Allaire on new song “The Flow”

[Davoe]

Thanks to S2 I can finally get around to finishing some songs! I can’t thank you guys enough… I love S2!!!! I’m finally happy with what I can do at home.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-flow/id377286203?i=377286209

Drums were tracked into Pro Tools via a Roland TD-8.

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[Scott]

The clip that I just heard sounded purdee kewl.
iTunes, eh? That’s too neat.
Hope it sells well for ya!
Thanks for the link

Scott

-Mac Studio (2023)–  Apple M2 Max
-macOS Ventura Version 13.6
-Logic Pro 10.7.9 
-64 GB Ram 
-Universal Audio Apollo 8 (UAD2 DUO) – max sample rate supported: 192
-typical buffer /  typical sample rate:  128 / 44.1
-External drives:
*SanDisk  2TB USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A/Type-C Portable SSD  
*Glyph 3TB HD w/  USB-C/3.0/2.0 Compatibility
*OWC 2TB Aura P12 Pro NVME M.2 SSD housed in OWC Express 4-slot 4M2 M.2 NVME Thunderbolt 3 ports
-Midi Controllers:  M-Audio Keystation 88, Novation 61SL

[Davoe]

Thanks Waterboy!

Yeah iTunes – I figured why not eh? I used Tunecore and it only cost $10 to get it up there. What an age we live in.

[Scott]

Crazy, huh?
I think that same thing – all the time!

Scott

-Mac Studio (2023)–  Apple M2 Max
-macOS Ventura Version 13.6
-Logic Pro 10.7.9 
-64 GB Ram 
-Universal Audio Apollo 8 (UAD2 DUO) – max sample rate supported: 192
-typical buffer /  typical sample rate:  128 / 44.1
-External drives:
*SanDisk  2TB USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A/Type-C Portable SSD  
*Glyph 3TB HD w/  USB-C/3.0/2.0 Compatibility
*OWC 2TB Aura P12 Pro NVME M.2 SSD housed in OWC Express 4-slot 4M2 M.2 NVME Thunderbolt 3 ports
-Midi Controllers:  M-Audio Keystation 88, Novation 61SL

[asat84]

I really like this davoe. Really good sounding tune. The lead guitar has a real nice “The Edge” vibe. Love it.

Care to share any details on how you got the allaire kit to sound that good? Comps, eq’s etc.

[Davoe]

Thanks asat84!

I’m using the Preset that came with the set – “Black Beauty Big Room” – I think. I didn’t do any changes to the kit that I can remember, except maybe raise the overheads a smidge. I put “http://www.mcdsp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40&Itemid=271” from McDSP on the kit channel in Pro Tools. That fattens it up a little. Its just on a stereo instrument channel. I didn’t split the outputs of the kit to auxes.

I love S2! Man this changes everything for the guy at home!

[Mark Farrell]

How bout info on those guitar tones?, totally agree with asat and the edge sound. nice work. Any vocals or instrumental?

[Davoe]

☺ Thanks mfefc!

Sure – funny thing about why it sounds kinda “The Edgey”…… I was mucking about on the Vetta II Combo, trying to make a patch for the U2 song “All I want is you”, and using a strat came up with this patch. I have a Carvin Bolt Plus with a H-S-H config that I plugged in, just to see how the guitar would sound on that patch, and this song just spilled out in about 15 minutes. I basically recorded the rhythm guitar & melody in 2 takes, and I kept thinking, yeah I should redo this with the strat and it’ll sound better. I tried the strat and liked the Carvin better (I was kinda surprised but I just went with the ears instead of the brand). The only thing I redid was the outro which I wrote about a week later.

So it’s a mic’d Vetta II Combo, using the AC30 model, with an e609 on one speaker & an SM57 on the other. I used a DIGIMAX D8 Preamp & went optical ADAT into a Pro Tools 96 i/o. Almost all the effects were from the Vetta (which isn’t the best idea but I did track a DI guitar too to re-amp later if needed). No EQ on the guitar tracks, but I did compress using http://www.mcdsp.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=133&Itemid=271 on the guitar channels.

I’m working up some songs with vocals, but they’re decidedly more rocky than this one. This one is more mellow than what I usually come up with, but it was the easiest to finish since there are no vocals. 🙂

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