JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Cheers guys. I'm starting to really enjoy this recording shit lately.
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Greg_L
Banned
That's awesome man. That's what it's all about.
rayc
retroreprobate
JDOD VERY spacey - very cool too - in headphones there was one bit - the 1st part of the phrase I think - that very bitingly bright though.
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Miner, random question for the tone thread... is there a free version of amplitube that I could use as a sim? Just to jam along to recordings either late at night or early in the morning. I find this is a good time for me to write lead parts normally.
I've installed Amplitube 4 but think I might have installed the wrong version or something... it seems very limited on how it works and has terrible latency. I don't know if there even is a free version of ampliube that I can use as a generic sim just to jam along with tracks.
EDIT: Sorted - I have a vaugely usable tone just for messing about with
I've installed Amplitube 4 but think I might have installed the wrong version or something... it seems very limited on how it works and has terrible latency. I don't know if there even is a free version of ampliube that I can use as a generic sim just to jam along with tracks.
EDIT: Sorted - I have a vaugely usable tone just for messing about with
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Bubba po
Tiny Stonehenge Moment
Yes, I know I shouldn't cross-post, but I wanted you chaps to see this:
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Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
nice!! .... whose music?
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Well done mate, looks good. There seems to be one small cock up towards the end. When you're playing a bit of a solo after Armistices last bit some lettering appears on the right hand side of the screen. Just the end of a word
Bubba po
Tiny Stonehenge Moment
Thanks, Boob. The music is mine.
Oh, fuckety-arsity-titty-wank. Where did that pop up from?
It takes 90 minutes to render that, another 15 to re-sync the audio, another 45 to upload.
Bollocks.
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JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Thanks, Boob. The music is mine.
Oh, fuckety-arsity-titty-wank. Where did that pop up from?
It takes 90 minutes to render that, another 15 to re-sync the audio, another 15 to upload.
Bollocks.
Well, that amusing string of expletives made the fuck up well worth it.
Bubba po
Tiny Stonehenge Moment
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Well done, Bubba. I was in a BBC edit suit the other day just waiting while they were finishing off an edit. Fuck me they were quick at getting everything lined up synched up and stitched together - they had been at it all day by the time I got there though.
EDIT: Greg/RAMI - to avoid Bubba's puritanical tone-wrath, I've stuck a mix in the mixing clinic. You've both heard it before but I've re-tracked and remixed the whole thing after working on my mic placement last weekend.
EDIT: Greg/RAMI - to avoid Bubba's puritanical tone-wrath, I've stuck a mix in the mixing clinic. You've both heard it before but I've re-tracked and remixed the whole thing after working on my mic placement last weekend.
Lt. Bob
Spread the Daf!
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
And going back to tones - I've just re-recorded an interlude to one of my more normal metal style tracks very loud with a bit of added fur from the Boss SD1. Might have overdone it - I quite like a bit of feedback though!
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Sky Blue Lou
Well-known member
I like that. I've always wondered how to get that twinned guitar sound. When the first Boston album came out it blew me away. I assume it's double tracking with octave harmony?
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I recently rediscovered this Robin Trower gem - "Long Misty Days" - and I thought it would be appreciated here in the Tone Thread since Trower certainly had some great guitar tones...but what's really interesting and puzzling to me is that Jimmy Dewar, the bass player and vocalist on much of Trower's albums...didn't get equal billing with Trower..?
I think he deserved to, because his voice is just so great and makes the songs stand out equally as much as Trower's guitar playing...not to mention, Dewar's bass playing ain't too shabby either.
Anyway...I love this tune. You really need to play this LOUD...close your eyes and drift away.
I think he deserved to, because his voice is just so great and makes the songs stand out equally as much as Trower's guitar playing...not to mention, Dewar's bass playing ain't too shabby either.
Anyway...I love this tune. You really need to play this LOUD...close your eyes and drift away.
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
I like that. I've always wondered how to get that twinned guitar sound. When the first Boston album came out it blew me away. I assume it's double tracking with octave harmony?
That 4 guitars with a 5th one strumming along in the background too.
The first bit is two guitars, one just playing the lick and another playing it an octave higher. Then the harmony comes in but it's also got another guitar playing the harmony an octave higher.
I swapped the sides over too so that the lower harmony part is on the same side as the higher version of the lick and the high harmony is on the same side as the lower version of the main lick.
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Greg_L
Banned
That is quite "Boston" sounding. Or really any 70s classic arena rock. The feedback is nice, but watch for guitar noise/hum/amp buzz. I think I heard some hum in there...which is fine for lots of stuff, but not good in something like this IMO. But anyway, good tight layers and shit.
I recently rediscovered this Robin Trower gem - "Long Misty Days" - and I thought it would be appreciated here in the Tone Thread since Trower certainly had some great guitar tones...but what's really interesting and puzzling to me is that Jimmy Dewar, the bass player and vocalist on much of Trower's albums...didn't get equal billing with Trower..?
I think he deserved to, because his voice is just so great and makes the songs stand out equally as much as Trower's guitar playing...not to mention, Dewar's bass playing ain't too shabby either.
Anyway...I love this tune. You really need to play this LOUD...close your eyes and drift away.
For me, this is a perfect example of why I dislike classic rock guitar music. It's hard for me because I do love the sounds and tones of much of that stuff...but goddamn the songs are fucking hard to listen to. While I think the guitar sounds cool in that song, it's 5 minutes of the same plodding droning thing over and over. If something happened and I missed it, it's because my mind drifted to something else as it was playing because it was so boring for me. Guitar music made by guitar players for guitar players does nothing for me, even though I like tones and playing guitars myself.
One of my best friends is always recommending stuff for me to listen to. So I ask him why I should listen to it. His response is always "Great guitar playing". Wtf. That's no reason to listen to something. My musical mind doesn't work like that. This is where I separate myself from typical guitar players - I need a fucking good song to listen to. If it has good guitar playing in it, great, but that's not why I'll listen to something.
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Fortunately the rest of the song doesn't sound anything like this - its just a little interlude in a song which is otherwise grunge/metal. I'm good leave it as it is for now 'cos I enjoyed recording it. If it still sounds out of place in the context of the rest of the track I might dial back the fur slightly.
My neighbour was on a day trip all afternoon yesterday so it was just fun to really get the amp screaming; it does sound loud on that recording - those new headphones I got with that focusrite starter pack thing actually offer pretty good isolation too and they're comfy.
I agree - one of the reasons I like Nirvana so much - regardless of what you think about it - the guitar playing is all about the song, not guitar playing for playing's sake. I suppose most punk bands also fall into this category.
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Greg_L
Banned
To me Nirvana was much more about the song and energy it delivers than any musical showing off. I do dig that about them. I don't like Nirvana because they seemed pretty contrived to me at the time, and I still can't get past that. Musically, Dave Grohl's drumming was the clear-cut stand-out of that band to me. His drumming was way better than anything the other two guys did.
I've never identified as any kind of musician, so that may be why I don't care about any one kind of musicianship. When I was learning how to play, I was learning different instruments at the same time. I played drums, bass, and guitar, all equally badly, all at the same time in different bands. As I'd get better at one, I'd also get better at the others, and so on and so on. So I'd never hyperfocus on one thing, and I never looked for that in music I listened to.
JDOD
therecordingrebels.com
Yeah, he does sound good as a drummer - don't know how technically good he actually is. Another drummer I really like the sound of is Danny Carey from Tool. He just sounds like he's hitting them really hard.