lurksalot

i am in , this one took loads of work and about 40 vocal takes from me , none of which actually got to the final cut , It is incredibly difficult to learn , and a real effort to try , much cudos to those that can Lucky for everyone our bands singer popped in for a coffee and took 2 takes to lay this down , never having heard it before yesterday , talent way beyond my dreams. So I offer you....Riot Bunny https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/riot-bunny I hope you like it

[quote name='alittlebitrobot' timestamp='1421458941' post='2661656'] current status: unlistenably cacophonous. I mean, I want it to be dirty but I have no idea how you all make your tracks sound so legit. [/quote] I cant speak for myself as I am but a novice , but I am learning that the quality of what you record matters , loads of distortion doesn't often hide much , and even then to make it fit you might have to use only a certain frequency range of it by using the EQ to give each part musical seperation , that said, wait till you hear my effort , you will no doubt wonder if I actually listen to what I am saying out loud [quote name='Old_Ben' timestamp='1421485889' post='2661738'] I've done guide tracks of all my instruments but finding time to get down decent takes is very difficult! [/quote] I feel your pain there , but it only takes more time to get it right and that is practice , and it has done my playing no harm at all , at first it does seem quite pressured to get a good take , but the concentration when put towards the creative works better than when worrying about the negative , just do it again ....and again in my case , I think I would fall to bits in a proper studio with ......people there and everything . Still , I recorded our gig on Saturday , and some songs haven't got any (audible ) mistakes by me . in a gig the moment is gone and no-one is really judging , in a studio it feels a different ballgame altogether to me . I have got some BVs now by Lurksalittle and her friend , just waiting for a real singist to do the rest of it now

A star indeed , we are just about to put 'boys are back in town' in our set , it sounds awesome , I never got to hear the pukka version live it must have been soooo special

[quote name='Old_Ben' timestamp='1421100272' post='2657239'] Was going to ask if anyone wanted to drop something down on mine when it's nearer completion! [/quote] [quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1421100693' post='2657249'] well , as I have a competitive streak there Ben , I'll do it for you [/quote] [quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1421101020' post='2657256'] Oh no he won't, he'll just 'con' Lurksalittle to do it for him..! [/quote] Oh no , she can sing , if Bens composition is half decent I figure my singing on it should bring it down a peg or two

well , as I have a competitive streak there Ben , I'll do it for you

Ah , now sound proofing and room treatments are not quite the same thing

this months comp is doing well , mine is pretty much done , maybe some tweaking , and by tweaking, I mean I am desperately trying to get anyone I know who has got a half decent voice to replace my sad efforts at delivering a lyric , I am not in panic mode yet , quite , and I have laid a vocal down , but I still have a a week and a bit to replace it Lurksalittle has ducked out of this one as she thinks I am being silly , but I reckon I can persuade her mates to do a few harmonies as they still think the whole recording thing is cool

Different rooms have varying acoustic properties and will reflect different frequencies of sound and bounce them around the room, these reflections will, at some point reach your ear , and these 'stray' sounds will colour or interfere with the pure sound you should be hearing , even differing positions in the room will give differing effects. In most circumstances I don't reckon it to be a massive issue unless you are really keen or a pro , but you only have to walk around the house and shout 'echo' in every room an listen to the difference in the sound reflection coming back at you, and that effect may affect each frequency band differently .

Have a good one buddy , I will listen in when mine is nearer done

I am no expert and probably should investigate this if it is an issue , but all my stuff is on my PC on the same drive

Wipeout ?

Burt Reynolds , someone stole his cigar as I recall Your good lady has chosen a good one for me (I hope ) I just showed Lurksalittle the pic and she said Nirvana , so a bit if guitarish/ rockish/ grungeish noises might work for me , though I so reserve the right to miss that description by a long way

Well done Paul excellent piece and well deserved win. I have no need to get a winners speech prepared just yet , but as a runner up I would like to thank ...........

[quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1419795945' post='2642784'] I have the b2.1 but never got it to work properly on windows 7 64. I now have a windows 8 laptop so maybe I should try again [/quote] I spent a lot of time trying to make my zoom kit ( b2.1 and the 9.1) work as an interface , it does , BUT , volume levels , playback levels and latency issues made it a real PITA , get the proper kit , it will make the whole process much , much easier and straightforward.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1419433350' post='2639919'] I only ever have my amp in a straight line from the mains, I find the electrons having to slow down to get round bends or corners in the mains lead affects my tone! [/quote] A very important observation , you have to be very careful especially with the likes of extension leads that are coiled up , make sure they are unwound all the way, as otherwise with the cable cores , 1 core will have further to travel around the outside of the loop, and the negative electricity will arrive before the positive electricity (or vice versa) . This will mean that your phase is the wrong way round and your speaker stack will thus act as a giant microphone.

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I am sure you can, but the voting has started already , It is just whether Skol is able to add you to the poll on a technical issue IYSWIM

Yes you can edit the title, if you edit the first post and click 'more reply options' the thread title can be accessed. do you have a function to set whether the signal is sent pre or post effects ? sometimes any effects that you use in an effects loop can be bypassed , but even then the sound should still be reasonable . you could try the effects loop out to a desk channel Some effects pedals like Zoom stuff can DI out before the amp , but as Kiwi says if anything is not actually working properly then a process of elimination is the best way forward

We asked our lead guitarist to turn up last night , he did, he only just made it in time for the opening number

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1418915813' post='2634810'] The one I initially saw was unbranded, I was not stating that Limelight are the ones responsible for the counterfeiting ? I was of the impression that they were bista basses and people were applying their own logos ? Surely they are not leaving the workshop branded ? Some suggest they are ? [/quote] [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1418916001' post='2634814'] They used to, but I think Mark very has sensibly decided to leave it up to the buyer. [/quote] [quote name='Musky' timestamp='1419019345' post='2635837'] Private sales of goods using others' trademarked designs are fine in the UK. Trademarks in this country apply to those who manufacture, import or distribute goods by way of business...... So private sellers are good to go. [/quote] So , it seems that the buck can be passed after all , it makes sense now

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1418987832' post='2635471'] Not necessarily. He still offers basses with Fender logos as an option, I believe. [/quote] would that be officially

[quote name='spacey' timestamp='1418915813' post='2634810'] The one I initially saw was unbranded, I was not stating that Limelight are the ones responsible for the counterfeiting ? I was of the impression that they were bista basses and people were applying their own logos ? Surely they are not leaving the workshop branded ? Some suggest they are ? [/quote] [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1418916001' post='2634814'] They used to, but I think Mark very has sensibly decided to leave it up to the buyer. [/quote] This would suggest that Mark either felt it wrong to put the logo on or he was told not to put the logo on , so whether snide, fake or not , it would appear putting a fender logo on a non Fender guitar isn't quite right . [quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1418947523' post='2635222'] Very poor analogy. That's the equivalent of starting with a Fender and then replacing (say) the BBOT and pickguard, in which case no-pne would argue it shouldn't still have a Fender badge. A better analogy would be building a Caterham or Westfield kit car and sticking a Lotus badge on it. [/quote] , the caterham badge is quite a good rip-off of the lotus 7 badge style though

but then every part of a system needs to able to reproduce the given sound to the quality that it was recorded to surely , and the listening pleasure to the vast majority of listeners really doesn't rely on that,, thus giving the listener the added bonus of being able to search and improve their listening skills and technical equipment as and when they wish to delve into their own listening experience.

It might help identify the problem

I dont know about Audacity , but if it is purely a volume issue , try using Reaper , you can open the volume envelope ( a track that is purely a volume tracker) and adjust up and down at the points you need to , it would be a bit of a PITA , but if compression wont sort it and it is worth keeping it might be worth the effort .