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G'day fuzzies. ZZ Cat here with another ZZ Top cover. This time, It's Stages.
There isn't any singin' in this cover because I didn't record any. I'm still training my voice. I can sing in tune now, but I still need to work on getting some lung into it in order to get that powerful voice that I'm after.
OK, so, rundown time:
• Picks: My "built-in" ones. It's why cats make excellent guitarists. =^/.^=
• Guitar: Jackson JS-23 Dinky "High Voltage Super Strat."
• FX & Recording hardware: Roland/Boss ME-25.
• Recording software: FL Studio X.
Oh & it's up on SoundCloud too.
Credits/Acknowledgements:
• Guitar, programming, sequencing, sound engineering & editing: zzcat
• Drums/Percussion sampling: talvifox
• >Inb4 copyright claim: Original song can be heard on ZZ Top's 1985 album: "Afterburner" & is © 1985 Warner Bros. Music Group.
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PS: I'm glad to have my hearing back in my left ear again. This means no more "muddy" or "lifeless" music.
PPS: Somebody suggested that I record my singing for this cover. I will track my voice tomorrow & upload another file with this version + singing. Get your ear plugs ready, 'cause it'll sound like a dying house cat. =x/.x=
There isn't any singin' in this cover because I didn't record any. I'm still training my voice. I can sing in tune now, but I still need to work on getting some lung into it in order to get that powerful voice that I'm after.
OK, so, rundown time:
• Picks: My "built-in" ones. It's why cats make excellent guitarists. =^/.^=
• Guitar: Jackson JS-23 Dinky "High Voltage Super Strat."
• FX & Recording hardware: Roland/Boss ME-25.
• Recording software: FL Studio X.
Oh & it's up on SoundCloud too.
Credits/Acknowledgements:
• Guitar, programming, sequencing, sound engineering & editing: zzcat
• Drums/Percussion sampling: talvifox
• >Inb4 copyright claim: Original song can be heard on ZZ Top's 1985 album: "Afterburner" & is © 1985 Warner Bros. Music Group.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
PS: I'm glad to have my hearing back in my left ear again. This means no more "muddy" or "lifeless" music.
PPS: Somebody suggested that I record my singing for this cover. I will track my voice tomorrow & upload another file with this version + singing. Get your ear plugs ready, 'cause it'll sound like a dying house cat. =x/.x=
Category Music / 80s
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Glad you enjoyed the samples!
Sounds good!! Nice playing! ^-^ Two little bits of advice I'd suggest playing around with. (Whether it you like them or not is up to you, all just my opinion)
I think things may have been compressed/maximised a tiny bit too much. The cymbals sound rather squashed, and things therefore tend to sound a teeny bit messy when things get louder. If you think things still don't sound quite right, try being a little more conservative with the compression, or try using parallel compression for the drums and dial in only a little bit to the mix c:
Another idea, instead of the cymbal roll with the aggressive hits at the start, why not try just reversing a crash cymbal? It'll make the drums sound that much more real~!
Sounds good!! Nice playing! ^-^ Two little bits of advice I'd suggest playing around with. (Whether it you like them or not is up to you, all just my opinion)
I think things may have been compressed/maximised a tiny bit too much. The cymbals sound rather squashed, and things therefore tend to sound a teeny bit messy when things get louder. If you think things still don't sound quite right, try being a little more conservative with the compression, or try using parallel compression for the drums and dial in only a little bit to the mix c:
Another idea, instead of the cymbal roll with the aggressive hits at the start, why not try just reversing a crash cymbal? It'll make the drums sound that much more real~!
Yeha. I'm not runnin' any EQ on the cymbals at all & no compression on anything apart from my guitar (which uses the ME-25's built-in compressor). I didn't add anything on the cymbals 'cause I felt that would make 'em take over the entire song (which I hate when that happens).
I was also about to do put in a reverse cymbal at the beginning, but I thought "What if this were to be played live?" Kinda hard to get a reverse-cymbal effect when the song's played live. That's why I made the conscious decision to not do that & just have the cymbal roll instead.
I'll see what I can do in the next one. =^/.~=
I was also about to do put in a reverse cymbal at the beginning, but I thought "What if this were to be played live?" Kinda hard to get a reverse-cymbal effect when the song's played live. That's why I made the conscious decision to not do that & just have the cymbal roll instead.
I'll see what I can do in the next one. =^/.~=
That's strange! It really does sound like things have been compressed. Maybe it is the guitar tone.. I don't know, like particularly with the crash cymbals in the verses you can kinda hear them bobbing in and out as they ring out? That's what made me jump to the conclusion you'd compressed, side-chain compressed or maximized the overall mix. >~<
A tip for sitting cymbals a bit better in the mix so they don't 'take over' would be to EQ them so you've got all the nice brightness, and then pull the levels down so that they're still there but not overly obvious. Also pan them. Pan them a fair bit. It'll not only give you a super wide and big sound, but it'll help free up the mix and make it less 'crowded' should you run into that issue.
Reverse cymbals can be a hit or a miss for that very reason. I guess here it just makes it really obvious that it's a sampled cymbal because it sounds really unnatural. The cymbal is being hit with the same force each time, just you are controlling the overall volume. Cymbal rolls played live sound much more like a reverse cymbal and much more authentic as one can get numerous different sounds out of the cymbal. All personal preference though!
Can't wait for the next one~
A tip for sitting cymbals a bit better in the mix so they don't 'take over' would be to EQ them so you've got all the nice brightness, and then pull the levels down so that they're still there but not overly obvious. Also pan them. Pan them a fair bit. It'll not only give you a super wide and big sound, but it'll help free up the mix and make it less 'crowded' should you run into that issue.
Reverse cymbals can be a hit or a miss for that very reason. I guess here it just makes it really obvious that it's a sampled cymbal because it sounds really unnatural. The cymbal is being hit with the same force each time, just you are controlling the overall volume. Cymbal rolls played live sound much more like a reverse cymbal and much more authentic as one can get numerous different sounds out of the cymbal. All personal preference though!
Can't wait for the next one~
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