What do you sound like on Nu-ILX?

Just tweaked that tracked a tiny bit, here's the final version:

http://soundcloud.com/clonefeed/00-margarine-unknown

Drummer tried out last weeke end worked out pretty well. Haven't consumated the relationship, but it's looking good so far.

i like that margarine song latebloomer

http://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/01-track-one-short-edit

hey guys this kind of sounds like shit! like from a sonic perspective i think it sounds pretty shitty. i want to do a self recorded project and this is my first little demo, just figuring out how to work protools etc...

but it's kinda bumming me out...i dunno...any advice?

i like it. sort of starts out sounding like a tears for fears demo or something. (can't really help with the sonic stuff -- i am pretty dumb about all of that).

haha tears for fears demo! that's not far off

yeah it just feel like...muddy or something to me

i damn near just want to get a cassette four track because at least that's a defined sound and aesthetic

yeah i've thought about breaking out ye olde 4 track recently. i was even worse with that thing, but working within those limitations started sounding kind of appealing.

have you done much eq on it? it sounds like there are a lot of non-bass instruments that could use a low-cut filter, and maybe you could make sure they're not competing for the same space around the low mids. but i think it sounds clear enough, depending on what you're going for of course.

no jordan, don't know much about EQing...the bass i used this preset on the 36 band EQ plugin called "Bass DI Helper" because I was going direct in with the bass, and that seemed to help...

i'll check for maybe a "low cut filter" on the keyboards, but i think you might be on the right track, maybe that's the muddiness

i guess it sounds ok, this was basically just a test track to get myself acquainted with doing something resembling a "song"

this could be a whole other thread, but maybe try playing around with an eq, like doing exaggerated boosts in a small frequency area just to see where a given instrument lives. i cut everything below ~400 - 500 hz on all kinds of non-bass tracks, but especially vocals and percussion/samples.

thanks! very helpful advice

Synthi AKS + field recordings

http://soundcloud.com/constantlightduo/sasha-confluence

The collection of tunes I've done this year, all attached to video or humorous slide shows:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MrDickDestiny#p/u

Haven't put anything up on ILX for years, but here are the last 3 track I've done:

http://soundcloud.com/glocknspiel

http://soundcloud.com/pennysong3000/mike-hanley-og-pennysongs-5

this is from 2002 or so

Single from my upcoming EP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06DqK7LXGDI

Made a beat out of Hissing of Summer Lawns. Kind of a rough version - needs editing.

http://soundcloud.com/hurting2/jonibeat-v2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ8hXMVVXV0

nice

I like that Jay Vee

thx!

A little "making-of" footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5blwigi2qrQ

Hiya ILX, long time no speak. I've recently come out from the depths of wherever it is that I hide and brought out some new music stuff.

http://lynskey.bandcamp.com/album/idea-prime

If you're a last.fm person it's on there as well

http://www.last.fm/music/Lynskey/Idea+Prime

http://soundcloud.com/sund4r-subramanian/sets

Just started looking at this thread. Enjoyed Jay Vee's track.

Ha, replace the "4" with an "a" for the URL.

("Tension and Extension" is probably the most 'difficult' track btw.)

what I sound like: some asshole w/ a guitar — http://bloodcoverletters.tumblr.com/post/7970619406/magical-mystery-tour-throwin-it-back-to-the

Another string quartet clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAIg75ikJgE

Tension and Extension is my favorite. Sounds great.

St3ve Go1db3rg Those string quartets are great, I hate taking the 'musical director' role. I'm always so afraid of sounding like a wanker (past experience being on the receiving end with a shitty borrowed baritone saxophone I guess) but you got it down

Thanks owen! This project has taken about five months so far and I just wrapped up recording this week. Now I'm trying to meet my fundraising goal so I can pay for post-production and release the album.

Thanks, Owen. I appreciate it.

Looking forward to checking out the string quartet clips...

I shall contribute when I get home.

made a bunch of noise onstage with my friend this tuesday:

http://fuguguffu.bandcamp.com/album/live-wrek-7-26-11

I made a 73 minute mix of techno/house/dubstep/etc. tracks from the last two years or so that I made on FL Studio 4 on my 11 year old computer.

Would very much love feedback.

See more (including the soundcloud/download link) right here: DJs post your mixes for download

nice, everything sounds really well-produced. especially liked the tracks with a lot of vocal samples.

should have posted this on here to begin with but i put up the last album from the band i was in around 00 on bandcamp for free

still pretty proud of this, def late 90s indie etc but i think it's a good recording, esp the first and last songs

http://unbelievablejollymachine.bandcamp.com/

http://www.mediafire.com/?vyap9toapyyzidn

^my new EP iirc

http://bloodletters.tumblr.com/post/8842519115/new-song-demo-whatever-suicide-pact-morbid

starting to write songs again after a long hiatus—nothin' too fancy yet, but this was a fun way to kill an hour

http://bloodletters.tumblr.com/post/9122477720/release-the-party

the fruits of my labores

my second attempt at recording myself this is a little more ominous i guess

http://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/silver-panic

http://soundcloud.com/matthewmathieu/im-fine-thanks

some digital satie steez biting

finally re-revised the tepid drum track. sounds a shitload better now:

http://soundcloud.com/clonefeed/margarine

Supposed to be writing a review, but of course procrastination took over. Forgive the rubbish singing and the mistakes - just a bit of fun. Two rough beginnings of songs, plus a vocal version of the fingerstyle track I posted a few months back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxrnbzk628Y

Damn, some people are fairly professional by comparison.

I do have a couple of warmed up practice tapes with our new drummer here. It's pretty much live practice demos with a couple overdubs then mixed.

http://soundcloud.com/earlnash

What do you guys think of these tracks I made in Reason?

http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/sandalled-vandal
This one is on its way to completion, but it needs something else in there. Not sure what? OTher than an ending of course...

And here's a pleasant sounding little loop I've been struggling to write all day:
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/hertford-loop

I'd really like to get a track actually completed for once, so any comments/ideas most welcome.

That first track sounds p good, but yeah, could use that extra subbass you mention.

Dog Latin, I like 'Hertford Loop' as a sound sculpture very much! Could listen to that longer.

I agree that the first track, which has a sick rhythm, could do with some extra "flair" maybe, but I hope you won't abandon it!

Though hearing you play guitar makes me wish you could somehow bridge guitar, singing and beats (without becoming James Blake). You are showing true potential on a whole range of areas here!

Che LBI and the Rev. I've expanded Hertford Loop into more of a structured piece now, just needs a bit of icing.

LBI: as for playing and singing and electronic stuff, I made this album a couple of years ago in my room. Parts are quite sketchy and amateurish and the first song is awful, but if you are interested: http://mightysandyheathtransmitters.bandcamp.com/album/catgut-beefsteak-and-pride

"Che" = Cheers

MIXING IS SO F-ING HARD!!!

trying to mix my "little dog" track for the ilx covers loutallica project

it's like, on one hand, stuff like protools has made it super easy to just get stuff down to the point where ppl are like "yes that is a song" but it's that extra level of knowledge about compressors and EQ and stuff that really makes a good mix a good mix is what's missing! really irritating because i can hear in my head how it *should* be but i can't make it like that

in my darkest moments i'm honestly considering mixing this stupid joke metallica song at a professional studio haha