I must in fact re-stress the fact that the AC/DC kin have been extremely passionate about old Neve consoles for decades. Try both versions and see (hear) if you spot a difference. Not because the API Channel Strip wasn’t good enough – it is excellent, nothing short of amazing really – but because the newer plugin that I got emulates what was actually used by George Young & Harry Vanda for a long, long time back then: a Neve 1073 channel strip. Well for me it is night and day difference. Matter of fact, I just bought me another plug-in yesterday, and I implemented it in the mix for this track today (the re-mixed track is now here for you to play the youtube link will give you the older mix). They’re not even that expensive anymore, and I assure you that you can start relying on these for true analog emulation that will give you immense satisfaction.
#SLATE VCC BASS GUITAR SETTINGS PC#
If you have either a Mac or PC with decent power and are serious about recording yourself (not only for the pleasure of hearing yourself back, but because we learn so much more by recording ourselves, a concept that I will be stressing immensely when goes pay-for in the future) you must consider acquiring a few plugins from either (or both). If you even remotely think that I have been doing a decent job in recent years, this was solely possible to me thanks to these plugins – Universal Audio and Slate Digital. Do NOT underestimate for any reason these plugins. Having said this, the first version of this take sported a different Console EQ (the wonderful API Vision channel strip from Universal Audio). The tone knob is one of those features that I use daily, both to record and to just rehearse, train, play and mess around. We “Only” have one or a few and we need to be able to use all the features in our guitars. We’re not Angus Young, and he has hundreds of SGs anyway. Good thing at last! And remember – for you guys that own an Angus Young sig of the second generation, the ones with the lightning bolts – to also re-wire the tone knob in that guitar – you definitely need it. It is now finally usable as a regular guitar – probably just as much as one of my older SGs. By the way, the latter was completely revived with the Powerage pickups.
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I used the two guitars as I also wanted to throw a vintage SG in the package with the Powerage Pus, not only a newer one (the Angus Young signature #37). The Powerage pickups seem to be less warm and a bit stiffer than the Manlius, but they do everything the Manlius do as well.
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I like these pickups much, and along with the Manlius t-tops these are my favourite replica pickups in absolute terms. I played this piece with two guitars, both with David Allen’s Powerage pickups in them (bridge and neck). Well it is about time to write some details in this white space no?