record-a-riff thread anyone?

[Evil Ernie]

Can't find the old threads so I'll just start a new one.

I just bought a Gibson Studio Les Paul and I wanted to record some stuff.
This is a little Blackwater Park play along, I'm on the left channel, the original song is panned right. A few mistakes, its a very rough mix, but the tone is pretty nice me thinks :hotjump:

http://www.soundclick.us/fastkG/10/05/freemp3/evilernie+blackwaterparkplayalong.mp3

 

[Ermz]

Yeah man, that's some pretty good tone.

 

[Evil Ernie]

Back about a year ago we had some pretty nice Opeth recording going on. Feel free to record something else though, I don't give a damn. I think that the rating other ppl's riff idea wouldn't work that well on this board.

*Waiting for Moonlapse to post a riff*

 

[Ermz]

Don't think it'll happen dude. My soundcard is still plagued by computer noise and I don't really have anything decent to process the guitar with.

 

[Evil Ernie]

Guess this thread is doomed then. I don't think anyone else is going to take part. It sucks cause your recordings sounded really nice.

 

[TehLeperAffinity]

i'd like to do what we did on the metallica forum a few years back. basically everyone chips in on their own riff to form a song. people submit their own riffs and tab them out, and you assort things out and make a song out of it and one person who has a good recording setup records it, and someone can do the drum parts (maybe in reason or something) and the bass, vocals, etc. it took a while, but the song actually turned out decent

That's a good idea, I would definately chip in.

 

[Goober]

like, a certain song or just make up a song?

 

[Ermz]

Create-a-song. One person throws in a riff, other person throws in another riff etc. they see what fits together. Some (un)lucky dude has the pleasure of recording it all, and then it comes out as a finished track.

 

[Goober]

sequencing is fun, but it would be a bitch to adjust the tempo to all the riffs

 

[Goober]

eh, i guess it wouldnt be too bad, depending on what i use, i dont know if you would have to adjust tempo to every riff if youre using something like fruity loops to sequence

 

[Ermz]

Don't use fruity loops to sequence anything. Ever.

 

[Goober]

what should i use then?

 

[Ermz]

Don't use anything at the moment. We haven't even worked out whether the whole thing is a 'go' yet, much less who the dude doing the recording/mixing will be.

 

[Ermz]

Reason is the best for sequencing artificial drumbeats, as far as I know. Does it have a velocity bank, or the ability to provide random samples from the same velocity range?

I use Cubase SX to sequence, and load the samples into Battery to handle all my 'realism' parameters. Although I've heard Battery 2 is better.

 

[TheApostle]

make an Opeth Forum album....

would be cool prolly talented enough to get signed by Roadrunner... i mean... i love you mikael

 

[Jon Snow]

I have an acoustic guitar and cakewalk. That's about it.

 

[Shadows Skulk]

I'd do an Opeth riff if I didn't have finals next week

but if we do a prolonged project like piecing together a song with original riffs, I'm down for that

 

[Justin S.]

I'd do an Opeth riff if I didn't have finals next week

but if we do a prolonged project like piecing together a song with original riffs, I'm down for that

Id contribute to a larger project as well. Sounds fun.

 

[Evil Ernie]

Don't use fruity loops to sequence anything. Ever.

I use Fruity Loops for my drum tracks. I think it's ok since my samples are pretty good, but I haven't tried anything else.

The create-a-song thing could be a cool idea... I'm willing to write a riff and see where someone else could take it.

 

[Goober]

if i was gonna post a riff, should i like, record it with my mic or through some weird recording equipment?