Not a Florid Organum with Clausula Discant

This is the version of lighthouse I prepared for our March 2nd gig at the Grey Eagle.  It consists of one finger picked guitar track played on a Vo-96 and recorded simultaneously direct from the guitar's I-beam panned left and with a large diaphragm condenser, panned right.  I played some melody lines on a separate take, using a different Vo-96 preset.   

Lighthouse - March 2 Outline

Solo guitar with a particular setting of the Vo-96.  This is just something from testing Vo-96 guitars.  

Seventh Procession Excerpt

Back in 2001 I visited England, country of my birth.  While there I composed a rather long piece I thought captured something of England.  This is just the last few minutes of it.  Solo Vo-96 guitar.

Excerpt From England

Testing Mr. Green's guitar here. I haven't played this one in a while. It's the first movement of a longer piece - another excerpt. I start out with an even harmonic voice with lightly triggered acoustic tremolo.  On the left, (or is it the right?) the channel is via my Rode condenser mic.  On the other channel is the I-beam output. I've added some chorus to this and added reverb and some compression to the mix, nothing else.  I change to an articulated timbre about 1/2 way through.  

Alone At Sunset House

This is an improvisation around a couple of themes that have been reverberating in my head lately.  Just testing another guitar here.  Note the controlled duration.  The harmonic content here is a random walk, never going exactly the same place twice. 

Music For Sunday Morning

Billy Cardine is one of my favorite musicians and Jake is one of the finest bassists I've heard. It's amazing these great instrumentalists are right here in Asheville and were able to come by to try out the Wond and make this recording. 

Here is the setup: We have a mic close on Billy's amplifier, which is turned down low, and we have a room mic above both players. The bass is going directly into Protools and their headphones are giving a mix of those sources. This is basically what the following recording is too - a simple mix of these three sources in Protools with some reverb added. There is no compression and just some sensible EQ and stereo panning to get a bit of width into the sound field. This is Billy's first ever experience with the Wond.  He is not yet using any of Wond's advanced features, but he sure grasped the basics quickly!

Billy And Jake Wond Improv

J-200 12 string with a Vo-96 on it.  Just noodling around a bit to give an idea of the full sound.  This is by no means a full Vo-96 demo.

Paul Vo Music

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