The Opeth 'Riff thread' has returned...

[Protected Witness]

Yeah Fruity Loops was used. There's nothing to tell really, I'll link you to a quick tutorial on sequencing and looping patterns... it basically told me everything I use. I hate the program though, mainly because there is no simple way of doing triplets and 'off-notes' like that, because it's for technoheads.

http://www.studiowhiz.com/tutorials/26/

It's not that hard. You just have to know what you're doing and be patient. My clip is fruity loops 3.0 as well. Those kicks are are eighth note triplets.

 

[Shadows Skulk]

That's it, I'm totally doing the solo from The Leper Affinity now..

 

[Leper_/-\ffinity]

Cause mine was so shitty?!? ...or so inspiring lol...

 

[Seance]

nice job guys! they're all good listens

 

[suislidE]

Can anyone point me to some drum samples then? I think i figured it out.. its just the ones that come with it suck.

 

[Leper_/-\ffinity]

I use the ones at nskit.com, Ive found them to be the most suitable for metal/rock kind of stuff because the cymbals etc ring out instead of giving that momentary techno feel.

So yeah, try www.nskit.com

 

[suislidE]

Thanks a ton dude... those samples sound compared to the ones that come with fruity loops lol

 

[Protected Witness]

http://www.toontrack.com/index_samples.shtml

 

[Shadows Skulk]

[QUOTE="Leper_/-\ffinity]Cause mine was so shitty?!? ...or so inspiring lol...[/QUOTE]


I've been wanting to do it for some time, and now I've been beaten! Just you wait...

 

[Leper_/-\ffinity]

http://www.toontrack.com/index_samples.shtml

Are there downloadables on there?!? Could you tell me where to get them please?!?

 

[Ermz]

Drumkit from Hell > All. . Something orchestrated by Fredrik Thordendal and Tomas Haake can NOT be bad.

Anyhow... Leper solo eh... might see about that later on in the week...

 

[Leper_/-\ffinity]

bump...come on guys, tell us what is wrong with our playing, or criticize something, or maybe record some stuff of your own?!? Id love to hear some keyboard/bass/drum playing too!!!!

 

[Shadows Skulk]

Here it is: the solo from The Leper Affinity.

http://people.ucsc.edu/~dgreenbe/leper-affinity-solo.wav

 

[deliverance]

i'll be re-recording some new ones and old ones, once i get my half stack that i just ordered. all my others were recorded with a tiny practice amp.

 

[Leper_/-\ffinity]

Awesome, very good, much better than mine I must say. I tried though. Seems like a few parts you played a bit different, maybe I had a bad tab. How long you been playing?!?

 

[Shadows Skulk]

5 years. And I didn't do it by tab, because they're rarely accurate. I sat down for like a half hour one day and figured it out by ear.

 

[Moonstruck]

Well, I'm back from vacation, so here's another guitarist for you...

Abit of Nectar:
http://www.geocities.com/arjensdump/sound/nectar1.mp3 (Copy&Paste)

 

[Ermz]

Great work so far guys.

 

[suislidE]

Moonstruck that sounds pretty good, but sounds like you recorded with either alot of reverb or in a large echoing room.. kinda muds up the sound.

 

[Moonstruck]

I usually like to put a decent amout of reverb on my recordings, especially clean/acoustic parts. I admit that I overdo it sometimes, but I really just play around with effects and stuff in Cool Edit Pro. Playing around is the only way to find the tone(s) you like I guess. The Nectar piece for example has two different reverbs and a real subtle flanger on it. Just experimenting.