Hi,
As you can see I've been a member of this board for ages, but absent for a long time, while remaining an occasional lurker. Was quite nostalgic looking through some of my posts from the early 2000s last night!
When I started out I remember plugging a £10 plastic mic directly into the soundblaster card on my parent's computer and wondering why everything i recorded was so quiet, and hissy. Also remember uploading songs to ampcast (which I think used to charge for the privilege), and spending hours downloading other peoples' tunes at 28Kbps, when you used to pay for the internet by the minute! I learned a lot from this board.
Anyway, don't think I recognise many people here from back then, but thought I'd upload a tune for old time's sake! It's an unashamed pop-rock tune really, only 2 and half minutes long, pretty out of character for me, I used to do much darker, radiohead influenced stuff...
www.soundclick.com/jamiesmith - 'staring straight at the sun'
I've recently bought a macbook pro, and after trying out garageband briefly, decided there wasn't enough flexibility and got Logic. I recorded the song very quickly, so there's little in the way of frills. I have a line 6 ux2 usb interface - the guitar was recorded directly through that, and the lead vocal too via MXL 990s. The backing vox were recorded through the internal mic on the mac (as were the lead vox until today!). Drums are garageband loops I think. The bass is the part i'm least happy with, synth all the way, I really hate trying to emulate real bass with synth but I can't justify buying a bass at the minute.
I don't have monitors, so it's mixed using the best speakers I have (which aren't great). I've seen that the KRK G2 range are available locally, can get a pair of RP5s for £250. Would you recommend them, or perhaps saving up for something in the higher price range?
Anyway, I'd be interested to know what you think.
Jamie
As you can see I've been a member of this board for ages, but absent for a long time, while remaining an occasional lurker. Was quite nostalgic looking through some of my posts from the early 2000s last night!
When I started out I remember plugging a £10 plastic mic directly into the soundblaster card on my parent's computer and wondering why everything i recorded was so quiet, and hissy. Also remember uploading songs to ampcast (which I think used to charge for the privilege), and spending hours downloading other peoples' tunes at 28Kbps, when you used to pay for the internet by the minute! I learned a lot from this board.
Anyway, don't think I recognise many people here from back then, but thought I'd upload a tune for old time's sake! It's an unashamed pop-rock tune really, only 2 and half minutes long, pretty out of character for me, I used to do much darker, radiohead influenced stuff...
www.soundclick.com/jamiesmith - 'staring straight at the sun'
I've recently bought a macbook pro, and after trying out garageband briefly, decided there wasn't enough flexibility and got Logic. I recorded the song very quickly, so there's little in the way of frills. I have a line 6 ux2 usb interface - the guitar was recorded directly through that, and the lead vocal too via MXL 990s. The backing vox were recorded through the internal mic on the mac (as were the lead vox until today!). Drums are garageband loops I think. The bass is the part i'm least happy with, synth all the way, I really hate trying to emulate real bass with synth but I can't justify buying a bass at the minute.
I don't have monitors, so it's mixed using the best speakers I have (which aren't great). I've seen that the KRK G2 range are available locally, can get a pair of RP5s for £250. Would you recommend them, or perhaps saving up for something in the higher price range?
Anyway, I'd be interested to know what you think.
Jamie
