XONE is currently mixing and mastering their second CD of original Progressive music. The album was tracked from November 2006 to January 2007 at a local recording studio. Will, Ted, and drummer Gino DiLeva tracked the album, with the drums being completed on five songs in a single day. The performances are excellent, and we took the tracks we recorded home to mix on Cakewalk Sonar. Unfortunately, the Bass tracks are decidedly un-useable.
The mix down process has been slow, due to my (Will’s) final college semester, so the work began in earnest after I handed in my final history paper last week. Sunday, Ted and I set to mixing the new CD together. I had mentioned to Ted that we might re-track some bass if need be, and he quickly agreed that the bass tracks were way messed up. The studio had insisted on tracking the Bass both Direct and with a Mic. The Line 6 Bass POD XT Pro is set up be utilized for either Direct or Miked, but NOT both at the same time. Unfortunately, I did not speak up and insist that we ONLY record the Bass POD XT Pro DIRECT. It would have saved me and especially Ted, a great deal of work.
Needless to say, we had to re-track the bass parts for the CD. So using my new Line 6 Toneport KB37 with Bass model packs installed, Ted re-tracked his Bass parts yesterday utilizing patches in Line 6 Gearbox we created from the versions on his Line 6 Bass POD. The results were excellent! The tracks are clean and easily sound better with Waves plug-ins. Even though it took a whole day of tracking to complete, the tracks have made a huge difference in the overall sound of this next XONE CD.
Stay tuned for it’s release this Summer 2007!!!
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