3 new VF160 Songs...

[Dave52]

Ok, I've uploaded my three latest songs:

http://www.ashbygrange.freeserve.co....hutMyMouth.mp3
http://www.ashbygrange.freeserve.co....erialistic.mp3
http://www.ashbygrange.freeserve.co.uk/03-Gravity.mp3

The first one is pretty much my typical hard rock self, the second has a nu-punk kinda feel to it and the third is a ballard for my wifey. All songs are entirley me recorded in my garage on my VF160.

Let me know what you all think.

Dave.

[robjh22]

Well, I tried, but couldn't load songs. Will try again manana an advise

[Dave52]

Hmmm seems to be working ok...

Try again.


Dave.

[billisa]

Great work mate! My connection speed is awful, so I only listened to the ballad, but even through my PC speakers it sounds excellent.

[Dave52]

Thanks for taking the time mate...!

Dave.

[Jim Marquard]

Hey, I like your songs. Really good tunes and quite a display of multi-genre talent. A couple of questions/remarks:

1. Did you play the drums or use drum machines? If you played them I am jealous because I have never gotten the knack of drumming. I could only wish. If you usesd a drum machine or computer drums then what did you use? Either way, good work, all your instruments sound as if done by the player of each intstrument. Also, very band-like sound. Hard quallity to get when you record solo (which is how I record, just me, myself and I).

2. I detect reverb on your vocal on "Gravity", but barely. Not much of any on the other two songs. Personally, I love reverb, but then again, I don't care for hearing my own voice. I find I frequently double track my vocals or, at least, add delay and or doubling to thicken the vocal. Then I add reverb, though I try not to 'Phil Spector' the recording. If I have any complaint about your song it is that the vocal is thin. Not weak, mind you, but thin. I have a DVD about Dark Side of the Moon and Alan Parsons used plenty of delay to thicken David Gilmore's vocals. As I said, I do a lot of (manual) double tracking.

3. Master effects--do you use them? I've been dabbling with this myself. If I have any major complaints about the VF160 it is the lack of master effects. But I do like to put some on the stereo mix and capture a "hall" atmosphere, especially since I do most of my electric guitars and bass through a POD and Boss GT-6. Great tools but you do lose "space" going direct.

4. Do you upload your songs for free? Or do you have a service that you subscribe to?

Anyway, way cool songs and a job well done.

Peace, Jim

[Dave52]

Thanks very much for taking the time to listen, and the time to reply!

Ok, here goes - yes I played the drums, I have a nice Yamaha Stage Custom with Paiste cymbals. I started out drumming in bands, I feel it's my bread and butter, the rest I picked up later.

I tend to put very little vocal effect on my voice, I have put quite a lot on in the past but I could never get it to sound quite right, so I just put a little "hall" reverb on to give it presense.

Master effects, yes that's really all I use. I go direct into the VF160 with everything (except via a Zoom505 for the guitar), then add the VF160's own effects. I have no other effect units, so I make do the what Fostex has to offer.

I have a homepage that gives me 15megs of space, so I upload to there. It's not a lot of space, so I rotate my songs (I had to take 3 off my website to fit these 3 on).

Thanks again,

Dave.
www.DaveWare.co.uk

[mhetheridge]

Good stuff. Really dig Materialistic. What order did you record everything? I take it you did this all by yourself. But anyway, all three songs sound great.

[Dave52]

Thanks for listening...!

I record Drums first, quite often in chunks, then do a little cutting and pasting (which I find so easy on the VF160). Then I record guitars, then bass, then solos and keyboards (not that there's any on these 3 tracks). Then I finish up with the vocals.

I got tired just reading that...

Dave.