Gabriel M. Beddingfield wrote: > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, James Stone wrote: > >> Here is my last track of the year (although probably not finished). >> Early 90's shoegaze style with lots of nods in the direction of the >> likes of My Bloody Valentine, and probably/maybe some Goth influences >> too?? > > Pretty nice... thanks for sharing. > >> One thing I'm not totally happy with is the "fizzy" distortion. I think >> this might just be a result of using the computer rather than a valve >> amp, but I'm particularly interested in improving this aspect... > > Especially after listening to the MBV link you posted, I think you're > pretty close with this sound. (I'll call it the "guitar" part... even > though I think it's a synth.) Prob. all you need to do is turn down the > mids... maybe add a stereo delay with a very short delay (20-100 ms), > and a different delay time for L/R. (BTW, I'm a guitar player...) > Thanks for listening! The main problem with the distortion sound is that there are no highs - I have to cut them as they are just digital distortion - and very unpleasant. I will have a tweak with things as you suggest and see if I can get it a bit better. > Also, I think you need to turn up the bass and the drum parts a lot > (compared to your distortion sound). Maybe for the bass part, take off > the distortion. This may mean you have to turn down the "guitar" part a > little bit. Also consider adding a little more motion to the bass line. > OK.. sounds good. > The vocals being a little low is fine... but they should maybe stand out > a /little/ more. If you turn down the mids on the "guitar" part... I > think it will help in this area, too. > > I like the reverb on the drums a lot. :-) > Thanks! James _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
