For those LA sessions. It was at Joni Mitchell’s private studio in her house in Bel Air.
For the stuff we had already recorded in the UK it was SSL but we actually bypassed the SSL preamps and Mike Shipley had bought a few Focusrite ISA110 modules that we tracked the guitars through.
Joni’s studio had a Trident desk in it but I am 100% sure we would have still inserted the Focusrite ISA110 preamps to keep consistency with what we had done in the UK.
To be honest, a 57 through your Midas shouldn’t sound too different than a Focusrite ISA preamp. I have an ISA828 8 channel pre and an ISA 220 in my studio. The ISA are actually quite transparent preamps.
Will definitely get round to trying your cab profiles within the next few days. So glad they showed up. I always regretted not picking up a couple of those Pacific Woodwork cabs back then. They were impossible to track down in the UK by the time I bothered to look for them.Once again. Thank you for posting.
Wow, thank you so much for your detailed explanation on the 1988 recording session! I always love to learn what type of equipment was used in the studio.
I guess it's "Out of the Silence" session that you're talking about. Embarrassed to say I didn't know that album until now, just checked it out and really loved it. The guitar tone is exactly what was in my mind when I decided to get Pacific and to shoot IRs from it.
Hope you like my cabs and looking forward to your feedback as well!