Sample Composition

[fish_tie]

As promised, I've took my meager equipment and recorded some short clips that I've found somewhat musical. Listen at your own risk.

I find this one slightly funky, though the temp might be off.

And this seems a little more melancholy.

Comments

[ext_34742]

I liked "Funk Riff #1". Keep working on that. It needs to grow into a song. :)

[multiplexer]

I'm not using acidplanet for any hosting because I'm not using Sony ACID, I'm using Apple Logic.

Anyway...

-- I like the first riff much more than the second riff. Your timing is a bit off on the second one and your gain is too low.

-- You play bass about as well as I do. It both gladdens my soul and means that one of us needs more practice. Since I'm not playing bass at the moment... :)

-- If you are recording in ACID, try putting a compression DSP insert into your recording chain. It should have a preset marked "BASS BOOST" of some kind. That should give your bass more punch. You could EQ it too to push up the lows, since on a bass you don't want any mids or highs, and that will give your Fender Bass a bit more oomph to the sound.

I don't know how to do this with ACID, since I've never used it, but it should be fairly simple to find something that says "Compression" and "EQ."

[fish_tie]

Thanks for the input. Truth be told, I recorded this initially with Audacity and then converted it with Sound Forge (that I got at a heavy discount). I haven't really started using any of the features yet because my thinking is that since I am miked through my headset speaker... I'd only be trying to polish a turd anyway.

I'll worry more about clean recordings when I start using a direct interface or get a better line in mike.

[multiplexer]

Ah, the cheap route! Sound Forge comes with a suite of plugins for later reference.

I am suddenly reminded that this weekend I must, must, MUST record some serious death metal ukulele. It will not be good. But it will be loud.

[flamingrose2824]

I agree with the others... the first one has much more character than the second. And since you have much more character, I would keep working on Funk #1. But good job overall on your accomplishments. You obviously have talent that has been long hidden away. Keep practicing so that it continues to flourish.

[zaph_redmantis]

More Funk Riff!