[GPG] Add's Choice: Fade to Black - Metallica
Moderator: Thought Police
So, I decided to give my friend's paint shop a visit with a cunning 'I was in the neighbourhood' excuse. The third coat had just dried and I was able to give it a good look. It looked awesome! I just don't know how I'll be able to take proper pictures to show how it look irl, but it looks great. It's almost like it has a chameleon colour, it changes from a nearly black navy blue to almost a sky clear blue. The light and angle changes it very much. It really looks great. And the grain shows very beautifully, just as I'd hoped. The only thing is, he said it needs another two coatings, though I thought it looked ready. So I'm gonna have to wait until next week.
I must say, I don't think I've ever been this excited about gear.
I must say, I don't think I've ever been this excited about gear.
Hi everybody.
I got the Pod. So far, i can't help buty feel unimpressed. I'm sure this will change as soon as the get Line6 edit up and running for the XTlive. At the moment, i'm using the guitarport 2.5 software to edit sounds, and it's not the greatest.
One thing i have noticed, is the lack of a pitch shifter or harmonist. I hope they sort that out soon. On the plus side, they have included the 'FX junkie' model pack with the XTLive, which cost's $49.99.
I got the Pod. So far, i can't help buty feel unimpressed. I'm sure this will change as soon as the get Line6 edit up and running for the XTlive. At the moment, i'm using the guitarport 2.5 software to edit sounds, and it's not the greatest.
One thing i have noticed, is the lack of a pitch shifter or harmonist. I hope they sort that out soon. On the plus side, they have included the 'FX junkie' model pack with the XTLive, which cost's $49.99.
I'm not couting it out just yet.
Some of the amp models sound better when put with other cabs.
For example. The Dual Treadplate (Mesa dual rectifier) sounds really mushy with its own 4x12cab; but stick it on a cab with 4x12 celestion vintage 30s, and it sounds fantastic.
I've also been told to try some of the big amps with small (1x8" or 1x10") cabs.
Time will tell.
Some of the amp models sound better when put with other cabs.
For example. The Dual Treadplate (Mesa dual rectifier) sounds really mushy with its own 4x12cab; but stick it on a cab with 4x12 celestion vintage 30s, and it sounds fantastic.
I've also been told to try some of the big amps with small (1x8" or 1x10") cabs.
Time will tell.
Yeah I must admit the actual amp sounds always sound fantastic from the XT sound doobrie......my cousin has the original XT and it really is very very convincing as to what it is meant to model ..well to my ear anyhow ...but as you say ..I think all these things need a bit of tweaking to get the best out of them ...
I assume they could add pitch shift witht he XT live due to already having the pedal thing there !
Out of interest how big is it ,in relation to the GT6 as they always look huge
Wolf
I assume they could add pitch shift witht he XT live due to already having the pedal thing there !
Out of interest how big is it ,in relation to the GT6 as they always look huge
Wolf
I'm ready.
If Pete gives me the go ahead, i'll post my choice tonight.
Just out of interest, i have the following backing tracks, with vocals and real instruments.
If anyone want's to do one of these next, let me know.
If Pete gives me the go ahead, i'll post my choice tonight.
Just out of interest, i have the following backing tracks, with vocals and real instruments.
If anyone want's to do one of these next, let me know.
- Freebird (Lynard Skynard)
- Lenny (Stevie Ray Vaughan) ROCK HARD!
- Breathe (Pink Floyd)
- Life in the fast lane (The Eagles)
- Run Like Hell (Pink Floyd) Needs a delay pedal
- Satch Boogie (Joe Satriani) The intro is pretty trickey, but most of it is easily within reach. Lots of whammy action could be a downside.
- Run to the Hills (Iron Maiden)
- Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) Long. Would be a challenge for most of us, but Dani would breeze through it.
- War Pigs, NIB, Sweet Leaf, Iron Man, and Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
- Another Brick in the wall part 2 (Pink Floyd)
Will do.
Now i just need to think of something.
EDIT:
Right, I've come up with 3 suitable songs. Easy/medum, medium, or medium/hard difficulty.
In order, they are.
Little Dreamer - Van Halen
Steal away the night - Ozzy
Crazy Train - Ozzy
Which do you want? I'm easy either way. I've checked them all out, and there are good tabs for all three available at mysongbook.com.
Now i just need to think of something.
EDIT:
Right, I've come up with 3 suitable songs. Easy/medum, medium, or medium/hard difficulty.
In order, they are.
Little Dreamer - Van Halen
Steal away the night - Ozzy
Crazy Train - Ozzy
Which do you want? I'm easy either way. I've checked them all out, and there are good tabs for all three available at mysongbook.com.
Lots of very, very nice tracks in that list. Tbh I'd rather like to do all of those. Wouldn't mind getting my hands on a couple of those even if you choose outside of that list, so don't go loosing any of them accidentally. (Here's wishing I'll have enough time at some point to actually play that much...)
Hey guys. I just saw this and decided to try it.
This was the first metallica song i learned
and i have to say i still love it.
(Had to refer to The tab for stuff i forgot though (like half the solo haha))
here it is http://chinaman.dmusic.com/
I just got my 12 gauge strings (yay).
I went from 10-12 so im still breaking them down.
The difference is bearable however
i cant bend up more than a
whole step........................for now
The recording has bad quality and is sloppy but
Still......................Enjoy.
This was the first metallica song i learned
and i have to say i still love it.
(Had to refer to The tab for stuff i forgot though (like half the solo haha))
here it is http://chinaman.dmusic.com/
I just got my 12 gauge strings (yay).
I went from 10-12 so im still breaking them down.
The difference is bearable however
i cant bend up more than a
whole step........................for now
The recording has bad quality and is sloppy but
Still......................Enjoy.
that was very good, nice playing throughout. the only problem i had with it was your soundcard distorting because the input volume was too high. thats easily fixed though
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Like mak said, you'd best watch that input level. I've actually managed to destroy one soundcard with too high input levels. The playing was very nice, cool little improv lafter the intro solo and nice touch playing the vocal lines as well. Also, cool improv shredding at the very end. All in all very nice work.
The problem with that is that i dont have anything to keep time with. Say that i record just the acoustic parts. The time in between where the distorted parts and acoustic parts are unknown to me. (like how many times the electric plays and when the acoustic comes in again, stuff like that.
Does anyone know how i can improve my quality. Cause the stuff all you guys record sound so much more proffessional clearer. I'm currently recording by plugging my amp directly into the line in and recording using it. How do i get better quality?
Does anyone know how i can improve my quality. Cause the stuff all you guys record sound so much more proffessional clearer. I'm currently recording by plugging my amp directly into the line in and recording using it. How do i get better quality?
Well, there are a couple of things you can do to be able to keep time. For example, you can set your guitar-pro metronome on so that you can keep time with the click. Also, don't underestimate the power of tapping your foot and counting the beats. Or you can simply start recording from the beginning, and record bit by bit so that you always know where you are. IOW you begin with the acoustic bit, then when it ends, stop recording and record another track with the distortion, and after that yet another track with the next clean bits. This way you'll never get lost, but naturally the amount of tracks you need to mix together will grow quite a bit, iirc I had some 15 tracks for Fade to Black, including the backing tracks and all the harmonies. Now, I might be misunderstanding your problem entirely since the forum is somewhat messed up atm and I can only see about half of your message, but I hope this helps anyway.
As far as sound quality goes, there are many options. I bought an amp that was supposed to have a nice speaker emulated line out, and it didn't work at all for recording. The line out option's quality depends a lot on the amp, for example Ice gets very good sounds from his Marshall, whereas many others don't work at all. I think most of the others (besides Ice) use some sort of modelling device, like the Vamp2, Boss GT-6, or Pod XT. Obviously these will be more designed towards recording, which will generally make it easier. However, there are a lot of problems involved in these as well, which I can elaborate on if you are interested. To get a good, reliable sound from an amp for recording you'd basically need to mic your amp. That's pretty much the best way to go. However, the mic choice will also affect the sound pretty much, don't expect to do it with a pc mic and sound great. (I know, I tried!)
As far as sound quality goes, there are many options. I bought an amp that was supposed to have a nice speaker emulated line out, and it didn't work at all for recording. The line out option's quality depends a lot on the amp, for example Ice gets very good sounds from his Marshall, whereas many others don't work at all. I think most of the others (besides Ice) use some sort of modelling device, like the Vamp2, Boss GT-6, or Pod XT. Obviously these will be more designed towards recording, which will generally make it easier. However, there are a lot of problems involved in these as well, which I can elaborate on if you are interested. To get a good, reliable sound from an amp for recording you'd basically need to mic your amp. That's pretty much the best way to go. However, the mic choice will also affect the sound pretty much, don't expect to do it with a pc mic and sound great. (I know, I tried!)
hey guys. Im new here, been browsing this forum for a while though. Id like to join in on this song playing you have going on here. Decided to start off with this song...
http://www.bttfpromo.net/upload/files/black2_5f980.mp3
this is just the ending solo, dont have a lot of free time available for recording, but im hoping to have it all recorded shortly
cheers
http://www.bttfpromo.net/upload/files/black2_5f980.mp3
this is just the ending solo, dont have a lot of free time available for recording, but im hoping to have it all recorded shortly
cheers