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Equipment

Guitars:
Discovery & Map: Ibanez S1625TKS
Portmanteau & ]]][[[: LTD EC-401FM
Beacons: Gibson Les Paul Studio
Huge & Loop: Taylor 814CE
Fade: Fender Vintage Hot Rod ‘52 Telecaster

Discovery - Huge: B, F#, B, E, G#, C#
Fade: D, A, D, G, B, E
Acoustic tuned standard

Bass:
Discovery - Huge: Washburn T25
Fade: Fender American Standard Jazz Bass

Amp Modelers:
Discovery & Map: Behringer V-Amp 2
Portmanteau to Huge: VOX Tonelab
Fade: Line 6 Pod X3

Here is a link to the .x3m file for the presets I made for Fade. I have no idea how this works but on my Pod they are as follows:

1A: Lead tones, blended in separate tracks
1: 800>green>57on
2: 800>celest>457

1B: Ambient tones, also used to double lead tones on some parts
1: Bogner

1C: Both clean & dirty bass tones
1: Bass

1D: Clean guitar tones
1: Clean


Effects:

Discovery - Huge:

Fade:

I use an Ebow pretty extensively.

I used a Micro Korg synth on Fade.

Drum Software:
Discovery & Map: EZDrummer//Drumkit from Hell
Portmanteau - Beacons: Superior Drummer//NY Avatar SDX
Huge: Superior Drummer//Custom & Vintage SDX, EZDrummer//Electronic, Latin Percussion
Fade: Superior Drummer//Drumkit from Hell SDX, EZDrummer//Latin Percussion

Mixing Software:
Discovery - Portmanteau: Cakewalk Sonar
]]][[[ & Beacons: Logic Express
Huge & Fade: Logic Pro

Hardware:
Discovery - Beacons: Presonus Firebox
Huge & Fade: Apogee Duet

Discovery - Beacons: Alesis M1 Active Mk2 Studio Monitors
Huge & Fade: JBL LSR2300 Series (8” Monitors + Subwoofer)

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