ncgalt1984
Joined: Nov 27, 2013
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Greenville, NC
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Posted on May 22 2014 06:04 PM
Hey guys,
I've been working a lot the last few weeks on learning how to record using a Mac, DAWs, use MIDI, and mixing/mastering. The goal was to learn as much as I can so The Out of Limits can work on recordings this summer. When I started this song it wasn't a song, I just made it up as I was going along learning the various programs but I am kind of proud with the way it turned out despite my ham-fisted bass playing. I'd love some feedback on it, especially if you hear things that need improvement with regard to mastering or anything else.
http://www.reverbnation.com/sevenmilespersecond/song/20925801-the-girl-from-artemis-corona
Thanks!
— Kevin
The Out of Limits
www.facebook.com/theoutoflimitsband
https://theoutoflimits.bandcamp.com/
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ncgalt1984
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Greenville, NC
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Posted on May 26 2014 09:35 PM
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vintagesurfdude
Joined: Nov 28, 2011
Posts: 795
Prescott Valley, AZ
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Posted on May 27 2014 12:48 AM
very cool ! I like them both, however I felt on The Girl From Artemis Corona, the delay and reverb together on the lead guitar, muddied up the melody a bit. This may have been what you were going for. Great work for the 1st couple of tunes out of the box. Nice
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ncgalt1984
Joined: Nov 27, 2013
Posts: 235
Greenville, NC
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Posted on May 27 2014 06:42 AM
Thanks! The Girl from Artemis Corona was literally written as I learned how to use my new system. It started with the drum track, added a rhythm guitar, then some lead, and so on until it became a bit much and I ended up going back and re-doing the drums, lead and bass. So it evolved as I learned the various programs. I used reverb and delay on that song because I generally use both on my pedal board and I was just trying to "replicate" my live sound. However, with Aimpoint, the combination of delay and reverb was way too much so I ended up dropping the delay. So it wasn't really the sound I was going for, I was just experimenting.
— Kevin
The Out of Limits
www.facebook.com/theoutoflimitsband
https://theoutoflimits.bandcamp.com/
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imafunkyman
Joined: Sep 16, 2007
Posts: 548
Utah
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Posted on May 27 2014 09:08 AM
Cool stuff!
— Either you surf, or you fight.
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ncgalt1984
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Greenville, NC
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Posted on Jun 07 2014 09:45 PM
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
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Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 07 2014 09:48 PM
ncgalt1984 wrote:
Song number 3 is done...
http://www.reverbnation.com/sevenmilespersecond/song/21055393-escape-from-tharsis
That's fantastic.
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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ncgalt1984
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Greenville, NC
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Posted on Jun 07 2014 09:49 PM
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DonBale
Joined: Feb 24, 2014
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Posted on Jun 08 2014 08:42 AM
I would get rid of cymbals in intro for
Escape From Tharsis , drummer can't play toms with both hands and the cymbal at the same time, besides it actually feels wrong. Other than that I hear progress from first to second to third. For example, the first one had all those strings,voices and other MIDI stuff...which in my view is unnecessary for the style of music you're trying to make, but can understand because at first it's hard to resist all those 'goodies' that come with DAW. The good thing is that it seams that you got over it pretty fast considering that you didn't use those on later songs. Keep on, I think you are heading somewhere. Just my 5 cents.
— Not surf but you might like it:
http://donbale.bandcamp.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA0g6Sn3e9FULMN0owd9YGw
https://soundcloud.com/fatalamanga
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ncgalt1984
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Greenville, NC
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Posted on Jun 08 2014 11:41 AM
Thanks Don! The first song was just a test run, really. I wanted to learn how to use all of those plugins. I agree that it was overkill but it was just a part of the learning process.
— Kevin
The Out of Limits
www.facebook.com/theoutoflimitsband
https://theoutoflimits.bandcamp.com/
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ncgalt1984
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Greenville, NC
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Posted on Jun 15 2014 10:39 AM
Song 4. Wrote and recorded this one yesterday. Our drummer is a former Metal drummer and was telling me that he missed it sometimes so I wrote this for him. http://www.reverbnation.com/sevenmilespersecond/song/21116425-the-trouble-with-tremolos
— Kevin
The Out of Limits
www.facebook.com/theoutoflimitsband
https://theoutoflimits.bandcamp.com/
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ncgalt1984
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Greenville, NC
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Posted on Aug 03 2014 12:11 AM
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