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This is great! Very in flames-y in parts too, which I love. And you really got that tone to work for you in this one. You'll have to disclose your gearbox settings, I think. Now I need to know how you did it. :) And what program do you use for drums? I never dl but I'm gonna put this on my playlist at home, it's pretty perfect.
Hey Kate (the great) - One of my major influences are, in fact, In Flames - so its good to see that I somehow can manage to reflect that in my own projects :) My Gearbox settings? Revealed? Hmm.. Toss me questions at asteinaa@hotmail.com and we'll take it from there :) For the drums I use Addictive Drums which I've been tweaking abit to get the sound I want. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and taking your time to listen - and not least taking your time to add a comment :)
First of all, this is amazing, awesome arrangement, mixed well. Faved it. But did you use gearbox? I use gearbox too, and truthfully the tone just never impresses me. It's uncanny, I wish I still had a copy of a metal song I did with my port because you'd hear it for yourself. I'll see if I can't find it. Your settings might be completely different than mine, you have a Jackson and I had a Schecter, etc, but to hear the tracks, especially when doubled, they sound identical. It kind of puts this hollow tinny thing into the mix no matter what you do to beef it up. It's funny you said that about your bassline too, I tried bringing my bassline up and just fricking hated it, hence the song's deletion now. :) I'm looking for a better option for guitar effects myself because of it. It's ok for the cleaner effects, chorus and flange, but hearing your skills, I definitely think you should consider a better port or whatever. You know what you're doing. :) Again, it's still great, and the first thing I've heard by you. I'm off to hear more now.
Hey KateTheGreat :) First of all- thank you very much. I have used Gearbox for approximately 4 years now (since I bought my Pod X3..), and I'm really pleased with both things. Although it took awhile for me to figure out the sound I wanted, I feel like its working like it should now. Dont get me wrong here, its not close to the perfection I want, but its fair enough compared to what other stuff do in that pricerange. I would love to hear that metal song you're talking about. And by the way.. when you are doubling tracks - are you just duplicating them, or are you recording two different tracks..? (Just gotta ask..) And what setup do you use in gearbox? (Amp/cab models.) This song is not one of my better mixing-wise, and if you got time and want to hear one of my latest - this is it:
Anyway, really appreciate your review. I'm sort of in a hurry here, so I gotta bounce - but I'm leaving the fan open on your page to listen when I get back. Thanks again Kate.
This is intense. Great guitar tone too. Not too chunky or tinny, very nice. Good sustain, love it. Agree with crypt on the voice effect. It's like a droid speaking. So cool. :)
I agree with beyondevolution. Excellent reverb, I really just love your tone. The keys are flawless and fluid. The whole thing just....flows. I've been wanting to try cubebase myself, after hearing this I might just switch. Thanks for the awesome track and DO MORE! lol :)
thank you very much for taking the time to review my track im glad you like it ! unfortunately i just don't have the time dedicated with work and every thing else to be able to write as much as id like. watch this space though, there will be more !
This is really awesome, and I liked your other one as well. I've been using a lot of clarinet and oboe myself lately. Very cool. Only one complaint [if you can call it that] the reverb seems a little thick. A tiny bit too empty hall-like. But that might be what you're going for?
Firstly, it's beautiful and very soothing. I LOVE the choir, I love the rolling piano, and the brass is of great sound quality. Nice and bright. Perfect.
But...
The brass also seems like it's kind of just floating out there. I think if you incorporated a bit of percussion in the form of light low timpani or the like toward the end where the brass is, it might make the transition between the beginning and the last half a bit more intense. And a little low rhythym strings couldn't hurt in fusing the strings, brass and piano parts together. They're great, but sound a little bare and disconnected. When I hear the end, I feel huge potential for one of those amazing intense pieces that give you chills! It's beautiful now, as well, but that's my honest opinion. :)
God do i love me a good honest opinion! I think i'll take your word for it and add some lower percussion in there. The low rythem strings MIGHT cause me some problems but i shall do my best. In the least i will try to make the transition smoother and the brass less...well less floaty if you will. Other than that i am glad you enjoyed it. Thanx a ton!
I don't want to sound retarded, but how did you do this? I'm pretty new to all things digital. You said keys, but does that mean you arrange it or do you just play it?
Either way it's really frickin awesome. I'm a huge gamer and that's what it reminds me of, too. :)
Well done.
Thanks KateTheGreat.
This is kinda the "statement of the theme" if you will, this track is far from done. I'm using the intro material in conjunction whatever other crunchy voices I add for a dubstep feel and I got some lyrics to go with it, the hook isn't quite right yet but I'll nail it down.
The answer to your first question is this. I found the drum part, set it the correct length from the beginning of the track and started recording. I put the keys down in three takes, I deleted the first two, usually you would keep them anyway to use as material in case there are errors in the best take, they usually aren't in the other ones. Thats an uberproducer trick though, and you don't it need to make good recordings imo, just perfect ones. I usually just record "live" as it were, on the spot. I don't like midi that much, it's alright i guess, i would rather listen to it than make, it's too perfect, if you know what I mean, and most of the time, unless its drums, loops tend to bore me.
I'm also a gamer. Just got StarCraft II but my computer can only chunk it out... so no online waaaaaaaaaah!
just have to play more xbox and wii until I get a better one.
Thanks again for your kind words. I look forward to more of your music as well.
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This is great! Very in flames-y in parts too, which I love. And you really got that tone to work for you in this one. You'll have to disclose your gearbox settings, I think. Now I need to know how you did it. :) And what program do you use for drums? I never dl but I'm gonna put this on my playlist at home, it's pretty perfect.
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Anyway, really appreciate your review. I'm sort of in a hurry here, so I gotta bounce - but I'm leaving the fan open on your page to listen when I get back. Thanks again Kate.
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But...
The brass also seems like it's kind of just floating out there. I think if you incorporated a bit of percussion in the form of light low timpani or the like toward the end where the brass is, it might make the transition between the beginning and the last half a bit more intense. And a little low rhythym strings couldn't hurt in fusing the strings, brass and piano parts together. They're great, but sound a little bare and disconnected. When I hear the end, I feel huge potential for one of those amazing intense pieces that give you chills! It's beautiful now, as well, but that's my honest opinion. :)
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Either way it's really frickin awesome. I'm a huge gamer and that's what it reminds me of, too. :)
Well done.
This is kinda the "statement of the theme" if you will, this track is far from done. I'm using the intro material in conjunction whatever other crunchy voices I add for a dubstep feel and I got some lyrics to go with it, the hook isn't quite right yet but I'll nail it down.
The answer to your first question is this. I found the drum part, set it the correct length from the beginning of the track and started recording. I put the keys down in three takes, I deleted the first two, usually you would keep them anyway to use as material in case there are errors in the best take, they usually aren't in the other ones. Thats an uberproducer trick though, and you don't it need to make good recordings imo, just perfect ones. I usually just record "live" as it were, on the spot. I don't like midi that much, it's alright i guess, i would rather listen to it than make, it's too perfect, if you know what I mean, and most of the time, unless its drums, loops tend to bore me.
I'm also a gamer. Just got StarCraft II but my computer can only chunk it out... so no online waaaaaaaaaah!
just have to play more xbox and wii until I get a better one.
Thanks again for your kind words. I look forward to more of your music as well.
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