Li Ark - The Diary

Recording Li Ark 2: Some Facts and Figures

• 112 BPM : ca. 5:20 MIN : Your Song
• 104 BPM : ca. 4:20 MIN : Restless : We count 208 BPM
• 180 BPM : ca. 4:40 MIN : The Astronaut : Second part has 170 BPM
• 196 BPM : ca. 3:50 MIN : F—-ed Up
• 091 BPM : ca. 3:50 MIN : Like Once, Your Smile : We count 182 BPM
• 138 BPM : ca. 4:20 MIN : Silent Revolution
• 090 BPM : ca. 3:00 MIN : Intermezzo : We count 180 BPM
• 196 BPM : ca. 3:50 MIN : Sleepless
• 196 BPM : ca. 0:00 MIN : The Awakening : In progress …
• 080 BPM : ca. 5:20 MIN : My Silence : In progress …

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Recording Li Ark 2: What we did so far.

December 2011

In December 2011 Heyse programmed some pilot drum tracks in NI Battery and Logic. The song tempi were tested and set during some rehearsal sessions short before.

January 2012

In January 2012 the live drum recording set up was installed and tested, and Schmidt recorded some basic guitars on the pilot drum tracks, capturing the guitar’s signal with a DI box from Atelier der Tonkunst and an Apogee Duet audio interface. All guitar sounds get simulated with NI Guitar Rig during recording and will be re-amped short before the mix.

March 2012

In early March 2012 Heyse and Schmidt recorded drums for 4 songs in a relaxed “wear your pijama” session. These songs were edited by Nico, intern at Kohlekeller Studio.

In late March 2012 Li Ark met in the studio room to record Dennis on bass in a rehearsal like atmosphere, same way as with the guitars.

April 2012

In April 2012 Schmidt did some more guitar recordings as well as some keys and glockenspiels, and Strauss wrote and tested new lyrics.

So far so good.

Tracklist

The tracklist in progress is:

• Your Song
• Restless
• The Astronaut
• F—-ed Up
• Like Once, Your Smile
• Silent Revolution
• Intermezzo
• Sleepless
• The Awakening
• My Silence

Shamidt

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2. March 2012 - Li Ark - Recording Sessions - Recording Drums … Seeing is Believing …

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2. March 2012 - Li Ark - Recording Sessions - Recording Drums … Pausing …

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2. March 2012 - Li Ark - Recording Sessions - Recording Drums … Eating …

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2. March 2012 - Li Ark - Recording Sessions - Recording Drums … Drinking …

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Li Ark - Drum Recording - Part 2 (2012) →

Heyse and Shamidt testing the recording set-up for drums with microphone positions etc. The set-up is nearly final.

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Li Ark - Drum Recording - Part 1 (2012) →

Shamidt and Heyse (camera) showing the recording set-up for drums with microphone positions etc. The set-up is not final, Li Ark is waiting on feedback from some people …

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7. January 2012 - Li Ark - Recording Sessions - Shamidt on the computer

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7. January 2012 - Li Ark - Recording Sessions - The sssssssnaresssssss