antichef
pornk rock
I don't do too many covers, but my 16 year old daughter wanted to do this song. The problem is that nobody at my house (definitely including us two) can sing. At all -- not even a little bit. Also, I don't speak Portuguese. But that's what's so great about home recording 
(setting up for the rhythm guitar take)
I used Naiant X-Qs (as pictured) for the main rhythm track - I don't have a nylon string guitar, so I used a felt Uke pick on a parlor sized Art&Lutherie guitar. Still learning how to get good stereo with omnis, but I like the sound of the track, which is dry. I used my modded MOTU traveler pres.
All other recorded tracks use an ART Digital MPA (bass and electric guitar - also dry - are direct into it) - my older daughter and I used an Oktavamod MK-319 mic, and my younger daughter used a C414B-ULS.
I used the heck out the Logic equivalent of autotune - "pitch correction" and "pitch shifter" -- just to make it listenable -- I stopped short of going all the way, since we're not in Nashville. I did the Portuguese stuff phonetically - it's all wrong, I'm sure.
For the percussion track, my new methodology is to set up the 414, pull out a bag of percussion things and just pass the headphones back and forth between my 18 month old daughter and me and go nuts. I try to pick up as much room noise and activity as possible. I put a little artificial reverb on the output track, too.
My 16 year old had previously gotten discouraged when she heard herself sing, due to improper pitch. With computer assistance, she can hear that she in fact has a good voice timbre (on some passages, she actually sounds good), and so maybe this'll inspire to get back with it (I sure hope so). She plans to retrack. I plan to go back in and make the electric guitar more interesting, to try and approximate the saxophone work on some of the old versions of the song.
I know some of my posts here are like home movies -- sorry to put you through it - Happy to hear any suggestions from those of you who manage to listen.
(setting up for the rhythm guitar take)
I used Naiant X-Qs (as pictured) for the main rhythm track - I don't have a nylon string guitar, so I used a felt Uke pick on a parlor sized Art&Lutherie guitar. Still learning how to get good stereo with omnis, but I like the sound of the track, which is dry. I used my modded MOTU traveler pres.
All other recorded tracks use an ART Digital MPA (bass and electric guitar - also dry - are direct into it) - my older daughter and I used an Oktavamod MK-319 mic, and my younger daughter used a C414B-ULS.
I used the heck out the Logic equivalent of autotune - "pitch correction" and "pitch shifter" -- just to make it listenable -- I stopped short of going all the way, since we're not in Nashville. I did the Portuguese stuff phonetically - it's all wrong, I'm sure.
For the percussion track, my new methodology is to set up the 414, pull out a bag of percussion things and just pass the headphones back and forth between my 18 month old daughter and me and go nuts. I try to pick up as much room noise and activity as possible. I put a little artificial reverb on the output track, too.
My 16 year old had previously gotten discouraged when she heard herself sing, due to improper pitch. With computer assistance, she can hear that she in fact has a good voice timbre (on some passages, she actually sounds good), and so maybe this'll inspire to get back with it (I sure hope so). She plans to retrack. I plan to go back in and make the electric guitar more interesting, to try and approximate the saxophone work on some of the old versions of the song.
I know some of my posts here are like home movies -- sorry to put you through it
- Happy to hear any suggestions from those of you who manage to listen.
- (and your silence with regard to my Portuguese is much appreciated 
).
, or japanese
But i like the guitar strumming and the piano fills, and i dig the tone of the electric guitar.