First studio demo of The Calm Before The Storm. :D

[fisken_uno]

Ok, I've recorded a rough demo of The Calm Before The Storm now. I was in a bit of a hurry because my friend wants his bass back before christmas so the most important track was obviously the bass track. I will probably re-record at least the vocals, and I will make the drumbeat a bit more interesting too. I will also add some piano, or electric

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[lupintehbunny]

Who, that's awesome :D

OOooo nice vocals and oooo I like this <3

I like this a lot <333

[fisken_uno]

Thanks! :D

Unfortunately, when listening to it today I noticed that it's a bit too fast. It really should be a little bit slower but unfortunately when having a majority of audio tracks you can't just turn the tempo down and re-record just a track or two, but it means I'll have to re-record pretty much everything (except the drums). It might just be worth it, so I'll see if I can do it today. Keeping in mind that my friend wants his bass back any day now, I really have nothing to lose because when I've returned it I won't be able to change anything like that. Time stretching is a BIG no-no. ;P

[lupintehbunny]

Dude, what you did was...well is awesome. I couldn't do anything like that even if I tried. I'd probably pee myself or something.

Point being, I'll be looking to the re-recorded version. Meanwhile I will have to listen to the current one till then.

Ooo vocals.... :0~~~~~~~~~

[fisken_uno]

Well, the latest news (as stated below) is that I will keep the tempo of this recording. I recorded a new, slower version (without vocals) and when I compared them it was absolutely clear that the faster tempo was better. It's possible that I turned the tempo down too much, and that the optimal tempo would be somewhere inbetween but I won't try recording yet one more. The tempo of the version posted works, so I'll devote the time & energy at making this version better instead. :)

And shut up @ the comments about the vocals :P They suck. But they'll get better. ;D

[mechanixx]

Steven Wilson! get out off that body ! lol

It's really nice.....I like this opeth/porcupine tree groove a lot.

Is the bass a bit too loud tho?

I need to compose seriously :p

[fisken_uno]

Thank you. :)

Yes, the bass is too loud. Mixing with teh headphones suck. I always end up mixing the bass too loud.

Currently re-recording it a bit slower. :)

My fucking Creative soundcard should be blown to pieces btw. I can't believe that I actually paid as much as I did for this piece of crap. A friend of mine has an M-Audio soundcard and a slower processor than me and he gets a LOT less hassle when recording. Fuck it.

[mechanixx]

I actually records with an old Sounblaster.......the one I had in my P3.....and it seems it doesn't like much my Athlon ...lol ... Sometimes it just..how to explain?..The sound will get all fucked up, as if there was a problem with my processor speed and the recording itself.....

Ah well...

[fisken_uno]

...but the point is that mine is not an OLD Creative card. I've got an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro and it works fine for many things, but recording and working with audio processing is a bitch. They claim that the card is aimed at musicians, but what the hell do they know...? They can't even write proper drivers for their cards. Their forums are full of angry customers but what do they care?

I mean it's pretty funny because when the CPU load meter is at 25% or 50% the card will act as if the CPU was screaming with agony. Not always though, but every now and then. I tried changing the PCI latency setting in the bios yesterday and last night it seemed to work VERY well. But today it's teh fucking same again. I deeply regret that I didn't buy the Terratec card people recommended instead of this miserable excuse for a soundcard.