Deconstructing "Hole In The World" Pt.2

After the demos in Part 1, the long process of re-recording all the final parts started. Although the previous demo sounds similar to the final song, there was still a lot more to do to get it from there to the finished track. We create the final sounds using our analog synthesizers and drum samples from vintage drum machines. Also, a number of the drum sounds were created with our synthesizers. The main lead lines were created on the Macbeth M5 and the bass instrument came from the Moog Voyager. The pad sounds came from a DSI Tetra. Take a listen to how the song sounded with the final parts recorded:

"Hole In The World" Demo 3

After this demo was made, we moved onto recording the final vocals. We spent most of a week together in our studio tracking the vocal parts. Once that was done, the song went into the mixing phase. During mixing, the elements of the song are balanced, EQ is used to find harmonic space for everything, and effects(ie; reverb, delay, etc) are used to color parts and give things depth/space.

Once the songs were mixed we'd burn CDs of them and listen to them in the car, on our iPods, etc. and then go back and tweak the mixes to make them even better. As mentioned in a previous post, the album was then sent for mastering and finally released. The clip of the final version can be heard here.

We'll deconstruct some of our other songs in the future and talk more about other parts of the process.