As I mentioned in my previous post, I was abandoning "The Metro" cover and re-record an old original song instead. It's called "Plastic Flowers" written back in the 1990's by my friend and bassist, Paul. This was actually our first song as a band.
I tried to record it in on my own in 2005 with the following setup:
Vocals - using a cheap Sony dynamic microphone
Guitar - my Les Paul Jr.
Bass - also my Les Paul Jr.
Drums - a Boss DR-500 drum machine
Effects - Zoom 505 (1990's release)
All audio was run through a Tascam 4-Track tape recorder, no tape, which was hooked up via it's RCA outs into the stock sound card of a Dell PC, running Audacity. The guitars and "bass" was recorded by mic'ing a Crate 15w practice amp. This was my first taste of recording on a PC. I just dove in not really knowing exactly how it's done but Audacity was so intuitive that I got results which was far better than recording on a 4-track at the time.
Here's the old recording that I'm going to use as a reference.
Pill - plasticflowers(hall) by mario gozum aka PILL
Next: NHR 007 - Laying the Foundation
Refocusing Update
I've been totally sidetracked by my home improvement project. Anyway, here's an update for the Digital Lab:
THE BLOG - Still serious about the title change. I have some ideas floating in my head.
NOOB HR - Was working on covering "The Metro" but I'm having trouble with copyright worries... I'd like to invoke fair use but what should I do with the finished product? I found out, to play it safe, I needed to get a license to ensure proper ass coverage... BUT there's the cost. I think it's not worth it, so... I'm abandoning this project and restarting with an original song instead. More on that later.
DISCOVERING REAPER - Dabbled with it a bit. Still don't know much about it. I'll use it on the new Noob HR project.
GUITAR MOD - I already have a nice humbucker to replace the one on my Epiphone LP Jr. The plan is to install it with coil tapping options... then the old humbucker will go to the Silvertone SS10 converting it into an HSS config... also with coil tapping features.
And there you have it!
THE BLOG - Still serious about the title change. I have some ideas floating in my head.
NOOB HR - Was working on covering "The Metro" but I'm having trouble with copyright worries... I'd like to invoke fair use but what should I do with the finished product? I found out, to play it safe, I needed to get a license to ensure proper ass coverage... BUT there's the cost. I think it's not worth it, so... I'm abandoning this project and restarting with an original song instead. More on that later.
DISCOVERING REAPER - Dabbled with it a bit. Still don't know much about it. I'll use it on the new Noob HR project.
GUITAR MOD - I already have a nice humbucker to replace the one on my Epiphone LP Jr. The plan is to install it with coil tapping options... then the old humbucker will go to the Silvertone SS10 converting it into an HSS config... also with coil tapping features.
And there you have it!
Refocusing
As much as I'd like this blog to be the repository of ALL my creative endeavors, I'm finding that DIY Digital Lab is heavily gearing towards music and music production in the home recording arena.
So I'm toying with the idea of changing the blog title (but not the web address) to something more related to this little hobby of mine.
For my drawings, I think they will be more appropriate for the blog I just started, I AM RONIN, which is about my adventures in making comics and graphic novels.
Then I have EXPLODING TUNA which I can use for anything other than music and graphic and comics art.
We'll see.
Silvertone SS10 Update Part 1: The Good and The Bad
Following up on my initial review, after playing with the SS10 on and off over several months, I was able to pinpoint the good and the bad on my budget guitar.
Mixing Tips Roundup
As I approach the mixing stage of my musical project, I thought it best to compile my favorite guru advice in one place.
These tips could have been kept secret but instead, these guys went out of their way to write, record and shoot videos for the general home recording public... for FREE!
They will forever remain in my "Book of Awesome". Thanks and more power to you!
- Joe Gilder's tips on identifying focus, mixing in general and mixing in mono.
- EQ tips from Ian Shepherd.
- Sage advice from Bobby Owsinski on monitoring levels when mixing.
- A few mixing bites from the guys at Home Recording Show.
- And the mother of all mixing tips... Graham Cochrane's collection of 5 Minutes to A better Mix videos.
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