href="https://ubuntustudio.org/">Ubuntu Studio</a>. Almost all of the production effects
    were from <a href="https://calf-studio-gear.org/">Calf Studio Gear</a> plugins.
</p>
<p>
    All guitar effects, pre-amps and modeling was from a Line 6 Go stomp box. I recorded directly
    into a Scarlett USB audio interface.
    into a Scarlett USB audio interface (no external cab). For acoustic guitars and vocals,
    I plugged the microphone directly into the interface's XLR input.
</p>
<p>
    All rhythym/clean guitars were doubled, one panned hard left and the other hard right. Lead vocals
    Minimal automated effects were used, except delay/reverb for vocal tracks, and a few
    weird things like the ring modulator at the end of <em>The Haunted House</em>, or the
    very first synth chord in <em>Calling Out a Name</em>. Fader automation was used
    extensively.
</p>
<p>
    All rhythym/clean guitars were doubled, one panned hard left (90/10) 
    and the other hard right (10/90). Lead vocals
    were also doubled in the same way. Acoustic guitars (except for a few cases) were also
    doubled and panned. This hardcore doubling was a bit of an experiment. I think I liked
    it, even though it made recording take a bit longer.
    it, even though it made recording take quite a bit longer.
</p>
<p>
    To handle all the track doubling during the mixing phase, I would created audio buses
    in Ardour and redirect the outputs of the doubled tracks to the bus, and then redirect
    To handle all the track doubling during the mixing phase, I created 
    <a href="https://manual.ardour.org/ardours-interface/busses-mixer-strips/">audio buses</a>
    in Ardour and redirected the outputs of the doubled tracks to the bus, and then redirected
    the bus output to the master track. All automation was then only done on the buses; the
    doubled tracks were not touched except to set the panning. So there were a lot more
    tracks/buses to handle in Ardour than otherwise. Basically every instrument that I doubled
    would actually have three "tracks" in the DAW interface instead of just one. Which was
    obnoxious but I think it made a difference in the resultant mix.
    obnoxious but I think it made a difference in the resultant mix. At least to me.
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<p>
    Drums were programmed using Hydrogen 1.x with the flac gcs instrument pack. I did very little
    Drums were programmed using <a href="http://hydrogen-music.org/">Hydrogen 1.x</a> with the 
    flac gcs instrument pack. I did very little
    to the drums except increasing the gain of the kick, snare and hi-hat. Otherwise I did
    absolutely nothing to them production-wise. Largely out of pure laziness.
    absolutely nothing to them production-wise. Largely out of pure laziness. And also
    because over-produced drums annoy me.
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