The Sound of One Amp Exploding

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More work on Singularity. I want to lay down vocals but the zipper noise problems have returned and in force. Is it the D/A converter, the computer? Just not sure.

If I get some time this weekend I’ll probably take the old laptop, wipe it clean and just reinstall audio software on it - see if I can eliminate some of the possible problems from all the other crap I run on my main machine.

In the meantime, enjoy the version as it is. Debating whether to take this and the other tracks and call it a “completed recording”. Totals about 40 minutes now - is that enough?

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May 26

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Working a little more on “Singularity”. Still not a complete song, still no vocals.

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May 11

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The very beginnings of a new track. This is a song called “Singularity”. Vocals and the rest of the song, to follow. (This is definitely the most electronica I’ve gone.)

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May 6

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What a difference compression makes! The Logic multipressor is across the two-mix, plus I added some cymbal hits at strategic places. FInally, I’ve turned up the send on the drums to give them more reverb (makes it feel more like they’re placed in a room).

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May 3

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Working on “Take the Arrow Out”. I’ve added some more guitars, percussion and tried to clean up the horns a little.

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April 26

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New song, called “Take the Arrow Out”. This is getting there, although I might tweak it a little more. I really like the rimshots on the drums on this one.

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April 5

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More work on “Prisoner of Time” drums. Shut off the room mic (source of mud) and damped the floor tom (more mud). Fuck organic, this way it fits into a mix.

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April 4

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Moved “Prisoner of Time” over to BFD2. This kit is a Drums Workshop with Paiste cymbals. Historically I’ve preferred Ziljians, but Paistes have the sizzly high end that this song seems to call for.

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March 22

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Worked a bit at cleaning up Opposite Ideas. I put some effort (finally) into mixing the drums a bit. (Another intersting fact about BFD2 is that the room and “ambiance” mics are all the way up by default - giving a very live/trashy sound to the drums. I’ve pulled them down a bit).

I also re-did some of the vocals. Some of the most aggregious stuff is fixed, I can still hear a few tuning problems, but I’ll have to fix those later. Here it is for now.

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March 17

Working with BFD2

A little while ago I dropped DrumCore in favor of BFD2. What I’m learning is the lazy way I approached drums with DrumCore isn’t going to work with BFD2. Frankly I’m lucky that I started out learning how to record real acoustic drums, because that’s who BFD2 is aimed at.

Tonight I finally decided to put some work into cleaning up the drums on Persona (last post). Sure enough, I needed to to into BFD2, set the panning on everything, slap down noise gates on the close mics, chill out the room mics, and put some EQ on the hihat. Just like I used to do with live drum tracks. Except it’s software. Weird.

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