Quick status update

Bass tracks are done! Great job from Jaakko, considering this was his first time in a studio ever. Over half of the clean vocals are done, and we are currently recording growls for one of the tracks as the day draws to a close. Plenty of guitar tracks to do still, all the solos and most of the acoustic stuff etc. Looks like we’ll have to put in one extra day during the weekend, although we were planning on completing all recordings this week to be able to mix the album on Monday and Tuesday next week. If all goes well, we’ll be mastering the record on Friday next week! That should keep us right on track for a release date real soon now!

The stuff we have finished is absolutely killer. Everything is top-notch, from Jake’s drums to Sami’s vocals to Jaakko’s bass lines. Hopefully the guitar tracks won’t be bad either I actually recorded an acoustic guitar solo for one of the songs just today, a nice little touch.

I’m le tired now, but have to keep on going for a while still. Found a nice little Thai restaurant here in Hämeenlinna, the food and a couple of beers is making us a little drowsy right now.

Stay tuned.
- Jari / Embreach

Siso for the win

Recorded some geetars last night. Through Edu’s Krank first, but listening back to the tracks today, the sound was a bit too harsh for our purposes. We tried the Krank through 2 different cabinets (the Mesa in this pic and a Marshall 4×12″) but couldn’t find the sound we wanted. This morning we scratched our heads for a while and ended up switching to the Peavey 5150 head (“Siso”) and the Marshall cab with three different mics (Sennheiser 441 & 421 as well as a Shure 57) picking up the goods. The sound turned out great! Modern and clear. Think Soilwork’s Figure Number Five.

Jaakko’s currently getting geared up for recording the bass tracks. At first, he’ll probably be going direct to the mixer, with sounds dialed in from the computer. Jaakko has brought his brand new Gallien-Krueger head along as well, let’s see what will get us the best sound.

On this record, we’ll be recording acoustic guitars for the first time in Embreach history. On our two previous promos, there have been some clean electric guitars but nothing acoustic. We just set up the mic and should be ready to add some acoustic touch to the songs. My Yamaha had a nasty spike in the middle frequencies when miked so we ended up using the Charvel acoustic found here at the studio. Luckily, it was already tuned to D standard which is the tuning we’ll be playing the acoustic parts in.

In addition to the instrument section, everything has also been set up for recording Sami’s vocals. Must say, the couple of verses he just sang as a test sounded GREAT!

From the sound department,
Jari / Embreach