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... thanks for the tips. yeah, I suppose I could go in and delete the hi hat and snare during that hit, replace the snare with a single hit snare, and add a hi hat over it. I guess I'm just a little bummed because by the time I go in and do that, I've essentially "programmed" the drums, which...

So I've been goofing with the drump loops I got from Beta Monkey. They're pretty cool, but I've encountered some oddities. Comment on any of these as you like: - I sometimes get "pops" when I put two back-to-back. They're in time, but I can't make them not pop. Perhaps it's the program...

... more or less. if you step too far out of metal when writing, you're not metal anymore and people knock you for not being metal enough. but if you play by metal's rules (of which there are about 5,450), then you end up sounding just like a zillion other bands. wait, why are there two...

... Bill-n-Becky Lawrence L500 series. One of the most versatile, powerful, un-coloring pickups out there. It's like the wood of the guitar amplified with perfect clarity. Easy on the wallet too. I use it for thrash metal, blues, and rock. Shines in each arena. I dig duncans, but I've...

I wouldn't even goof with it. These guys need to practice to a click before they can even think about getting to a decent recording. Then, after they're ready, they should head to a studio (or someone's home studio) in their hometown that other metal bands have used to get halfway decent...

... most high-gain heavy metal type settings on amps end up being kind of noisy. it can be worse too depending on the pickups, flourescent lighting issues, and so forth. If I were you, I'd just get a rocktron Hush pedal. It'll quiet everything right up. But also, don't have your amp, you, or...

Is this crazy or what! Iron Maiden is not going to be mastering their latest CD. I've never heard of such an occurance. Does this happen often with "big" releases? ------ Producer Kevin Shirley (IRON MAIDEN, DREAM THEATER) has posted the following message on his official web site: Spoke to...

... quick listen at work....vox seemed way too low. reminded me of a COF newer song. nothin' wrong with that. cool keyboard stuff.

... best to have it looked at. FYI, I've got some amps from the 1960s that have the original caps in 'em, so don't let all that talk of caps scare ya.

For drums you could make a rack of different sized tubes and hit them with a little stick with a superball on the end of it.

.... You could put tubes in a turd and people would buy them like hotcakes.

... My first real axe was an ESP M1 "custom" (not custom for me though, just its name). I used it for metal. It slayed. Neck kind of twisted, so it's in the closet. I played an LTD recently that felt exactly the same! I'd switch out the p/up though. A Jackson in your price range will be...

True dat. I just wouldn't do it without an emulator of some sort.

thanks for the input! the double bass one has arrived, and looks very nice. now I just need time to play around with the dang thing.

First, don't go out the speaker out without a direct box. Also, don't go out the speaker out without a speaker hooked in the path if it's tube for sure. Second, I wouldn't even go out the line out without a direct box with a cab emulator (like Behringers Ultra-G, which I think is great)...

... hotstepper - google should get ya there.

... you can use the speaker or headphones out if you have a nice DI box like Behringer's Ultra G. It also takes away all the crappy-ness with its speaker simulation. I've found that it is an essential piece of equipment: http://www.behringer.com/GI100/index.cfm?lang=ENG

... I still dig my Line 6 Flextone I. The high gain stuff sounds pretty much dead on like a tube head in a live situation. Recording ain't bad either. I've been eye-balling Carvin's solid state head for a bit now. 3 channels, built-in effects. Their amps are usually kick ass.

... catchy! I like the shortness, given all the 10 minute rock epics people seem to like doing these days. I think the "beginning" vocals (even though they are apparently supposed to be a little less angry than the end) could stand to have a bit more conviction/anger to them. The end has a...

cool deal! I'm gettin' excited...