TF on 9/2/2007 at 16:07
Despite the intro in the first post I think it was actually an okay attempt at a video game track I guess.
Qooper on 9/2/2007 at 20:47
So it would seem :rolleyes:
What tools did you use there? Did you have any noise filters for the guitar? I was thinking of filtering out certain frequencies to minimize noise when I record the guitar track, but what would you recommend? I'm doing everything else I can to minimize noise (Neutric Hi-Z input, low-noise cable).
EDIT: Oh, about the synths being "over-the-counter" on my test piece, at first I didn't see what you meant but when I listened to your song I noticed you had synths more in the background supporting the guitars and the drums. I'll be recording some guitar stuff tomorrow with a friend, so I'll see if I can do something about the synths. Thanks Bob.
TF, no harm meant. I apologize if there was something offensive about my thread. Thanks for your feedback.
OnionBob on 9/2/2007 at 21:11
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What tools did you use there? Did you have any noise filters for the guitar? I was thinking of filtering out certain frequencies to minimize noise when I record the guitar track, but what would you recommend? I'm doing everything else I can to minimize noise (Neutric Hi-Z input, low-noise cable).
It was done entirely with (
http://www.simtel.net/product.download.mirrors.php?id=61325) free software.
Home truths time dogg: it's all about harnessing those things you can't control. Use the noise to your advantage, you can spend years trying to eliminate it and forget to write songs. I used a telecaster with stock pickups and DI'd it straight into the front panel of my Audigy, complete with shitloads of noise. I filter out a little bit with EQ in the mix but part of the character of a good guitar sound is noise, so you have to just judge it, there's no magic formula.
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EDIT: Oh, about the synths being "over-the-counter" on my test piece, at first I didn't see what you meant but when I listened to your song I noticed you had synths more in the background supporting the guitars and the drums. I'll be recording some guitar stuff tomorrow with a friend, so I'll see if I can do something about the synths. Thanks Bob.
That's fine, but actually that's not really what i meant by "over-the-counter", I mean your synths sounds sounded like presets (which I believe you said they were). You obviously have some expensive software there, now try to make it not sound so much like software. Learn how synths work, and figure out the best way to make them make the noises YOU want them to make, not the person who developed it. I am not the best person to ask about this, Para?Noid (who has left us as far as I know) knows shitloads about the theory behind synthesis, as does Schattentanzer (umlaut in there somewhere) and some other people who may be SUMMONED to this thread somehow or other. Just keep playing with stuff til it sounds good dude 8)
edit: fixed url
The Alchemist on 9/2/2007 at 21:55
srsly rockin tune bobu :thumb:
Qooper on 9/2/2007 at 21:59
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I mean your synths sounds sounded like presets (which I believe you said they were).
Actually those were the names of the synthesizers. I programmed my own presets into them, but like I said they're quite complex synths and it takes a while to learn how to get that certain sound out them. :)
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You obviously have some expensive software there, now try to make it not sound so much like software. Learn how synths work, and figure out the best way to make them make the noises YOU want them to make, not the person who developed it.
Agreed. I've been reading theory on synthesis for a few years now, and have experimented with software synths every now and then, so I basically have the knowledge on how to produce what I need. Just need to spend more time with the synths and learn the ins and outs of them. The best way of course would be to write a synth plug-in of my own, but it's not so easily done and thus remains on my todo list.
Thanks again, I'll PM Schattentanzer right away.
Fingernail on 9/2/2007 at 22:14
well since we're all sharing mp3zzz, this is by far the least polished in the thread so far as it's just me sitting down with an idea I had a few months ago and basically improvising around it and it's also to a certain degree me messing around with my new distortion and delay pedals. (oh yeah, one guitar, one take)
at over 4 minutes it's pure indulgence and not even very good so I guess that's enough of a disclaimer. Maybe I'll turn the riff into a song at some point, that is my eventual (and inevitable) aim. But I'm not sure at this juncture whether the rest of the song would be in the uneven 10/8 (5/4, actually it's more like 2.5/4 cos I think of the fast notes as semiquavers more than quavers, but that's a niggling and pointless detail) time signature or if it would switch into something more standard. I guess time will tell.
(
www.speaking-guitar.com/music/uttercheese.mp3)
can you say "delay"?
edit: so uh, I guess this is pretty much opposite to a "serious music project". But I do enough serious music, heh.
Stitch on 9/2/2007 at 22:26
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Para?Noid (who has left us as far as I know)
Oh god don't tell me he managed to snag a girlfriend, too.
Mortal Monkey on 10/2/2007 at 02:28
TTLGmusic is my holy grail. Keep on rockin'.
And having briefly used buzzworks myself, that's pretty damn impressive, OB.
PS: Some really good sounds in the first part there, Finger.
