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Noodles

By siggy13 on January 19, 2014 10:36 pm

Wrote the intro riff and the bassline like last week. Today I had nothing better started so I turned that into a song. Named after its one long continuous guitar solo. Hope you like it, I think it's pretty cool. Oh, and the bass is actually just my guitar with the bass octaver effect (and lots of distortion).

Gear: Gibson Explorer, Line 6 POD HD500X, Focusrite Scarlett 2i2, Ableton Live

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that's how you do it! awesome song! the focusrite rocks wink

(one side note: the drums sound mostly ok, only I don't like the toms for some reason. they sound so thin and too snappy for my taste. otherwise, nevermind. just a personal observation)

tips tips tips (no protips): if it's in ableton, you should be able to individually adjust drum levels if you drag n drop a MIDI file, so lower the volume of your toms next time?  it's not that they're "thin" to me, but they are definitely too loud.
How much EQing did you do?  I can hear the bass, but I can't hear what it's *doing* nahmean?
you should've wailed a bit, like "aaaahhhhhhhhh" 80s glam style

good job again this week

Thanks for the comments smile I've only got Live Lite so I don't have many drumkit options, but I also spent like no time on it cuz I was running outta time. I did almost no EQing cuz idrk how to EQ at all. Shame too cuz I rly like this bass part. Next week I'll try to finish writing and recording sooner tho so I have more time to produce, esp on the drums smile

This sounds like me when I jam with myself, so I was down with this, haha. With some focus this could definitely be something really cool. Wail a bit!

I think the drums sound a bit weak at times - yup it's the toms. But I actually think it doesn't matter here. The rough and ready approach totally fits the track. Liked it!

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