Acoustic Guitar

• Guitar: Suzuki SUA-D
• The Acoustic Guitar was recorded with the Tiki placed about a foot away from the guitar, pointed in between the sound hole and the base of the neck of the guitar
• The acoustic guitar was doubled (both recordings done in with the same placement) and each track was hard-panned to opposite sides of the mix
• No effects, EQ, or compression were used on the acoustic guitar track

Electric Guitar

• Fender Strat running through a Fender Bassman TV Ten amp
• Tiki was placed on a Snowball stand and pointed directly at the center of the speaker cone, about 4-6 inches away
• Stock GarageBand reverb was used on the electric guitar

Bass Guitar

• Fender P-Bass running through a Fender Bassman TV Ten amp
• Tiki was placed on a Snowball stand and pointed directly at the center of the speaker cone, about 4-6 inches away
• Stock GarageBand compression was used on the bass guitar

Shaker 1

• Rhythm Tech “Studio” Shaker
• Tiki was placed about 18 inches away from the shaker
• No EQ, effects, or compression were used on the shaker 1 track

Shaker 2

• Latin Percussion “Shake It” Shaker
• Tiki was placed about 18 inches away from the shaker
• No EQ, effects, or compression were used on the shaker 2 track

Cowbell

• Latin Percussion “Ridge Rider” Cowbell
• Tiki was placed approximately 3 feet away from Cowbell
• Stock GarageBand reverb was used on the Cowbell

Woodblock

• Tiki was placed about 2 feet from the woodblock
• Stock GarageBand reverb was used on the woodblock

Tambourine

• Latin Percussion Tambourine (plastic)
• Tiki was placed approximately 3 feet from tambourine
• No EQ, effects, or compression were used on the tambourine

Bongos

• Latin Percussion “Accents” Bongo set
• Tiki was placed about “calf level” below the bongos. bongos were set at about chest level. Tiki was pointed toward the bottom of the bongos
• No EQ, effects, or compression were used on the bongos

“Kick Drum”

• 12” Yamaha Stage Custom Rack Tom
• The head of the rack tom was covered with a sheet
• Tiki was placed on a Snowball stand, on the ground, about 3 feet away from the drum and Tiki was pointed toward the point where the shell meets the bottom head
• Stock GarageBand EQ and Compression settings were used on the “Kick Drum”

Bell Tree

• Latin Percussion Bell Tree
• Tiki was placed about 18 inches away from the bell tree
• No EQ, effects, or compression were used on the bell tree

Master Buss

• Stock Garageband Master Buss “Pop” preset was used on the Master Buss