EQ Magazine - December 2008 - (Page 2) DECEMBER 08 CONTENTS 16 GEARHEAD FEATURES 16 MY MORNING JACKET The inside story on how super-producer Joe Chiccarelli and My Morning Jacket crafted Evil Urges, one of the most sonically adventurous releases of 2008. INDIE 500: LUNCHBOX PRES AND COMPRESSORS A no-holds-barred duel starring the hottest modular preamps and compressors on the market. Over 20 products reviewed! 54 62 54 70 72 TECHNIQUES 30 34 36 38 GUITAR TRAX Recording Guitar with Calexico BASS MANAGEMENT How to Create a “Virtual” Bass Rack KEY ISSUES Cinematic’s Spencer Brewer on Recording Pianos DRUM HEADS Groove Collective’s Genji Sirasai on Layering Live and Electronic Drum Sounds VOCAL CORDS Cutting Electro-Pop Vocals with elodieO MIX BUS 6 Ways to Clean the Mud Out of Your Mix 50 52 500 SERIES PREAMPS: Purple Audio Biz Mk and Pants; Great River MP-500NV; LaChapell Model 583S; Shinybox Si; Avedis Audio MA5; Buzz Audio Elixir; A-Designs P-1, EM-Blue, EM-Gold, EM-Red, EM-Silver; Roll Music Systems Tubule RMS5A7; Atlas Juggernaut 500 SERIES COMPRESSORS: Purple Audio Action; Burgin McDaniel Komit; Buzz Audio Potion and Essence; Standard Audio Level-OR; Empirical Labs DerrEsser; AnaMod AM660; also Purple Audio Sweet Ten Rack chassis, API Lunchbox, and Atlas Pro Audio Revolver GADGETS & GOODIES: Mojave MA-201 and Josephson C720 mics SOUNDS: Sony PHD, Big Fish Audio Urban Contemporary Gospel, Real Live Loops Volume 2 POWER APP ALLEY CAKEWALK SONAR 8 PROPELLERHEAD REASON 4 DEPARTMENTS 4 6 8 48 80 TALK BOX: Think Backwards SOUNDING BOARD PUNCH IN: Sasha, Juana Molina, Arabian Prince, Clark Germain CHEAT SHEET: Steinberg Cubase 4.5 ROOM WITH A VU: Inner Machine Studios, Buffalo, NY 42 44
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