Recent content by sirslurpee

i covered frostbite. it's not an awesome cover, and my guitar has a slight intonation issue which makes it sound out of tune on higher notes. the drums are programmed. check it out, tell me what you think: http://www.myspace.com/jconquest

So it's been a few years since I've post.. or even poked my head around here. I've done some work and put it up on myspace. Some of the drums are EZDrummer but a couple of the songs are live. Take a listen and let me know what you guys think.. mix wise, and music wise...

so I always used to think it was because my cymbals are somewhat cheap that it sounded like this, but I figured recently that because the cymbal is swinging, it does not sound constant.. I used to only notice it recorded but I noticed it practicing one day and that's how I figured it out...

If anyone is farmliar with the Flint, MI area.. there is a bar called the Machine Shop.. WOW what a kick ass live sound! seriously.. the drums were amazing! I know they had all the proper gate/compressor setup but the thing that really stood out on sound was the kick drums.. each kick looked...

my dad cleaned the studio, and took out the big rug that was covering the hardwood floor (but it's old half-rot hardwood.. no finish) and WOW it made such a difference in the way my kit sounded! The kick sounded more full, also louder.. really cut through the rest of the drums... and the toms...

Okay.. I don't know if it's just me or if my drums suck, but every time I try to tune my toms, unless I tune them super-sloppy low, (I mean like 1-2 turns at MOST) they make a 'ping' type sound.. especially on the small 8" tom and even low the smaller drums have no sustain what so ever. I want...

I read somewhere on here about input levels when recording.. it said something about when using digital inputs not to overdrive the preamp as opposed to analog where you keep the levels as hot as you can. I THINK it said guitars and vocals (anything with long sustain but normal attack) should be...

I was listening to "Pull Me Under" by Dream Theater and in the part where the vocals come in, it sounds like the engineer took that first piece and reversed it and layered it underneath the normal track(s).. it sounds really neat.. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone has ever done this before...

I'm having trouble getting my bass drum to sound good... I was wondering if you guys can help me out maybe... So on the batter side I have an evans emad. I'm using the smaller muffling ring because I think the big one takes all the boom out of it and I don't like the sound. For the resonant...

I can't seem to find this anywhere.. searching online and the forums.. so I figure I'll ask... Now that I have gotten my drums sounding a little better in the room, I want to try to mic them again.. but I noticed something when I was surfing MSHilarious' site.. I was listening to clips from the...

It seems my feet are fastest when doing double-paradiddles in a triplet-context... I can barely do double-stroke runs with my feet (slow though) and i can do paradiddles a little but even my single-strokes aren't as fast as the double-paradiddle... is that weird?

Yeah the vocals suck but its about the best I can do without my throat bleeding... Although that would be pretty cool. http://www.myspace.com/l33ch3s feel free to add/comment/whatever. Also any input on it is helpful... In fact, that's sort of why I posted it here. How is my mix? Is there...

For me to be writing songs with EZDrummer and recording the rest of the tracks over that, even though I am a drummer and I have all the nessicary equipment to record? I prefer to use EZDrummer because it sounds a whole lot better and besides I can write out any fill/variation and even grace...

My dad has a set of radial pros and they are kick ass.. but it seems that some of the tension rods are bent. What would cause this? Is it possible that too much tension would cause them to bend, due to the fact that the lugs don't have any relief (they are mounted solid in the radial bridge) as...

I'm still pretty thick-headed when it comes to the hardware and software I'm using.. so sorry if this is a dumb question, but I was wondering if the pre-amps in channel 1/2 are different from the pres in 3-8 on the firepod? Also, if they are how does that effect things I am recording? Should I...