liftoff (instrumental metal)
Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:43 am
Hi all,
I wrote/recorded this one recently: https://soundcloud.com/modusjonens/liftoff/
My playing is still rough at spots, but I don't mind a touch of "organic" sound coming from small flubs as long as there aren't too many.
Tools/software used:
I use Ardour for audio capture and some light "mixing" (really just level adjustments -- I'm not even sure what constitutes proper mixing to be quite honest).
I've been making drum tracks in Hydrogen, bouncing them out to FLAC, then importing the resulting drum track in Ardour. After that, I record guitar over top and add samples if/when desired. The sample here is the BitInvader "Invaders must die" preset (in LMMS).
I'm still very much working on figuring out good gain settings when recording guitar. There is some definite hiss going on in the lead section from 0:34-0:42. I think I may just have been a bit overkill on the overdrive there. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
-- mj
I wrote/recorded this one recently: https://soundcloud.com/modusjonens/liftoff/
My playing is still rough at spots, but I don't mind a touch of "organic" sound coming from small flubs as long as there aren't too many.
Tools/software used:
- Line 6 Pod HD500X (for amp/cab modeling + effects)
- Ardour (as DAW)
- Hydrogen (standalone drum sequencer)
- LMMS (for short synth samples)
- Audacity (for limiting/normalization of the resulting track, plus small eq tweaks as desired)
I use Ardour for audio capture and some light "mixing" (really just level adjustments -- I'm not even sure what constitutes proper mixing to be quite honest).
I've been making drum tracks in Hydrogen, bouncing them out to FLAC, then importing the resulting drum track in Ardour. After that, I record guitar over top and add samples if/when desired. The sample here is the BitInvader "Invaders must die" preset (in LMMS).
I'm still very much working on figuring out good gain settings when recording guitar. There is some definite hiss going on in the lead section from 0:34-0:42. I think I may just have been a bit overkill on the overdrive there. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
-- mj