My rock/metal demo

[mabudon]

LINK

It's a rough demo, I'm working out the bugs between my analog board and my PC- it's a song about action figures, a complex in-joke but you don't need to be "in" on it to like or hate the song itself..
I know the vocals are a bit hard to make out, but that's what the "rough demo" disclaimer is for.. and keep in mind, too, that it's NOT "serious" I don't think music like that is particularly commercially viable- I have a REAL band for that

Any comments you would like to make please feel free- and it's ALL me, only the "drummer" is a pedal, tho I hope to fix that today

 

[DurkaDurka]

Sounds good from what I could make out, my work pc has crappy speakers. I will listen to it on my headphones when I get home.

 

[westmanguy]

sounds good, just the voice is drowned out by the guitar.

Glad to see people following their dreams!

 

[#juan]

Not bad. I found it catchy, and very listenable........................cheers

 

[mabudon]

Thanks West- tho my deam involves a LOT less work and more Carnivorous Plants

I am having a HELL of a time getting the stuff onto PC with the crazy setup I'm using- I made about 10 attempts (and remember the board is analog, it takes as long as the song takes to play) before settling on that version- I can NOT actually listen to the mix as it goes into the PC and I just got frustrated- the next pass will be MUCH better- thanks for the comments tho, I aim to perfect it soon

EDIT Thanks #juan- I was aiming for pop, so catchy and listenable are HIGH compliments - basically it's a ripof of "17" by winger and a few various KISS songs all mashed together- I listen to a LOT of kinda lousy music

Durka- it might sound worse a bit on headphones, I had to go for a mono mix, still working out the kinks, but that's why I'm posting the "progression", just to keep myself from getting too angry at the hang-ups I keep hitting

 

[darkbeaver]

I always get left behind because I have crappy dial-up, I bet it's pretty good too.:-(

 

[DurkaDurka]

I always get left behind because I have crappy dial-up, I bet it's pretty good too.:-(

It's a streaming file DB, if you go have a coffee or something, it should be buffered enough to listen to by the time you get back.

 

[eh1eh]

I like that guitar. Really tasty playing. Please post the next progression.

 

[mabudon]

Beav, the third option on the page is a ZIP file, you could DL it and then unzip it and enjoy (BOY that sounds bad)

Eh1eh- damn, thanks man- THAT is what will light the fire- I'm going to my buddies in a little while to see about a drum kit, I'll slap the next tune up tommorrow I guess...

 

[darkbeaver]

Thanks for the tips guys I'll try then tonight.

 

[BitWhys]

you've got a dead spot at 10000 Hz. check your cables.* definitely need to max the voice and mix the guitar in behind it. the lead vocal has quite a dynamic range to it so try hit it with a compressor going in if you've got it so you can lean on the gain. kick drum is screaming for reverb.

good tune. good luck. have fun.

oh and I almost forgot. your voice is well served with an EQ boost roughly in the warm range. (2 to 10 kHz)

* I'm thinking its probably not a cable. check the EQ pots on the mixing board. someone might have rung out some feedback at one point and nobody set it back.

 

[mabudon]

LMAO you should change yer handle to "Damnwise", thanks for the in-depth analysis

The "Kick drum" is a problem, a bit- the "drummer" is a pedal- once I have a proper kit I can monkey with the overall drum sound a bit- and I TOTALLY forgot to do anything with the EQ on the vocals while I was transporting it- I am oging out from the board with "line out" straight into the "mic" jack on my PC, bypassing the faders on the board and using the tape cue for level adjustment-
The "dead zone" you corectly noted is a consequence of my odd methodology- the incoming signal is WAY too "hot" and so I have to pull it back to less than "1" on the output (TO the PC) and it kinda seems to clip out the range you mentioned... (and I DO have access to an actual 128-track studio for "real" recording with an actual engineer- this stuff is my living room's 4-track one-man finest)

I'll DEFINITELY re-EQ it and get a new mix up, matter of fact I will do that now, thanks again for the concise "criticism" BW

 

[BitWhys]

you're not using a 1.5V line to a soundcard are you? that's hopeless. you could always poke around for a USB gizmo that takes RCA. I've seen some cheap ones (about 70 buck CDN - prolly cheaper now) for sending tape deck and phonograph signals on the shelves but I've never checked them out. pretty sure it would work though. that way you could run the board WFO, fart around all you want and not have to put up with the $wizard$ on the other side of the glass.

 

[mabudon]

LOL "$wizard$"- I know how them things usually are, but I am very good friends with the crew there- no charge for time as long as I help out (and bringing some beer helps too) and the guy who I usually work with plays KICKASS drums (also for nothin as long as I fit the schedule right)

I'm still monkeying around with connections, I DO have an RCA in, I think, just didn't feel like digging out the proper stuff at the time- thanks VERY much for your input tho, I now have a goal- to pass the "BitWhys" test- thanks for setting the bar !!!

 

[BitWhys]

...I now have a goal- to pass the "BitWhys" test-...

let me know when you do and I'll see if I can't drag some pointers out of you so I can pass it too.

 

[mabudon]

LMAO it's a deal man, I LOVE these imperfect sciences