Led Zeppelin: Moby Dick

[DaveDrummer]

Ive been listening to this song. Not so much the drums this time, but the
main riff. When the guitars first come in, what makes this mix so punchy? I
cant figure it out. bass compression maybe? tape saturation?

[Fletcher]

DaveDrummer wrote:

> Ive been listening to this song. Not so much the drums this time, but the
> main riff. When the guitars first come in, what makes this mix so punchy? I
> cant figure it out. bass compression maybe? tape saturation?

Really good rooms with really good players with pretty good hardware and very
good operators behind that hardware... and damn little compression in
comparison to what we do today.
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[Raymond]

>DaveDrummer wrote:
>
>> Ive been listening to this song. Not so much the drums this time, but the
>> main riff. When the guitars first come in, what makes this mix so punchy? I
>> cant figure it out. bass compression maybe? tape saturation?

Guitar overdubbs..Can't you hear all of them? More than one guitar sound (more
than one brand of amp) like Fletcher said, good players

[Geoff Wood]

"Fletcher" > wrote in message
...
> DaveDrummer wrote:
>
> > Ive been listening to this song. Not so much the drums this time, but
the
> > main riff. When the guitars first come in, what makes this mix so
punchy? I
> > cant figure it out. bass compression maybe? tape saturation?
>
> Really good rooms with really good players with pretty good hardware and
very
> good operators behind that hardware... and damn little compression in
> comparison to what we do today.

So why does the snare sound like it was done at another time and another
place ?

geoff

[WillStG]

(Raymond)

>Guitar overdubbs..Can't you hear all of them? More than one guitar sound
>(more
>than one brand of amp) like Fletcher said, good players

And having a riff you've been playing since when you were in the Yardbirds
probably lends a bit of authority to Page's performance ("I'm Not Talking" -
Mose Allison).

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Off the Morning Show! & sleepin' In... / Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

[umbriaco]

in article , WillStG at
wrote on 11/20/03 12:41 PM:


> And having a riff you've been playing since when you were in the Yardbirds
> probably lends a bit of authority to Page's performance ("I'm Not Talking" -
> Mose Allison).

Ah, Mose. Always good to go back to the well.
Amy is a knockout too.