When I listened at first I forgot that you had said that the first half was without the 2nd variac. And a little ways in I was feeling like "hmmmmm..." maybe it was something else about the previous clip that was so convincing - mic placement maybe or even just the riff selection - then you paused and I remembered that the first half was without - and so I began to lick my chops waiting for the second half and lo and behold YES - FILM compared to SOAP OPERA VIDEO. Same tone - just better.
Is the mic placement the same?
Interesting how the feedback on the ITO ending came out like with the exact same note and feel as the album.
This new clip is panned harder to the right and so it's a little too far over there for my ear compared to the first clip.
Also the first clip had the Meanstreet and WHATGTG riffs which are more about that later nuanced sound. The riffs in the new clip are not as much about that (VH I) so trying to compare 70V to 85V on the first variac is not quite apples to apples.
Getting my popcorn now and hoping to hear some more lightning in a bottle... panned a little bit toward the middle and Meanstreet and WHATGTG... ??
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