Seems like computer hardware and software are used everywhere in music now. It would be cool to see and hear how people are using. Here's some of my stuff. This is using the Commodore Amiga bass sound with Deluxe Music Construction software to notate the bass and slave the drumm machine. Recorded to a Fostex. This a digitized version from cassette.Circa 1990
Fast forward: Intel MAC Garage Band software using only the internal MAC microphone
Finale software playing the Harpsichord part. Recording software Digital Performer Motu 828 interface.
For composition orchestration Finale works great. For graphics Iphoto and Imovie work great toghether.
---------- Emile "Diggs" D'Amico a Legend In His Own Mind How you doin'
For recording I have a sapphire pro interface and an m-audio fast track. For pure electronic music I use FL Studio and for acoustic stuff I use either a program called Mixcraft or Cakewalk's Sonar 8.5 I have spent far to much on Digital Recording Software over the years :) :)
This was recording using my sm57 running thru my RP255 into Mixcraft.
Well Diggs, your first vid "Blue Night" is really nice, with appropriate computerized musical background. 3min26 of atmospheric feelings that give gooseflesh, out of the time, out of the space... Bravo!
Thanks guys. @shade42 nice mood and warm recording. Digital recording can sometimes be "cold" sounding. You can't beat digital recording for convenience and fast editing. ---------- Emile "Diggs" D'Amico a Legend In His Own Mind How you doin'
The Singer is Genevieve. The Beat Boxer is DC. He is pretending to be playing harmonica in the vids (if I looked as cool as he does maybe I'd actually "be" in the video myself :).
I produced, performed (except for the vocals and beatboxing) and recorded all the music tracks at my home studio. When I can I like to add some harp to the songs since it so much about train sounds. Pretty basic train sounds and chugging.
The basic setup for this project was MOTU 896 MK III interface. Tracking, arranging and mixing in Pro Tools Native, and Mastering in Digital Performer. Various instrument & effects plug ins along with acoustic and electric guitars, basses and harps. I agree with Diggs about warming up digital recordings any way you can when you can from having worked a lot with tape back in the past.
There should be some new vids coming out soon that have some more harp playing.
Love to hear more about what other folks are using.
Diggs, I think I just created a second track mirroring the first and then shifted it down. I was trying to remember the rule about parallel octaves. It was actually a moment where I figured out some theory and then when I went to look it up I'd come to the same conclusion as the pros. There's a first for everything. They said that the problem was an issue of keeping the parts sounding different, and to pan them left and right. That's what I'd figured!
For the record, I like all your tunes, but Blue Night is my favorite.
Last Edited by on May 12, 2012 8:11 PM