May 20, 2003 08:55 pm DLd it tonight and will give it a better listen tommorrow. From just a quick listen it sounds pretty airy, new age almost.
Multitrack Experiment
Posted on May 20, 2003 04:37 pm
Mat
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Member Since: Jan 24, 2003
Hey folks
I moved into a new place and felt like experimenting with multitrack more. I usually only record one track (instrumental acoustic, that's what I do) or two tracks (guitar and vocals with Nat).
I step it up here working with a lot more tracks than I'm used to and it is also a creative experiment. I think it sounds alright on my headphones and decent on my speakers. There's some hiss noise that I'm not sure how to get rid of (it's noticeable on a loud listening). I'm always really appreciative of your feedback so I would like to know what you guys think.
I'm thinking of making a whole disc of this type of stuff after I'm done recording my solo intrumental disc.
Here's the link:
Chimera - chat.carleton.ca/~mlandry/new.htm
Thanks!
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May 20, 2003 08:55 pm DLd it tonight and will give it a better listen tommorrow. From just a quick listen it sounds pretty airy, new age almost.
May 21, 2003 03:26 am Beautifully moody. The subtile panning is nice. Very clear sounding. it really begins to develope after two minutes. The part beginning around three minutes is almost too short. Did you take take the time to write out and arrange the parts, or is it just brilliant randomness? I'm guessing that's the AT condensor on everything? And what's up with that bass tone? Acoustic bass? Detuned guitar? Baritone guitar? Strange sound, I can't quite place it. Almost soudns like a piano.
I can't help but think of a quiet 19th century western scene. Suns going down. Dust and tumbleweed blowing thru the deserted streets, while the shutters of a long since closed saloon clap in anti-rhythm. At three minutes the bad guy shows himself. There's a long stare. Cold dead eyes. A Clint Eastwood squint. At 3:45 he gives a nod and a tip of the hat, and turns and walks away.
The hiss is most noticable when it suddenly pops into the left channel at 0:24. after everything comes in i can't hear it anymore. A "notch" or whatever of EQ might rid it without changing your tone too much. Find the frequency, reduce the gain there with a high "Q". Another thing that would be cool, is get some samples of the wind blowing and start the song with that, and let it fade out sometime after that hissy track begins. I would do that, but you might wnat to keep it totally instrumental or risk loosing the feel you've got going.
Nice stuff
May 21, 2003 11:51 am Thanks Jamie!
Well it was almost total randomess. I rarely arrange pieces beforehand. Not to say that no thought is given to arrangement but I usually do it on the spot. I experiment very fast and find something I like.
Everything with the AT condenser, that's correct. I'm gonna let you on my secret for the bass tone. It's my guitar altered in cool edit. It's actually the same part that kicks in around 2:06.
I'm glad you find it's moody, that's what I was going for. I like making music that possess strong imagery. That's kinda why I stick to instrumental a lot.
May 21, 2003 08:30 pm Very pleasant Mat, as Jamie said it is a very visual tune. I agree with the Clint thing, I rad his post before I listened again tonight and got the same vibe Jamie did. I like the change and back, very nice touch. And the wind blowing thiing would work well as Jamie said to help cover the hiss. That way there would be no need to alter anything else in the mix, as it sounds pretty good as is.
May 22, 2003 11:09 am I'm pretty keen on adding some wind to this tune but then I started wondering how I would do it...
Any suggestions? As I live in the city and my equipment is not portable, I can't really wait for a good wind to show up by my window and if it did then I have the cars and dogs and what not to deal with and plus, wind is kinda like noise, so how would I get a good wind sound?
I was thinking experimenting by just emulating wind with my mouth and layering it in the stereo field? Would that work? I don't know...
May 22, 2003 11:47 am I would suggest that you just look for a few samples of wind. There's tons of them out there as wind is a pretty commonly used sound effect. Try PowerFX. They've got quite a library of samples available for download and if you complete their survey, you get 5 free credits for downloading samples. I've become completely addicted to their site!
May 22, 2003 06:36 pm Indeed, they have somehting for everyone. But if you cant find something you like let me know. I will see if I can muster the time to do a sample of some synth wind, (yes it is just noise as you said) and email it to ya.
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