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[TheSystemHasFailed]

Well since my vocal style is metal and it's mostly monotone projection or screaming I doubt I'll be using the pitch correction or auto tune. But our new bassist doesn't do backing vocals and neither do any of the other players. So I am hoping to get some mileage out of the loop feature. It's either that or rewrite 10 of the songs where I am dependent on backing vocals. Also, some of the effects seem cool so they may get used for writing future songs and I also may try my hand at including some sampling using the mp3 patch in. I showed it to my wife and she bought it for me so it's on it's way. Can't wait to try it out.

So Corpsegrinder without the highs?

 

[Mac]

No not like that at all. I do my very best to enunciate every word and make everything I say distinguishable even when screaming. I just have a poor range and no training so I don't get very playful or wander too far out of my comfort zone. Here is an example:

You aint right - Fatal Karma - YouTube

 

[FirebornMuse]

I've played drums and percussion for 24 years and counting. I played in jazz bands, percussion ensembles, symphonic bands, marching bands, drum and bugle corps... anything I could get my hands on really but marching percussion was my fave.

 

[Leothwyn]

Kimbra blows my mind with her use of modern tech....

That was really cool! Reminds me of how Zoe Keating does her stuff...

 

[James Hart]

That was really cool! Reminds me of how Zoe Keating does her stuff...

Nice! I dig the acoustic meets the computer aspect. The looper use kinda brought Steve Lawson and his wife Lobelia to mind...



Steve Lawson & Lobelia - Love is a Battlefield - YouTube

 

[TheSystemHasFailed]

No not like that at all. I do my very best to enunciate every word and make everything I say distinguishable even when screaming. I just have a poor range and no training so I don't get very playful or wander too far out of my comfort zone. Here is an example:

You aint right - Fatal Karma - YouTube

That is a really well produced sound song. And that lead guitarist isn't a slouch either. And don't take this wrong, but I get a little...LITTLE sense of Glenn Danzig listening to the vocals...someone else as well, but can't place it.
One thing is for sure though, you definitely have listened to a lot of punk...as have I.

Some good metal. No bull.

 

[Mac]

That is a really well produced sound song. And that lead guitarist isn't a slouch either. And don't take this wrong, but I get a little...LITTLE sense of Glenn Danzig listening to the vocals...someone else as well, but can't place it.
One thing is for sure though, you definitely have listened to a lot of punk...as have I.

Some good metal. No bull.

Thanks and yes, Danzig's solo work as well as his work with Samhain and the Misfits was definitely an influence. As are bands like Clutch, Rage against the machine and Megadeath. I am a big fan of oldskool punk as well. My favorite Singer is probably Maynard from tool but I'm not going to call that a vocal influence because on my best day I could never sing like that dude.

 

[Vapo Marx]

Guitarist/singer/songwriter for 32 years, mostly playing in a punk/hard rock genre. I also dabble in bass and drums but only play them as well as I need to for recording demos.

I'm in two bands but both are inactive at the moment. Actually, I suspect one of them might be defunct but the other guys haven't gotten around to telling me yet.

 

[Hypnophone]

Howdy y'all!
It's been awhile since I dropped in here. We finally had a headline gig at a high-profile venue!!!
YeeHaw!

Here's a little snippet:

 

[Hypnophone]

Hey SuspectK!
That looks like a KIEO product...
I once had a Moog Rogue. My crankhead guitar player lost it in pawn...

 

[suspectK]

I think korg bought the rights to the ds20? I don't know how modified the ms20 is from that. I've only been dabbling in electronica for about 5years, so that was definitely before my time.

 

[suspectK]

If you had to choose one electric guitar (type and/or brand) to use, live, studio, or otherwise, what would it be? I would say modulous or PRS, but if I involve my reality of a budget + the other many things that are fighting for the top spot on that list.. I would have to stick with my schecters.

Effects/boards welcome.

 

[Vapo Marx]

I have a bunch of guitars but a particular Squier Jagmaster (older 25.5" scale model) has been my main guitar for the past few years. I replaced the stock humbuckers with P-90s and i just love the way it sounds and plays. It's a cheap axe but it works for me.

 

[Pipeous]

Huge Pink Floyd fan so screw thumbs up, I am waving my arms wildly

 

[DaveP]

Thanks and yes, Danzig's solo work as well as his work with Samhain and the Misfits was definitely an influence. As are bands like Clutch, Rage against the machine and Megadeath. I am a big fan of oldskool punk as well. My favorite Singer is probably Maynard from tool but I'm not going to call that a vocal influence because on my best day I could never sing like that dude.

I'll never forget the day my nephew stopped by years ago to ask me if I'd copy a Tool CD a friend loaned him. I started the copy using whatever CD duplicator software I was using at the time and somewhere in the process it crashed my hard drive. This was about the time that people started complaining that the copy protection scheme one of the record companies was using was doing weird things like that and I'm sure I was one of their victims. As I remember it was a Sony records music CD and they were later accused of installing rootkit software that caused system crashes.

I'm a fan of more melodic musical styles anyway, but I'd never play Tool on my CD drive again!

 

[Mac]

I'll never forget the day my nephew stopped by years ago to ask me if I'd copy a Tool CD a friend loaned him. I started the copy using whatever CD duplicator software I was using at the time and somewhere in the process it crashed my hard drive. This was about the time that people started complaining that the copy protection scheme one of the record companies was using was doing weird things like that and I'm sure I was one of their victims. As I remember it was a Sony records music CD and they were later accused of installing rootkit software that caused system crashes.

I'm a fan of more melodic musical styles anyway, but I'd never play Tool on my CD drive again!

I have their entire catalog in mp3 format ripped directly from store bought cd's. How odd.

 

[DaveP]

I have their entire catalog in mp3 format ripped directly from store bought cd's. How odd.

Strange. After experiencing the crash and installing a new hard drive I heard about the Sony rootkit issue on the radio and read about it in the papers. My HD failure could have been a fluke, but it happened during a protected Sony CD copy and that's what I chalked it up to.

Who knows ... that was 6 or 7 years ago. One of his CD's copied and played fine, but not the Tool CD. I don't remember what source the other one was from. There was so much public outcry over the virus that after investigation by the RIAA, Sony removed its little piece of evil software and started prosecuting everyone they caught pirating instead of using bake door tactics to thwart the process.

 

[James Hart]

I'm a fan of more melodic musical styles anyway, but I'd never play Tool on my CD drive again!

I think I know what you intended... but I have to say, Tool is very complex, with layers of melodies/counter melodies/harmonies. Much more so than other bands within the genre IMHO.

I have their entire catalog in mp3 format ripped directly from store bought cd's. How odd.

Same here... hours upon hours with EAC/LAME ripping at 320bit max VBR MP3s.

 

[suspectK]

I'm more into jammy, skull vibrating stuff live, but I really did get into tool when I saw them several years ago.

 

[DaveP]

I think I know what you intended... but I have to say, Tool is very complex, with layers of melodies/counter melodies/harmonies. Much more so than other bands within the genre IMHO.




Same here... hours upon hours with EAC/LAME ripping at 320bit max VBR MP3s.

I have about 15 CD's ripped at 192kbps MP3 format onto a 4GB XD card for my truck. Most sound great and that depends on the original CD, but I've always wondered if anything higher actually produced a result that is noticeably better in a vehicle environment. I get clear highs and tight lows with great clarity and definition. What's the thinking on whether higher is better and how much more is a waste of space? What I hear is that 320kbps is a wast of space and the higher definition result isn't detectable by most people when listening to the MP3.