Jeff Loomis - new album (2011)
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guitarguru777
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Jeff is really loving the 5150 III right now and of course for his cleans he will probably use his Axe FX that would be my guess.....
Arron now you just need to convince him to get over his ego, rejoin Nevermore and start writing shit like P.O.E. again ....lol
DominikJW
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That would be an odd choice, given that the 5150 III has a stellar clean channel.
guitarguru777
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Congrats!!!
He has to use change up amps for the whole album this time. The playing was amazing, but the same sound over and over and over made it seem like one long song
I was playing it on the way to work this morning. Love it!
He has to use change up amps for the whole album this time. The playing was amazing, but the same sound over and over and over made it seem like one long song
I was playing it on the way to work this morning. Love it!
I found the clean channel kinda gainy/dirty. Good for cowboy style pickin etc but not clean clean.
JeffTD
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True but I am half tempted to say hes gonna use Axe on the entire thing as well
If Aaron is involved there's no way the Axe is being used for dirty tones.
Ermz
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I found it pretty cool for both.
If you go here: http://memnoir.com/ and stream 'Happathy' on the player, you can hear some cleans that Lasse reamped for us with the 5150 III. He did 3 tracks, a clean, semi clean and driven, and I just blended to taste, along with the usual slew of saturation, comp, EQ etc.
It has a very 'jangly' characteristic, that you'd expect from Fender. I was really fond of it. Thought it worked great in a mix context.
Not much amp planning just yet, but we've got plenty at our disposal! We aren't going to be tracking through a live amp though, rather a sim of some sort and then reamping later (definitely capturing DIs).
You're right, Jeff and I are both big fans of the 5150 III, so I'm sure we'll be giving that amp a shot. Jeff has expressed interest in using the Axe FX for tracking, but it would be alongside DI tracks, because we both want to use real amps in the end. Cleans I really have no idea on just yet though, and as impressive as the Axe FX can be at times, I have never been a huge fanboi of it, so I have no deep desire to make sure that it gets onto the record. It might be the right tool for something, but it might not, we'll just have to see.
Try to leave the Nevermore crap out of this thread though. Also, you can keep chiding Jeff's ego all you'd like, but no matter how many times to repeat it, it won't become the truth.
I know for certain that there's going to be two songs with female vocals. There was talk of a well-known vocalist or two as well, but I don't know if Jeff has really nailed it all down or not. No matter how many singers there are though, I believe there's only going to be a maximum of four songs with vocals out of 12 total.
I don't think changing amps throughout the record would necessarily be the right way to go to inject some diversity into the album as a whole... Being that there will be some vocals on this album, as well as some tasteful usage of MIDI instruments, there will definitely be some cool variation happening that Jeff hasn't done before. It really just comes down to my skills as a producer though, and in that, I have confidence
guitarguru777
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JeffTD
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Josh Burgess
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So, should I take that non-response as a no, Aaron? haha...
Turn the gain down and the volume up and it stays pretty damn clean. I'm all about crystal clear clean tones a la Roland JC120 and Fender Twin, and I think the 5150 III can do great clean tones...
Turn the gain down and the volume up and it stays pretty damn clean. I'm all about crystal clear clean tones a la Roland JC120 and Fender Twin, and I think the 5150 III can do great clean tones...
Josh Burgess
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I don't think changing amps throughout the record would necessarily be the right way to go to inject some diversity into the album as a whole... Being that there will be some vocals on this album, as well as some tasteful usage of MIDI instruments, there will definitely be some cool variation happening that Jeff hasn't done before. It really just comes down to my skills as a producer though, and in that, I have confidence
What kind of MIDI instruments? We going to hear some synths this time?
DanLights
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