Technical notes

 I can't bear to see you cry  – Tina Kok feat. Ingo Raven (1993)

 Vocals: Tina Kok -  Bass by Bernie, all instruments played or programmed by IR

This track was recorded on an analog TEAC 8-track reel-to-reel tape recorder (the famous TEAC 8080, 0.5 inches). I used a Fostex analog 16-channel mixing desk which I love because of its “musical” sounding EQs. Reverb was a small Lexicon LPS-1 – a budget home-recording version of the famous Lexicon sound. Other effects include an Alesis Midiverb II for delay and chorus.

I don’t remember exactly where the synth strings came from: must be from a cheap Yamaha porta-sound keyboard I had at those times.

A sequencer (Cubase on an ATARI computer) was synced to the tape and controlled the drums and keyboard. The drums themselves came from two Alesis drum computers (HR 16 and SR16) and snare and bass drum from a Ensoniq sampler – one of the things I borrowed for the mix down.

 Instruments:

 The bass was played by Bernie, I remember it had active PUs and we plugged  it into the desk

The funky rhythm guitar was a '62  Strat with I think the middle PU over a Music Man HD 130 212 amp. Lead guitar was the same. I did a lot of tweaking and modifying when miking the amp with a Schoeps tube mike.

The acoustic is a '76 Gibson MK-81 - back and sides of solid brazilian rosewood. A great sounding guitar.

I guess I also used  my Morley Volume pedal and a WD clone of the Orange Squeezer compressor.