thanks! very helpful advice
― the beta banned (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Synthi AKS + field recordings
http://soundcloud.com/constantlightduo/sasha-confluence
― Circlework de Soleil (S-), Thursday, 7 July 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Gorge, Friday, 8 July 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Haven't put anything up on ILX for years, but here are the last 3 track I've done:
http://soundcloud.com/glocknspiel
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 8 July 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/pennysong3000/mike-hanley-og-pennysongs-5
this is from 2002 or so
― coffeetripperspillerslyricmakeruppers (Latham Green), Friday, 8 July 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
Single from my upcoming EP:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06DqK7LXGDI
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Thursday, 14 July 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
Made a beat out of Hissing of Summer Lawns. Kind of a rough version - needs editing.
http://soundcloud.com/hurting2/jonibeat-v2
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Monday, 18 July 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ8hXMVVXV0
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 18 July 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
nice
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Monday, 18 July 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
I like that Jay Vee
― didn't even have to use my akai (Hurting 2), Monday, 18 July 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
thx!
― Vendo Caramelos A Veces Sin Dinero (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 18 July 2011 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
A little "making-of" footage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5blwigi2qrQ
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Thursday, 21 July 2011 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Lynskey, Saturday, 23 July 2011 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/sund4r-subramanian/sets
Just started looking at this thread. Enjoyed Jay Vee's track.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 23 July 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, replace the "4" with an "a" for the URL.
("Tension and Extension" is probably the most 'difficult' track btw.)
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Saturday, 23 July 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
what I sound like: some asshole w/ a guitar — http://bloodcoverletters.tumblr.com/post/7970619406/magical-mystery-tour-throwin-it-back-to-the
― bernard snowy, Sunday, 24 July 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
Another string quartet clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAIg75ikJgE
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
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
― owenf, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks, Owen. I appreciate it.
Looking forward to checking out the string quartet clips...
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
I shall contribute when I get home.
― owenf, Thursday, 28 July 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
made a bunch of noise onstage with my friend this tuesday:
http://fuguguffu.bandcamp.com/album/live-wrek-7-26-11
― I'm goin' hongrø-øøøøøøøøøøø (crüt), Saturday, 30 July 2011 05:30 (twelve years ago) link
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
― qpә (EDB), Monday, 1 August 2011 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
nice, everything sounds really well-produced. especially liked the tracks with a lot of vocal samples.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Monday, 1 August 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
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/
― om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 4 August 2011 19:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.mediafire.com/?vyap9toapyyzidn
^my new EP iirc
― dutty whiney (The Reverend), Monday, 8 August 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
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
― swaguirre, the wrath of basedgod (bernard snowy), Saturday, 13 August 2011 13:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://bloodletters.tumblr.com/post/9122477720/release-the-party
the fruits of my labores
― bernard snowy, Friday, 19 August 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
my second attempt at recording myself this is a little more ominous i guess
http://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/silver-panic
― any major based god will swag you (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 20 August 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://soundcloud.com/matthewmathieu/im-fine-thanks
some digital satie steez biting
― davon cuul II (m bison), Saturday, 27 August 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
finally re-revised the tepid drum track. sounds a shitload better now:
http://soundcloud.com/clonefeed/margarine
― thick-necked and hateful (latebloomer), Sunday, 28 August 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
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
― It was a Thursday night. I was working late... (dog latin), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
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
― earlnash, Thursday, 8 September 2011 05:06 (twelve years ago) link
What do you guys think of these tracks I made in Reason?
http://soundcloud.com/doglatin/sandalled-vandalThis 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.
― Yo wait a minute man, you better think about the world (dog latin), Sunday, 18 September 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
That first track sounds p good, but yeah, could use that extra subbass you mention.
― skrillex pretend (The Reverend), Monday, 19 September 2011 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― 'Main Shop of Love' Gigolo (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 19 September 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
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
― Yo wait a minute man, you better think about the world (dog latin), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 09:19 (twelve years ago) link
"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
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 September 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
i'm a lot more confident in my mixing than i was a year ago, but still not totally happy with any of my solo in-the-box mixes. doing a thing now where i'm sending stems (mostly groups of synths and vocals) to an engineer for him to bounce down to tape, then i combine those with my original bass & drum stems for a final mix. it has a nice analog summing effect and i still get to obsess over the final balance of everything.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Monday, 26 September 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
seems like you already know what to do, m@tt. you don't want to blow this by not taking it to a pro studio. i give so little thought to mixing. i have no idea what i'm doing.
― tylerw, Monday, 26 September 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
actually i'm not going to stress that much about the mix because i know howie weinberg at masterdisk is gonna fix a lot of this in mastering
― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 September 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
sending mine to bob clearmountain. he owes me a favor, you know.
― tylerw, Monday, 26 September 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
really irritating because i can hear in my head how it *should* be but i can't make it like that
Yes, this is the worst feeling. I was explaining to the mixing engineer just the other day how I hate it when I know a section of a song needs to sound "exciting," I know that it doesn't sound "exciting" yet, but I don't know how to get it there.
But it's always interesting how when you do get it there it was often via a totally different route than you had first thought -- e.g., sometimes you make the vocal sound more powerful by turning something *else* up.
― St3ve Go1db3rg, Monday, 26 September 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
I really feel like DJing is making me better at mixing. When I mix my tracks with similar music, I can pretty quickly tell when there's a problem that needs to be addressed and I have a good idea of what needs fixing, way more intuitively than if I just compare it to a guide track.
― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
this girl I'm producing got song of the day on popjustice yesterday.
pretty unmixed track we stuck up to gain a bit of interest.
http://www.popjustice.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5712&Itemid=243
― owenf, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 12:29 (twelve years ago) link
Mixing is pretty much voodoo. You raise something up other things start to vanish. Pretty much I just go with notch EQing dropping something out trying to bring something in on the track you want to come out some.
The hardest thing to get for me is getting a good drum sound. I can make the guitars sound good and bass etc, but the drums are always kind of limited by where (an untreated garage), the speed (pretty much line 'em up and go) and how we have recorded (pretty much live in the same room quite loud).
Towards the end of October we are going to do a second batch of recordings and I'm going to try some different things. I got a headphone distribution amp and I am going to setup the guitar and bass direct for the base track and cut the drums in the room without a ton of bleed from everything else. Then we are going to go back and overdub on top. The scratch guitar and bass could still be usable, as I have been able to get some decent sounds with a bass preamp and running a line off an attenuator.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 02:19 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah and I still need to get my drummer to get a new front bass drum head with a mic port. That solid drum works probably good for jazz in Rudy's living room to get the real sound of the kick, but it about impossible to get the beater sound just with a microphone on the front of the kick drum (especially with a bass amp and a loud tube amp in the same room not minding the PA with the live vocals).
I tried putting a mic on the inside of the kick where the beater was located but that thing was picking up so much from the snare and seemingly everything else, it was a worthless track to use in the mix.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 02:22 (twelve years ago) link