We meet again, World!
By haleja on February 11, 2024 7:03 am
So I thought it would be an easy(?) week if I took something I had previously written and attempt to reimagine(?) it.
HAHAHAHAHA WRONG.
I don't really know where to start so I'll just brain dump some dot points.
- Kin to my 2022 "Hello, World!"
- Wanted to do a "what would it sound like if I did X song in 2024, how will it compare to the 2022 version?"
- Spent 80% of my time relearning guitar parts so I could rerecord them.
- I'm a better instrumentalist compared to jan 2022, I recall how hard the ending was to play then, much easier now.
- First time experimenting with 100% panning
- Trying to double track the bendy lead melody lines was brutal. I'm sure I can get them better with time, but alas.. weeklybeats!
- I used the drum midi I recorded back in '22, however still dropped several hr into tweaking the velocities. AD2 doesn't have the right E-kit that I use so there's a case of picking a kit that's close and massaging the rest of the midi mapping to get it working.
-So many tracks (usually I have 3 (Drum Bass Gtr), or 4 if I need 2 for guitar tones.)
Guitar (rhy) C
Guitar (lead) 70L
Guitar (lead) 70R
Guitar (lead) 100L
Guitar (lead) 100R
Drums C
Bass (clean) 50L
Bass (dirt) 50R
Piano (clean) 30L
Piano (lead hmny) 30R
- I wanted to develop the structure and add new parts but absolutely didn't have the time.
- Really hard to envision new parts too (which I thought would be easy), I assume there is an element of nostalgia and my brain wanting the song to stay the same way that it was.
- I think I like this version more, with the caveat that the original has some magic I didn't manage to recreate.
- ^ I want to find that missing magic, so there may be another one in '26 haha.
- I got lazy mastering and didn't compare it to other tracks, just aimed for -10 lufs or so. Turns out it's perceivably quiet. Lesson learnt lol.
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