DT in the studio again!

[The Letter M]

John Petrucci shared Dream Theater's photo.
Tubes!!

-Marc.

[wasteland]

John Petrucci shared Dream Theater's photo.
Tubes!!

-Marc.

TUBES!! Even harmonics! Such a cool application to obsolete technology!

[Orbert]

I'm not sure why I never opened this thread before.  But the title has said "Two weeks till DT are in the studio again" for two weeks now, and I was wondering what the hell was going on.  It was like I was stuck in a time loop or something.

Update from Jordan...



He posted on FB that the rig is being added to and tweaked.

Is that a microphone in the back of his Kurzweil or Johnny Number 5?

I don't think anyone answered this question.  The Kurzweil is on a triple keyboard stand, but the middle and upper racks are currently unoccupied.  The thing that kinda looks like a microphone is one arm of the empty top rack; the other arm is all but obscured by the Instagram effects.  In the back is another triple, with a Nord (red) on the bottom and a MiniMoog on top.

You can adjust the angle of the middle and upper racks, and that's a hell of a tilt on the top rack, but in the case of the MiniMoog, he has to be able to get to the knobs as well.

[The Letter M]

I'm not sure if they were linked here or not, but here are other Twitter pics from JR of his rig:





-Marc.

[Sketchy]

What is that big thing that looks like a huge, square slide guitar?

[Kotowboy]

I expect we'll find out when JR starts uploading videos of it filmed on his iPhone in portrait orientation and with some awful FX on 

[MajorMatt]

What is that big thing that looks like a huge, square slide guitar?

That's a Harpejji

[DebraKadabra]

*slosh slosh slosh*  awww man I stepped in DT.

[chaotic_ripper]

Did he use the Harpejji on the last album? I don't even know what that thing sounds like.

[Mindflux]

[ResultsMayVary]

Looking good!

[darkshade]

 

[SystematicThought]

Exactly what I expected, it's all just the same color this time around. 

[Prog Snob]

BOIOIOIOIOIOING   

[Scotto123]

So excited. I can't wait for MM to have an input and see how it adds to the writing process. I think this is the most excited I've been for a new DT album since 8V.

[The Letter M]

Looks like there's a small keyboard with Mangini's drums! I wonder if he's offering musical input on the harmonic and/or melodic way?! Let's hope so! I'd LOVE to see his name on the music credits!

Also, who else here hopes there's an instrumental on the next album? It's been  4 albums since an instrumental, and from the way JR is speaking, they're churning out riff after riff, so I'm hoping for a riff-tastic instrumental this time around, filled with tons of crazy meter changes and polyrhythms (like TDOE and SOC had a kid with ADD).

-Marc.

[jingle.boy]

Looks like there's a small keyboard with Mangini's drums! I wonder if he's offering musical input on the harmonic and/or melodic way?! Let's hope so! I'd LOVE to see his name on the music credits!

Also, who else here hopes there's an instrumental on the next album? It's been  4 albums since an instrumental, and from the way JR is speaking, they're churning out riff after riff, so I'm hoping for a riff-tastic instrumental this time around, filled with tons of crazy meter changes and polyrhythms (like TDOE and SOC had a kid with ADD).

-Marc.

Took me a while to figure out what song ADD was.

Yes, I know it's not a song.

[DebraKadabra]

SCHWING!!!!

I'd SCHWING properly if I had, liek, the body part for it and stuff.

[wasteland]

Oh, what a nice battle station we have! 

[DebraKadabra]

 

[Zydar]

Ah, so THAT'S where the weapons of mass destruction are hiding. Someone call Hans Blix.

[wasteland]

Anyway, wasn't the little keyboard there last time too? All the drum triggered samples must come from some place 

[MoraWintersoul]

[Mladen]

We need a picture od LaBrie's microphone. Right now.

[MajorMatt]

Anyway, wasn't the little keyboard there last time too? All the drum triggered samples must come from some place 

I can't remember if it was there last time but I'm 99% sure the samples don't come from that. It looks like an MAudio Oxygen series midi controller which itself has no sounds built in.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

2012

2013


I think he had a pad for the triggerd stuff but i'm not sure.

[wasteland]

Anyway, wasn't the little keyboard there last time too? All the drum triggered samples must come from some place 

I can't remember if it was there last time but I'm 99% sure the samples don't come from that. It looks like an MAudio Oxygen series midi controller which itself has no sounds built in.

Oh. So what do you think it's controlling?

[Lolzeez]

[puppyonacid]

Anyway, wasn't the little keyboard there last time too? All the drum triggered samples must come from some place 

I can't remember if it was there last time but I'm 99% sure the samples don't come from that. It looks like an MAudio Oxygen series midi controller which itself has no sounds built in.

Oh. So what do you think it's controlling?

The internet..........or the drum triggers on Images & Words

[wasteland]

Anyway, wasn't the little keyboard there last time too? All the drum triggered samples must come from some place 

I can't remember if it was there last time but I'm 99% sure the samples don't come from that. It looks like an MAudio Oxygen series midi controller which itself has no sounds built in.

Oh. So what do you think it's controlling?

The internet..........or the drum triggers on Images & Words

I thought Zombie David Prater in his endless chase for MP 


Anyway, can a musician explain what is that Taurus Moog (and why it is special, if it is at all)? I'm curious

[philmcson]

2012

Had to save this pic, sorry 

[jingle.boy]

Ah, so THAT'S where the weapons of mass destruction are hiding. Someone call Hans Blix.

"Fuk U Hans Brix!"

[The Letter M]

BASS PEDALS! Now this is TOTALLY going to be a proggy record!

-Marc.

[Kotowboy]

He's been using them for ages ( on stage too ) .

Troy Sanders even used one on Crack The Skye LP

[Orbert]

Anyway, can a musician explain what is that Taurus Moog (and why it is special, if it is at all)? I'm curious

Taurus bass pedals started off as exactly that, back in the 70's.  They drove a small Moog synthesizer dedicated to playing bass, usually so someone whose hands are otherwise occupied could play a bass line.  It didn't take long for bands to figure out that they didn't just have to be used for bass notes.  Synth lines or strings, for example, could also be added pretty easily.  Rush uses them a lot, since there's only three of them.  There's an awesome moment during Xanadu when I'm pretty sure both Alex and Geddy are playing pedals, while Alex plays the guitar solo and Geddy plays the rhythm guitar part (they both played doublenecks back then).



I haven't seen a Taurus in years and didn't even realize that they're still around, but it looks like they've evolved quite nicely.  Now I want one.