Haken - Favorite Songs Medley [FULL BAND INSTRUMENTAL COVERS]

(Order of songs + albums in annotations AND later in description for mobile users. Sorry about that all!)

Heyyo, one of these again. Suhweet.

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Favorite band of all time right here. Their work is just all top notch and just a joy to listen to. Prog metal at it's finest, in my opinion.

This medley was a pain to do however, and has been forever in the making - or tweaking, more like. I finished recording all my guitar and bass bits about a month ago, and have spent the last month or so finding VSTs for synths/strings/pianos, and mapping those out. Some were a pain and I'm still not convinced it's perfect (ie The Point of No Return's intro still sounds a little weird to me in the piano compartment, but meh), but it's still a pretty damn good shot, if I do say so myself.

This is the first time I've done a song with so many parts outside of the rhythms, leads, drums and bass. I used some MIDI backing in the A7X Medley for A Little Piece of Heaven, but it was a short ~20 second part that wasn't a huge part of the song. In this medley? Nearly the whole medley has some sort of backing synth/strings in it. It was kinda maddening as I had to a LOT more mixing to fit everything in and make it sound nice. Not to mention I switched bass amps - from BIAS to a freeware GK Amp Sim - so I had to change around how that all sat in the mix, which was a process. It turned out okay, though c:

I hope everyone likes this as much as I do - this is my creation I'm most proud of, and the one I had the most fun doing so far.

except for point of no return's intro godammit screw that

oh also i played the bass with my fingers instead of using a pick like I usually do. i feel it turned out a lot better than it does with a pick, so ill stick with the fingers method in the future. even if it makes my fingers blister like a madman again because holy shit my fingers blistered so bad after recording all the bass parts in one night

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GEAR

Guitar - Epiphone Les Paul Prophecy Custom Plus GX - E Standard
Guitar 2 - Ibanez RG8FM - F# Standard, Drop A for Drowning in the Flood
Acoustic Guitar - i really dunno, i borrowed it from a friend :V
Guitar Amp - Peavey 6505+ 112 Combo
Microphone - Shure SM57
Mixer - Behringer Xenyx 302USB
Bass - Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass - E Standard, B Standard, Drop A - yes i tuned a four string that low sue me
Bass Amp - GK Amplification 2 LE
Drums - Superior Drummer 2
DAW - REAPER
Synth VST - Oatmeal w/ MaliceX Banks
Strings/Brass/Flute/Grand Piano - Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra Sample Library

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SONGS (in order) - All by HAKEN

AQUARIUS:
The Point of No Return
Aquarium
Eternal Rain
Drowning in the Flood
Celestial Elixir

VISIONS:
Premonition
Nocturnal Conspiracy
Insomnia
Visions

THE MOUNTAIN:
Atlas Stone
Cockroach King
In Memoriam
Falling Back to Earth
Pareidolia

RESTORTATION:
Darkest Light
Crystallised

AFFINITY:
Initiate
1985
The Architect
Earthrise
The Endless Knot
Bound by Gravity

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