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36 minutes ago, craigb said:

I always liked 667, the Neighbor of the Beast!  😁

A friend of mine has "333, Half evil" tattooed on his arm (in between a bunch of others).

It was between that and the "667" one.

I like the "667" betterer.

I have both Revoice Pro and Melodyne (Studio).

I've never tested the pitch editing features in Revoice until yesterday. I have to say that I couldn't tell the difference between them.

I don't think I need this, but unlike someone else, I won't buy it (or can afford it) 😎

I was able to hear 18000 Hz on my headphones. I didn't think I would get that high (frequency wise). It sounded quite a bit lower (no pun intended) that the other frequencies though.

I wasn't very kind to my hearing when I was young, but have taken better and better care of it as I've gotten older.

Yay or something like that...

A friend of mine used to sing loudly "sa ba do" to Metallica's Sad but true until we told him (after a while).

I've probably done this myself without knowing it when I was younger. I stopped shouting in public (for a while) when I got older.

3 minutes ago, Brian Walton said:

It is pretty well documented that the tracks are basically created most of the time and then it is given to MJK to come up with lyrics.

Drums being "last" in the creative process wouldn't be accurate....in some cases it is pretty clear that the time signatures/drum grooves are the foundation of the idea in the first place.

The other piece to the quote is also that you can't acutally trust what the band says about a lot of stuff and they are notorious for taking that kind of approach when asked about the music or creative process.

I've been following their creative output for literally 30 years now.  In the early days interviews were super rare and the few they would give had quotes similar to the above.  

While I don't agree with a lot of the lyrical content itself, the band is musically briliant.  Ironically I find it feels quite emotional despite also tending to be unusually technical (especially for a band that lives in "drop-d" ).  

For those that don't "get it" try listening to orchestras and the like doing covers of their work.  I'd tend to assume radio stations are playing the new stuff (or perhpas something like Sober) it seems fairly unlikley that a Radio Station is going to play one of the tracks most fans are really actually going to be into.  Who knows though as I don't listen to the radio.  

 

So I was wrong it seems. Through my son, that'll hear about this  Never too old to learn at least (I hope).
All the best.

I'm a Tool fan, and have been for 20(?) years. Something that has rubbed off on my sons, I'm pleased to say. My oldest son usually keep me up to date on the latest releases of bands he knows I like before I know about it myself 🤘

They're one of my top 10 favorites, I'd say. I like their older stuff better than the latest releases, but that's probably just me getting older and hang on to old favorites, I presume... 👴

They played in Oslo a month or so ago, and I didn't know about it until the day of the show (🥴), so no way to get (legal, and at 10 times the price) a ticket.

One of my nephews went without telling me, and he won't do that again  

They are one of a few of my favorite bands I haven't gotten to see live, and probably never will (now).

I also like that they make all the music and vocals before handing it over to Danny Carey (the drummer). A thing my oldest son told me, and (supposedly) quoted from Maynard James Keenan (vocals) and Adam Jones (geetar) is that: "We finish everything before giving it over to Danny to *#@%  it up".

So, yeah... I'm a Tool (fan).

Congrats! That's great news 👌

All the best.

I shouted at Mike 2 days ago for the 1st time since before the summer, and me getting Covid.

I had to play geetar until I got enough breathe to dare shouting at Mike. Not the worst "penalty" to get though.

New CR song in the making, plus a couple of my own.

My go to amp sims these days, and past year are S-Gear (now v.3) and Amplitube 5 (with most of the amps, cabs and stomps).

I've also started using Softube Amp Room lately, when layering geetarz.

Fingers crossed that he'll make his way back home to us again 🤞

5 hours ago, Bapu said:

Orange Crush*

 

 

*Not meant to be political euphemism, but... 🙂 

Is that amp any good?

Get well soon, Greg 🤞

On 8/1/2022 at 3:50 PM, marled said:

Strange, here in Sweden most of them are over 50 USD (using the actual currency rate)! 😄

Maybe it's because Softube is a Swedish company! 😆 

It's a bit strange, I agree.

I (as an example, and being from Norway) always buy directly from Toontrack, using Swedish currency when there are deals. That always gives me a better price than buying from any international store using $,£ or €.

All the best.

Hi. I'm  actually working on a balled of mine, that will not contain shouting/screaming at all.

Acoustic geetar, SD3 (as always), some lead el geetarz, some strings & choirs and vox.

Doing a bit of softly shouting at Mike after this cig break (always a good idea for "singers"  ). Not trying to hit high notes today, so should be good to go 😎

And it's a 3+ minutes song, not my usual 5-7 mins.

All the best.

23 minutes ago, STEVE POOLE said:

As usual fkn knock out ... even busting my drums I want a higher mix on the vocal and a bit of separation on the backing vocal ... small crits .... I always feel a King Crimson vibe from your stuff .. the start of my downfall to dark rooms and wotnot 🤯 anyway gooda go for a 4th listen LOL

Steve

Thanks for listening (several times 😎) and the positive feedback, Steve.

Never been compared to them before, I think. But a good one to be in the same vibe as

All the best.

30 minutes ago, Jesse Screed said:

 

hmmmmmmmm

love the growl

worms

there are worms

Thanks for listening and feedback, Jesse.

(They always find a way...)

All the best.

18 hours ago, Bapu said:

New mix is really good mate.

Thanks a lot mate 🤘

On 7/11/2022 at 12:30 AM, DeeringAmps said:

Kick is fine on the Bose cans, but must agree the snare is not prominent. 
Enjoyed the tune!

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Thanks for listening and feedback, Tom.

A new mix is up with some changes, incl. a more  prominent snare.

All the best.

I tried it on a random plugin, and it would not let me use it.

36 minutes ago, Bapu said:

Eggshellint mate! Sounds like it's finished to me. 🙂 

 

Thanks mate!

I was told elsewhere that the kick and snare was almost missing, so Am trying to fix that.

I'm  a creature of habit, so Console 1 (with most compatible plugins for it, both UAD and Softube) is my main mixing "system". Beyond that, I mostly use 3rd party plugins I know how to  get a decent sound (I'm after) quickly.

I always use stock compressors for side-chaining though.

All the best.

On 6/20/2022 at 7:44 AM, Bapu said:

If you were given a plane ticket to anywhere and $25,000.00 where would you go and what would you do?

Let's keep it music related.

I'll start.

London and book as many 8 hour sessions I could at Abbey Road Studios for Citizen Regen. 

I'd use my part to get as many sessions for CR at Sunset sound, just to get the odds and ends we might have missed ( ).

This is a song I have tried to finish several times, but gave up/forgot, called Voices.

Feedback is appreciated.

All the best.

I started shaving my head when I was 21, as it wasn't much left on top by then. I should have done it a year or two before...

Have done it for 30 years now, and it has not improved my musical status the least.