“The Payment” – a classic horror story re-told

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  • batsbrew
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    batsbrew
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    this is an older tune i did some years back…
    and dumped the original tracks into sonar, to re-work it.

    but this year, i stripped the old drum track off…

    and literally played this one, using a maudio keyrig keyboard, in real time…
    i used 3 midi tracks…
    one for kick/toms, one for hi hats and tom fills, and one for cymbal work.

    so 3 performances, stacked on top of each other, to get the entire drum track done.

    LAST NIGHT…..

    i had an opportunity to do some fresh guitar tracking.

    so i DITCHED the (2) heavy rhythm guitar parts, left and right..
    they’re gone. toast.

    and RE-RECORDED the rhythm guitar part, using a single track, and using a very cleaned up lead channel on the boogie.

    i was going for a cleaner chimey grindy part, and it came out very nice.

    i just haven’t had time to mix it yet…
    i’ll try to do that tonight, and post it tomorrow.

    it COMPLETELY CHANGED the feel of the thing…..

    it let the tom work ring out much better, brought out more AIR in the mix, and made everything so much clearer.

    in fact, it has made me re-think my rhythm guitar tone entirely.

    batsbrew
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    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

    new version: “THE PAYMENT”

    this one has new rhythm guitar parts (did em last night) that are done on the clean channel of a driven mesa boogie…
    opened up the sound of the mix quite a bit..
    but more midrangy…

    http://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/payment-ver4

    batsbrew
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    no trick or treaters here?

    bummer

    theboyfromsarasota
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    Liking it. Did you do something on the new track to stereo separate the guitar? The original recording sounds a little bigger (guitar wise) but the new one still sounds nice and wide. You are right, it clears up some space for the drums and vocals…the new mix is better.

    Chuck

    EZ Drums & Superior 2.0 - EZBass - Fractal Audio - Too Many Guitars

    batsbrew
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    hello in sarasota!
    heheh

    used to play in sarasota, years back….
    i grew up in jax.

    anyways, thanks for checking it out!

    this is the first time i played drums using a keyboard……
    just layering it up, a couple of pieces at a time..
    so i was curious to see how it came across to others using this method.
    normally, i drag and drop, then edit in piano view, in sonar..

    then, i re-use my edited clips here and there, and continue to edit so i don’t replicate the same clip too many times, because people can recognize memorable drum riffs…

    the guitars:

    i record mono tracks, and the only way i typically use them, is simply panned left and right.
    sometimes, i’ll add a short delay of a few milliseconds, and throw the dry track left, the delayed track right, and get a ‘stereo’ spread that way, just to fatten a track…
    but on this one, i just panned them. i didn’t hard pan them, i think they’re at about 75% left and right, so there is some bleed…

    thanks chuck!

    bridger
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    This is a very good track. I like everything about it. Mix sounds good.

    batsbrew
    Participant

    thanks bridger!

    it was a fun track to do, since all this werewolf imagery was VERY easy to tap into.

    i tried to play the rhythm guitar parts as if a werewolf were scratching them out!
    LOL

    same with the vox, it’s supposed to be all angst.

    the dude is so phucked, and he knows it!

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