Oh Oh Sally

[Craig Anderton]

Genre

Rock

Instruments

TW816x (Gibson Les Paul bass samples)
Drums (Chris McHugh multitrack drum library)
Les Paul Standard
Hohner Blues Harp
Cherry Audio Mercury-6
Microphone (UA DLX modeling mic)

Effects

Drums - Waves CLA-76 on drums
Bass - Ampeg SVT Suite, Waves RBass
Vocals - Waves RVox (light compression)
Electric Guitar and Blues Harp - Helix Native
Acoustic Guitar - Waves CLA Vocals
Fender Pro EQ3 and Limiter used extensively

Mastering chain (LUFS -12.5, LRA 4.9, True Peak -1.3): Pro EQ3 + Waves L3-16. Diagnostics: iZotope Tonal Balance Control.

Special techniques

(Page numbers refer to tips in The Huge Book of Studio One Tips and Tricks v2.2)

* All vocals except the background “oohs” and “ahhs” use the “Enhance Solo Vocals" preset (page 533)
* All Vocals used "Better Vocals with Phrase Normalization and Gain Envelopes" (page 513)
* "Emulate the Tape-Based 'Preverb' Effect" (page 358) used as transitions into sections
* "Create the 'Barberpole' Audio Illusion" (page 822) used behind solo to add tension
* Electric guitars used "Sweeten Amp Sims with Equalization" (page 420)

Released when

5/15/2026

Musically, the time signature is mostly 6/4 but feels more like 6/4 + 2/4 with occasional 4/4. Somehow it works. The arrangement is sparse, with simple production and mixing techniques.

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