I primarily used a Roland VS-2480 for my main mixing console, using each channel strip's eq. and compression where needed. On drums I used no triggering. I used a multiband limiter on the stereo overheads to bring out the toms and shape the tone. For kick and snare, I copied each channel so one could be gated heavily for the initial attack, and left the original "as is" . For bass - I re-amped the D.I. through an Ampeg VST head and mic'ed the 8X10" cab with a EV RE20....I liked this sound better than the amp stem (using POD Farm and a UX2 interface). Guitar was the main thing of concern to open up the mix. I re-amped the guitar stem through Podfarm using a Vox AC30 model - then in the Roland channel I used some pitch shift and chorus to give the verse texture and spread. For the choruses, I created "real" doubles for hard left and right, but using guitar chorus 2 with guitar chorus 1, then copying. To give the solo a little something extra I used a MXR Phase 90 up the middle. For vocals I ran my verses and choruses through various preamp models separately, so each could have it's own special character....verses a little more dry but with spring reverb- choruses had some echoplex. For the pre-choruses I copied "oh baby" from other places in the song to get a stereo image, then coped those sections into each pre-chorus. I did my mix into Sonar through a Roland SR24 interface - bumping it up from a 24/44.1 rez to 24/96 and applying a T-Racks 3 plug in for the Pultec eq. model, then into a Nomad Factory Tube and Tape Warmer at 30ips with a 12ax7tube. As I wrote my final file I used Waves MultiMaximizer to gently limit the mix in multiband for a nice level.

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