AIC Double track - Is this right

[SteveXFR]

As an Alice In Chains fan and Spector player Ive been trying to get the Mike Starr tone and just not quite matching the grit. Then I see this video. Could this be right? Is it double tracked with an acoustic? Was this a stroke of genius or something used before?

 

 

 

[Hellzero]

It's not a stroke if genius as double tracking has been used since the early days of multi tracking recording.

 

Mick Karn's tone on studio records, for example, comes from the fact that he always doubled all his parts getting that superb chorus tone, because of the slight differences in tempo and note placement (hey we are not robots).

 

In metal, the kick of the drum has been triggered on a second track (to allow MIDI tone manipulation) for decades to get that powerful tone you hear on most recordings.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Hellzero
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[SteveXFR]

1 hour ago, Hellzero said:

It's not a stroke if genius as double tracking has been used since the early days of multi tracking recording.

 

Mick Karn's tone on studio records, for example, comes from the fact that he always doubled all his parts getting that superb chorus tone, because of the slight differences in tempo and note placement (hey we are not robots).

 

In metal, the kick of the drum has been triggered on a second track (to allow MIDI tone manipulation) for decades to get that powerful tone you hear on most recordings.

 

 

Double tracking is pretty standard but I've never heard of double tracking using an acoustic behind a distorted electric bass.

[fretmeister]

Those old Carol Kaye lines were usually doubled with a Fender Bass VI and plectrum so I can see doing it with an acoustic giving a little chorus feel and more attack that only an acoustic instrument can give.

 

Now you'll need a piezo equipped bass to do it live!

[aniki]

Seems a slightly odd choice but whatever works...

I've heard that some of the Finnish metal bands would use some ridiculous techniques with guitar tones. One was recording a guitar track with a tea-towel wrapped around the strumming hand. They would typically record as many different ways they could think of and mix and match to achieve the ultimate desired result.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

1 hour ago, SteveXFR said:

As an Alice In Chains fan and Spector player Ive been trying to get the Mike Starr tone and just not quite matching the grit. Then I see this video. Could this be right? Is it double tracked with an acoustic? Was this a stroke of genius or something used before?

 

 

 

I've heard the story of it being double-tracked with an acoustic bass for years, I'd never have guessed that by just hearing the song but I have always thought the bass on that song sounds different to the rest of the album.

Rain When I Die and Rooster, for example, both sound like a regular Spector tone to me. 

[SteveXFR]

27 minutes ago, aniki said:

Seems a slightly odd choice but whatever works...

I've heard that some of the Finnish metal bands would use some ridiculous techniques with guitar tones. One was recording a guitar track with a tea-towel wrapped around the strumming hand. They would typically record as many different ways they could think of and mix and match to achieve the ultimate desired result.

 

Don't they usually just put a room mic inside a rotting goat carcass?

Edited 25 minutes ago by SteveXFR

[Beedster]

Just now, SteveXFR said:

 

Don't they usually just put a room mic inside a rotting goat carcass?

 

That was Steps