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Muffler, nice song. What are you using for drums?

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Hey guys. I apologise that I haven't been listening lately. I've got ADSL coming in 10 days and I'm waiting for that. Downloading on a 56k connection is rather painful [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
I'll be back listening after the 19th [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Thanks for the kind words. To answer the question on drums:

DW Set, Zildjian Cymbals, Noble and Cooley Snare

Snare - Shure 57's top and bottom
Hat - Shure 57
Kick - Shure Beta 52
Toms - Audix D-2's
Overheads - AT4041's

For processing, thank goodness for Waves. I use Audiotrack to do some basic sculpting (Mainly on the Snare, top and bottom, and the kick just gate them and EQ) then on Kick and Snare(s) use RCOMP to pull them out.

I then send it all to a sub mix. Here I use RCOMP, Trueverb and EQ to taste using the REQ.

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Roy,

Thanks for listening and for the input. I think you are right about the "boom" probably being the acoustic guitar. I wish I was more skilled at engineering so I would know what to do about nuances like that that come up in my songs when I record them. I need to keep reading and learning new recording techniques so my overall "recorded" sound can improve. I'll post more songs as they come...thanks again [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

Xavier

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Hi Xavier,
I am always trying to learn more engineering tricks myself, and one thing that seems to work(that I learned here) on acoustic guitar, is when EQing, to try taking away instead of adding first. If I have something that seems slightly boomy, it's likely that there's too much low end, so that's where I start.
I certainly don't mean to say anything negative about your song (of course), because it's very good. But this might just help bring out the best in it. ~Roy

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Roy! I didn't take any of your feedback negatively! Please don't think that...I took it as good constructive criticism on my recording. That's what I was looking for anyway because I really don't know much about recording and the techniques involved in getting good sound on tape...I'm just a guitar player who wants to record his songs! Although, I must say that eventually I do want to become as well versed in the recording arts as some of our fellow DUCers [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Time to sit back and enjoy my Sunday...

X

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Xavier,
Just listened to your track, and liked it a lot. Can I try and sing something over it ?
(I hear something à la Tears for Fears...)
I won't promise anything in the deadline dept. 'cause I've got a big week coming up at the studio, but I'd love to give it a shot.
I can write a melody and lyrics if you want me to, or I can just sing whatever you already have.
I might have to twist and turn things around a bit, but it could be good fun.
Are you game ?

PS : You can hear my voice on some tracks on my website (see below), under "audio".

Cheers,

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Here some demo material. Remember, tis what you get when a group tries to do three songs in 4 hours. Not happy about any of it, but what the heck, take the clay and get to working with it. Slam me on it. These were all written by a Northern Virginia guitarist, Dan Fisk ([email protected]), give him a shout if you like his stuff. -g

- Should've Known Remix
- Should've Known
- Changing of the Guard
- Life to Lie

Mackie 1202 VLZ / Digi001
Studio Projects C1 - vox
Studio Projects C1 - guitar
Shure SM57 - snare / toms
Shure Beta 52 - kick
Shure KSM32 - overhead
Studio Projects VTB-1 and Digi001- Stick (Direct)

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Hey Xavier you should check this paul guy out, he has a rockin voice with a little dave matthews in him, at least that's what comes to my mind. No offence Paul [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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Hey Muffler, good song and the slide guitar complements it [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]