Is Ecstasy a creation of your mind, an exalted sensation you dream up? Is Ecstasy a blissful, rapturous reality that sweeps you away? Or is Ecstasy a word you were'nt sure was spelled with 2 s's or 2 c's? or maybe an x? :-)
Have a listen to my instrumental called "Ecstasy." And let me know what you feel this song says to you it means:
Ecstasy
Sam Bhattacharya
http://www.sambhattacharya.com
Friday, July 8, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
How I used my Fender Cyber-Twin guitar amplifier to record "Not Fade Away"
All of the electric guitar sounds you're hearing in my songs came from a single amplifier: the Cyber-Twin made by Fender.
This amp has a unique shape-shifter technology which lets you "design" it to resemble the sounds of many different amps. Most of these designs are classic Fender amps, such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Twin Reverb, the HR Deville and many others. You can select each of these simply by turning the large black knob on the right in the picture below. The Cyber-Twin is, in effect, Fender's version of a modeling amp.
In "Not Fade Away," I experimented with a few of the amp designs until found the ones that fit best. The song's verse sections, for example, were done with a Prosonic '94. A Stage '99 was selected for the backing rhythm guitar during the guitar solo section.
Also, I used no pedals at all while recording the song. That's because the Cyber-Twin has all the effects I need built right into it.
For example, I selected a design called "Route 66" for the heavy Who-ish chords in the intro section. This selection has a blackface tone stack and also little bit of one e-da delay, though it's barely noticeable in the final recording.
I also experimented with a design called "Teen Grunge" to play the guitar solo. It has distortion, triangular chorus, reverb, compression and noise gate to approximate a Nirvana-like sound.
Anyway, I don't mean to sound too technical. But the idea behind all this tweaking was to make the guitar sounds throughout the song varied and interesting. And to hopefully bring some originality to the sounds that made it to the final recording.
This amp has a unique shape-shifter technology which lets you "design" it to resemble the sounds of many different amps. Most of these designs are classic Fender amps, such as the Deluxe Reverb, the Twin Reverb, the HR Deville and many others. You can select each of these simply by turning the large black knob on the right in the picture below. The Cyber-Twin is, in effect, Fender's version of a modeling amp.
In "Not Fade Away," I experimented with a few of the amp designs until found the ones that fit best. The song's verse sections, for example, were done with a Prosonic '94. A Stage '99 was selected for the backing rhythm guitar during the guitar solo section.
Also, I used no pedals at all while recording the song. That's because the Cyber-Twin has all the effects I need built right into it.
For example, I selected a design called "Route 66" for the heavy Who-ish chords in the intro section. This selection has a blackface tone stack and also little bit of one e-da delay, though it's barely noticeable in the final recording.
I also experimented with a design called "Teen Grunge" to play the guitar solo. It has distortion, triangular chorus, reverb, compression and noise gate to approximate a Nirvana-like sound.
Anyway, I don't mean to sound too technical. But the idea behind all this tweaking was to make the guitar sounds throughout the song varied and interesting. And to hopefully bring some originality to the sounds that made it to the final recording.
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