Cowgirl in the Sand

[hooper]

It all started last Saturday evening after we had a whopper of a T-storm and ended up with no power or telephone service for 2 days.  Which meant no A/C, indoor plumbing or Internet.  ~whine~

So, this was a great time to reach for the BR and some fresh AA's.  Many thanks to Neil Young for the loan of his cowgirl for a couple of days...

Produced all on the Micro BR from start to finish and includes:
* acoustic rhythm guitar
* electric rhythm guitar
* electric lead guitar
* electric bass
* electric slide lap guitar
* double-tracked lead vocal
* double-tracked backing vocals

5-bounced sub-mixes
1- mastering mix
 

Cowgirl in the Sand

Written by Neil Young
From his 1969 album "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"

[Oldrottenhead]

why is it that every time i hear one of your posts i want to throw all my gear in the bin?
answer coz i'll never be that good and i am wasting my time trying.

awesome stuff hoop.
post a version without vox so i can confirm how crap i am.
hic. yes i have bin drinking.

[hooper]

Thanks, Jim. Although I would trade quite a bit to have that inside line you've got with the muse...

I'll get you a mix with out lead vox. Gonna take some remixing though. Maybe later this weekend.

[Oldrottenhead]

cheers for that.

[galestermusic]

Hooper could you expalin how you did the 5 bounces for the submixes?

Thanks

Greg

[hooper]

Greg,

Here is how I organize it when I know I'm going to have a lot more than 4 tracks in a song.  I don't know how this might differ from the way other people do it. Would be interesting to hear how other folks do this too...

FWIW... I think it's useful to think of the 4 channels on the M-BR as 'CHANNELS' and wish they were labeled CH-1, CH-2, CH-3, CH-4 instead of calling them TR-1, TR-2, TR-3, TR-4.  Then it's easier (for me) to visualize it as having 8 sets of v-tracks available with 4 channels on each set of v-tracks.  The attached track sheet is organized that way. 

So, looking at the track sheet:

• Record each of the first 4 tracks of the song and adjust the mix.
• Turn off Rhythm and then Bounce those 4 tracks to (1V2 - 2V2) aka SubMix I
• Set all 4 channels to VTrack V2... you should see V2  V2  V2  V2
• Set the pan for 1V2 to L50, pan 2V2 to R50 and set levels. Turn Rhythm back on.
• So now you can monitor SubMix 1 while you add 2 more new tracks on channels 3 & 4.
• Adjust the mix, turn off the Rhythm, and then Bounce it down to (1V3-2V3) aka SubMixII.

So, you can keep repeating the process and each time you bounce you move on down to the next set of v-tracks with a stereo submix to monitor and 2 free (open) tracks to record your next parts on. 

[galestermusic]

Hoop that is great! I printed this out and have been playing. I will be dangerouse when I figure this out!

Thanks a million!

Greg

[hooper]

Yer welcome, Greg.  

Here's a PDF of a blank track sheet, if you want it.

https://songcrafters.org/community/post-your-work/cowgirl-in-the-sand/0/?action=dlattach;attach=375

A little trick I learned while doing this project: Notice at 3V4 where it says (more bass).... At that point after listening to SubMixIII, I was wishing I could turn up the bass level. Problem is: The bass level was set and mixed in way back on the first bounce!  Then I noticed the bass part still sitting there on 3V1... so all I had to do was set the v-track for channel 3 back to V1 and make that track active again.  Then I set the levels for: SubMixIII| (more bass) | slide guitar and mixed 'em down to SubMix IV.   Did the same thing in the next round to bring up the level of the lead vocal.

    

[Blooby]

Thanks, Hooper

I have a rotten memory to begin with ("the memory of a salad" a friend of mine coined years ago).  The pdf file has the potential to prevent me from throwing something across the room.

I exaggerate...but not much.

Blooby

[galestermusic]

I have a rotten memory to begin with ("the memory of a salad" a friend of mine coined years ago).  The pdf file has the potential to prevent me from throwing something across the room.

LMAO! Bloopy just don't throw your MBR or better your equipment like I use to do in my younger years playing in those dens of iniquity LOL.