Here, for those interested, is the signal chain with which the rhythm guitars were recorded at Ithil World Studio in Imperia last week. Here’s the complete signal chain:
My legendary Ibanez Prestige RGT 3020 MESA DUAL RECTIFIER head MESA RECTO STANDARD 4x12 cabinet
Expertly mic’d with three microphones:- U47Fet i (NEUMANN)
- Shure SM57
- MD 421 II (SENNHEISER)
all through:- 3 Solid State Logic “super analogue” Pre
- Solid State Logic SL4000G+ “black eq” Mixer (This is history!! this mixer produced 3/4 of the world’s hit singles, and albums like Metallica’s “Black album” or Dream Theater’s “Awake” just to name 2)
- Empirical Labs EL-8 DISTRESSOR (Queensrÿche, Mr. Big, Joe Satriani, Metallica, Megadeth, Aerosmith)
Finally passing through the Prism ADA 8XR “dream” converters and into Protools!!! Phew… But what an enormous sound!!
For an overview of this studio’s monstrous equipment go check out their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ithilworld