ah.... the "Cover Tunes"

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wow sounds awesome..on highway star, is that a drum machine?
 
ZoSo58LP

hey, thanks for checking it out.

the highway star wasn't a drum machine, per se, but was programmed......

here are the track notes, from xenophile, on the drum programming:

Programming the drums was quite a challenge. I started out by importing an mp3 of the original tune into Sonar so I could play and record along with it. It became really obvious right away that there are LOTS of tempo variations in the original. I couldn't figure out how to make Sonar track those tempo changes, so I sliced up the original --

(in some spots one bar at a time) so that it pretty closely lined up with the strict Sonar tempo (not pleasant to listen to any more). Then I played the kick and snare parts on the keyboard along with the original, quantizing as little as possible to keep it in time but still keeping as much human feel as possible. The crash cymbals were played in... I didn't quantize those at all. But I couldn't play the snare and tom fills, so I entered those in Sonar's "Piano Roll" view. Painstakingly... bar by bar, adjusting velocities note by note to match the accents and rolls of the original. The ritard and rolls at the end were the hardest part. I probably spent about 8 hours over 3 or 4 days to finish the drum parts. It was a lot of work, but I'm pretty happy with the result. The samples here are from EZDrummer.
 
This sounds great, but then again your stuff always does.
 
That IS a very cool version of BMR! Great arrangement.

Maybe put the vocals a bit higher and bring the guitars down? But, that is as much a matter of taste/style as anything else.
 
mwthompson
THANKS !

for listening...


BudgetMC
glad you like the BMR....
you know, i mixed the vox hotter, and just didn't dig it as much as with the guitars hot..
i listened to the original a bit, and it seems the guitars really drive that song,.....with the vox more in the background,.

i kinda felt like the voice was a little more personal in my version, and it sounded too 'in your face' with the louder mix...
thanks for the feedback!
 
a little nudge, before i pull these guys out of the ether....
 
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