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Gene Backlin 12-08-2004 05:22 AM

Re: First tunes
 
Well to add to the spirit of the season, here is a tune from last night's concert from my daughter's high school choir.

http://s94545301.onlinehome.us/music/13_DeckTheHall.mp3

Happy Holidays Everyone !

Take Care,
Gene

aarontx 12-08-2004 06:43 AM

Re: Let\'s Hear Your Latest
 
"I like the harmonic structure. Wow, does that guy have a set of lungs! "
I realize it's a sample, try putting in some breath breaks for some "fake realism". Nice version."

Thanks for the comment. I will look into that.

Aaron


P.S. will quantization of the midi track assist in adding breaths or should I just add them in normally... thanks for all comments and assistance as I am a complete n00b at this

scottedog 12-08-2004 09:31 AM

Re: Let\'s Hear Your Latest
 
Aaron,

I would stay away from quantizing personally & just add them in manually as if someone was actually playing the part.
Good luck.

Finne 12-08-2004 10:35 AM

Re: First tunes
 
Hey Roy.

Nice you like it.

Guitars are made with Vox Tonelab SE and Gibson Les Paul Standard.

Roy Howell 12-08-2004 02:12 PM

Re: Let\'s Hear Your Latest
 
aaron,
That was cool...I enjoyed it. I like those subtle strings...you should put it on the Christmas cd (if you haven't).
-Roy

16yearsjeff 12-08-2004 02:41 PM

Re: Mac Mixes!!!!!!!!
 
hi eric maia.
thanks for checking it out. those songs are from the "all the same" disc (the disc has 10 songs, i wish i had more of them to post as mp3, but not yet) glad you liked it. i'm going to check out your strange industrial music link now.

-jeff

dfranko 12-08-2004 06:00 PM

Re: Let\'s Hear Your Latest
 
Not really my latest stuff, but...

http://www.mansuit.net/minnow-nationaltreasure.mp3

scottedog 12-08-2004 11:02 PM

Re: First tunes
 
Gene,

That was great, is it going on the Christmas CD?

Joz 12-09-2004 12:30 AM

heres one
 
Heres one of our latest

http://www.overnightlows.com/music/whosearmy.mp3

Joz

badperson 12-09-2004 04:51 AM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Quote:

Thanks for the Campbell Bros. link...I listened to 'Don't let the Devil Ride'.....really interesting hearing blues played on a steel guitar...very cool.
-Roy

I saw them here in NY when they opened for Robben Ford at BB King's; a very cool band. Great gospel/blues w/2 steel guitars. They got some great sounds together.

badperson 12-09-2004 04:54 AM

Re: Amateur Tunes
 
Quote:

After watching the DUC for some time, I boldly place my amateur toolings in the public domain. Don't look for EQ or mastering wizardry here. These are examples of what an amateur can do in a few hours in a back room of an apartment with a 001, a nice sound module (Roland XV-3038), a couple of guitars, and a PodPro. One day I might even put up tunes with lyrics.

http://www.139west82.org/duc

hey,

could you talk in some detail about how you got these drum sounds? Did you program this stuff on a midi controller/keyboard? I'd love to be able to do this stuff.

lots of great stuff chris/gene et. al., very good work as usual.

bp

Gene Backlin 12-09-2004 05:34 AM

Re: First tunes
 
Quote:

Gene,

That was great, is it going on the Christmas CD?


Scott,

I am planning to have the choir in their acoustically better music room next Monday-Wednesday. I am probably going to use something from there, if not I have this concert full of Christmas music, and this song is a very strong candidate !

Thank you for listening, and your kind words !

Take Care,
Gene

aarontx 12-09-2004 07:02 AM

Re: Let\'s Hear Your Latest
 
Thank you all for the response, I will try to get the flute part more "humanized" (with some breathing) and then will submit for the DUC Christmas CD.

Thanks for the comments and constructive criticism.

Aaron

Quote:

aaron,
That was cool...I enjoyed it. I like those subtle strings...you should put it on the Christmas cd (if you haven't).
-Roy


DR.Loop 12-09-2004 07:32 AM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Quote:

Quote:

Thanks for the Campbell Bros. link...I listened to 'Don't let the Devil Ride'.....really interesting hearing blues played on a steel guitar...very cool.
-Roy

I saw them here in NY when they opened for Robben Ford at BB King's; a very cool band. Great gospel/blues w/2 steel guitars. They got some great sounds together.

I talk to Chuck Campbell monday and they were leaving tuesday morning for a europe.
They be on tour for about a month there.

-Bob

Guit4Brains 12-09-2004 09:38 AM

Re: heres one
 
Sounds cool. Nice honest guitar tone-what amp/mics did you use on them? Did you use a stereo pair or mult. overdubs ...curious, please give details...thnx!

Finne 12-09-2004 10:56 AM

2nd tone
 
Riku Rotten Project proudly present Toisto.

Feel free to say anything.

Thanx for listening.

Roy Howell 12-09-2004 12:39 PM

Re: Let\'s Hear Your Latest
 
Quote:

Not really my latest stuff, but...

http://www.mansuit.net/minnow-nationaltreasure.mp3


dfranko,
Very nice, man...good song, and I like the production style...love the vocals. Drums and guitars sound great. Great job.
-Roy

Captain_Pants 12-09-2004 01:44 PM

Re: Let\'s Hear Your Latest
 
Dfranko, I wanted to also state, last night I listened to your track as well(actually, it was like a group listen... ) Anyway,
Yes, I thought it was great too how it was (no offense), but rather simple sounding at the beginning, which worked great, and then kicked up the noise a bit for the chorus. It was pretty cool.

Some things I did notice; and It could just be preference, or me losing my mind, but the drums during the chorus, are they real? In my head I hear slight fluctuations of the tempo, but, I could like I am saying, be going insane.

Anyway, It was a really cool song, And I was impressed. Very cool voice too!

=-Ben

Roy Howell 12-09-2004 10:46 PM

Re: heres one
 
Joz,
'whose army'...just great...arrangement, vocals, guitars, drums...all. What's exceptional too is the second half/ending buildup just gets better and better. Very nice, man.
-Roy

Buzz Moschetti 12-09-2004 11:18 PM

Re: Amateur Tunes
 
The drums are done via a Kurzweil Midiboard (circa 1987) into a Roland XV-3080 with an expansion drum chip. All pieces of the kit are captured on a single MIDI track. The XV-3080 emits stereo audio which I route to a stereo Aux track (PT LE5.3.1) with a single EQ that pretty much just boosts the 3.5K and 10K areas to brighten the snare and cymbals. The key thing here is the breadth of expressivity that you get out of the chip. For example, within each "kit" there are 3 distinct hi-hat samples (played by different notes), closed tight, medium, and loose, each with its own 4-layer velocity map. The snare has 2 normal samples (center hit and rimshot) plus a flam and a buzz -- each again with a 4-layer vmap that changes timbre as you hit the key harder.

At first the mechanics are pretty straightforward: I play the basic beat on the keyboard directly against the LE metronome. Next, I add fills and, if appropriate, identify blocks of measures that really should have a consistent pattern and copy-and-paste the best measure across the block. Fills are usually added by first slowing the tempo down. Next, I quantize the whole shebang to crispen it up. Now it gets interesting: I change tempos up and down at select transitions to reflect the non-metronomic behavior of human drummers. When the tempo is at 130, for example, and you've got a wicked snare thing going for 2 beats followed by 16th note rolls down the toms for the next 2 beats, I drop the tempo to 127, then 124, then bring it back to 130. On the next chorus, I'll up it to 132 to add "excitement" without making it sound like the tempo actually picked up. Lastly, I'll pay close attention to hi-hat timbre as the stick moves away from the "cymbal." In general, you'll open up the hi-hat a bit on that last hit as you start to swing your body away to address the rest of the kit, so I reflect that by selectively changing the hi-hat notes. It creates a great sense of realism in the output.

I actually do play real drums so I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge that knowing how to play real drums helps immensely, especially in knowing when to lay back.

Buzz Moschetti 12-09-2004 11:39 PM

Re: heres one
 
Great vocals. Haunting chorus, and I love the gentle warbling effect. Excellent balance of the acoustic and clean electric guitars throughout most of the tune, then the crunch comes on, and builds in layers -- but the parts are still discernable. Only change I make is a little more verb or slapback in the snare to align it better with the vocals.

Aussie169 12-10-2004 12:40 AM

Re: heres one
 
Quote:

Heres one of our latest

http://www.overnightlows.com/music/whosearmy.mp3

Joz

Joz
Great track, well played and recorded.
There's a weird phasing thing happening with the vocal that sounds kinda cool. Is that an effect?

badperson 12-10-2004 08:58 AM

Re: Amateur Tunes
 
Quote:

I actually do play real drums so I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge that knowing how to play real drums helps immensely, especially in knowing when to lay back.


I had a feeling that this would be the deciding factor. Nice work, drum programming is something I want to get a lot better at. Nice work, thanks!

bp

Tracy Lowery 12-10-2004 11:38 PM

Do I need a host
 
Hey Guys, How do I upload an mp3 file here, not sure how it works, Thanks, Tracy

SimpleNatureSpirit 12-11-2004 12:23 AM

Re: Do I need a host
 
Upload the MP3 to your web space on your ISP account and paste a URL link here using the Instant UBB Code below.

yOkO 12-11-2004 09:59 AM

Re: Do I need a host
 
no it's not my latest stuff, just showing a duccie how to put something here. hear

gonglee 12-11-2004 11:22 AM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
How do I upgrade the DAC in the mbox?
Can I get an external one and connect it?
Does it have to have spdif?

Thanks

Roy Howell 12-11-2004 06:02 PM

Re: heres one
 
Buzz,
Finally got to hear all 4 of yours at once...some very cool things musically. Really enjoyed it. Post more when you can...
-Roy

Joz 12-12-2004 12:46 AM

Re: heres one
 
That was basically a ruff mix. I just uploaded the finished one

http://www.overnightlows.com/music/whosearmy.mp3
Vocals sound much better.

guit4brains. I used a JCM800's clean channel, with a distortion pedal (the guv'nor by marshall) I used to hate that pedal, but it seems to work perfectly with the JCM800's claen channel very well.
Used a 57 - Brent Averill - rosetta - 002. Alot of the tone also comes from the celestion vintage 30's speakers.

And heres a fun one, anyone remembers Elastica?
http://www.overnightlows.com/music/connection.mp3

and what the heck, heres anotherone
http://www.overnightlows.com/music/leech.mp3

Joz

Joz 12-12-2004 12:55 AM

Re: heres one
 
hers 2 more.

http://www.overnightlows.com/music/thesearch.mp3

http://www.overnightlows.com/music/s...kingsohard.mp3

I'll post what we think is our best song tomorrow, its being mixed right now.

Joz

Aoede 12-12-2004 05:11 PM

Re: heres one
 
Hey Joz! I remember that Elastica song....cool cover. I like all Overnight Lows stuff....to bad I can see you guys and gal live. Are you planning to release a CD???

shendrie 12-12-2004 10:27 PM

Finally posting some tunes
 
Well in between everything else that goes on in life I have finally started to finish up some tunes...

Here are a couple of recent mixes:

Kind of an upbeat blues influenced rock tune: The Real Me

Slower (but not ballad speed) tune: When You Cry

I play guitar and sing on these tunes... I had a couple of friends play bass and drums for me.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Happy listening...

Stuart

Joz 12-13-2004 03:39 AM

heres one
 
We really like this one.
Finally got it mixed

http://www.overnightlows.com/music/littlelives.mp3

Guit4Brains 12-13-2004 08:07 AM

Re: heres one
 
Ahhh...Brent Averill....been awhile since I recorded my 77 jmp thru a worthy pre...nice...thnx for the info. ...cool songs....=0)

Roy Howell 12-13-2004 11:12 AM

Re: Finally posting some tunes
 
Shendrie,
Nice songs...really like your voice too. Good job on the slide on 'The Real Me'. Good mixes overall IMO. Glad to get to hear your stuff.
-Roy

shendrie 12-13-2004 11:44 AM

Re: Finally posting some tunes
 
Thanks for the feedback Roy. It is my first attempt at singing as the front guy so I tend to be very self conscious about my vocals but your comments give my fragile ego a little boost.

Thanks for listening.

Stuart

Guit4Brains 12-13-2004 12:25 PM

Re: Finally posting some tunes
 
Roy, I heard, by chance on the prosound forum, "deep"...excellent job...what a great slide solo.

Roy Howell 12-13-2004 01:44 PM

Re: Finally posting some tunes
 
Guit4Brains,
Thanks very much...it can be a tough crowd on the Marsh... ...many of the engineers there have my respect, and it's good to have their objective ears hear my stuff. I'm working with Charles Dye there on the CapeII project, and his final mix of our song should be done anytime. Should be interesting.
thanks again, Roy

Swaphappy 12-13-2004 01:54 PM

Xmas Tunes
 
Anybody creating anything Christmasy?
I been trying to come up with something but it's hard to
come up with anything that actually sounds different.
I keep humming.. Grandma got run over by a... well you know.
There must be some kind of formual to make a Christmas song.
Is there a Christmas mode like mixadeerian or something
that will give the right sound?

Roy Howell 12-13-2004 02:42 PM

Re: Xmas Tunes
 
Quote:

I keep humming.. Grandma got run over by a... well you know.





Hey Swap...what're you...I mean, what's legoboy getting this year?


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