Recent content by KrystianL

Some ideas off the top of my head The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil is covered by Motorhead, Guns n' Roses, Jane's Addiction, Ozzy Osbourne and I'm sure many others. Many Bob Dylan songs would work for this too. All Along the Watchtower is the first example i can think of. Like a...

If you watch some live versions of the song you can see that the double-tracked chorus is Roger Waters joining in on David Gilmour's singing. So not simply David Gilmour double-tracked but another (pretty different) voice gives the part its sound.

famous beagle is right. Kurt Kobain who criticized popular music ironically chose a pop structure for most of Nirvana's hits. He even said of Teen Spirit he was trying to make the ultimate pop song. A lot of the more traditional Beatles songs will have some of the more common song structures as...

The reply you're going to get a lot of is that guitar tone is very subjective and thus what I see as a beautiful guitar tone might be viewed by you as harsh and unpleasant. But as giving yourself access to tones, you're going to need a VST that handles for starts amp simulation. I don't use...

I have tried this a few times but was not crazy about the results. In all fairness, I didn't keep at it enough to work some of the kinks out. I was using a Scarlett 18i20 and routing a track I had recorded out of one of the line outputs. Then into a pedal and into the a line input in the...

savialeigh This is extremely helpful feedback. I've got to say, I really like your idea for making those the chorus. I'm gonna play around with the guitar today and try some arrangements with that as a chorus and the aforementioned prechorus. Definitely agree about the weaker lines too, I'll...

inkline I own Sonar Platinum or or whatever they call the highest tier. I absolutely love it and have never thought of changing for what its worth. I have never run into anything where I felt limited. A lot of the time I am able to find out how to do things intuitively rather than reading...

In case no one else saw yet, Native Instruments is doing a 50% all upgrades/updates and instruments. So you can get Komplete 11 for $400 if you buy essentials and then the upgrade for 50% off. The deal is on until November 30th! Finally gonna pick it up!

Thanks musicturtle I have just the opposite problem, I feel like I struggle to write about more tangible things without being cliche so I kind of resort to storyish or metaphorical lyrics. And honestly I was thinking the same thing about the "I am" song. "I'm" definitely works with the music...

miroslav I'm using Sonar Platinum and I just looked up how to see the input meters and found them tucked away to the right of the master bus. I feel so dumb I didn't know they were there the whole time but now I see exactly what you mean. There's a meter for each input I have on my Scarlett...

Steenamaroo Good point, I use the headhphone mix on my interface which is routed from the DAW so I usually leave the track I'm recording at unity and have everything else dropped down (sometimes the drums up for my timing's sake). miroslav Thanks for clarifying that more for me. I think I...

I have seen this said in some beginners recording books and this made me make some huge mistakes when I first started recording. The book stated this was the preferred way to have the faders (but as you have mentioned it did not say whether this would be the case for both analog mixers and...

To add to what Skwee said, I usually name my songs based on some feeling/memory/place/object that a sound in my song reminds me of. I do this with rock type songs. For instance, for one of my songs which has a kind of droney guitar riff I played just the guitar and asked my friend what it...

Paj, I will check out those posts, thanks for your input! I'll see if any of those less expensive upgrade/crossgrades seem feasible or wait for the sale! Good to know about the possibility of an end of the year sale.

Hi everyone, I've been looking at Komplete 11 (not ultimate) and was wondering if any of you own it and what your impression of it are. It seems to be a great value. The music I make isn't electronic but I use a fair amount of synths and ambient sounds and the percussion contained in the the...