[LAU] New music: Shoegaze

[James Stone]

Thanks for listening!

On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Atte André Jensen
<atte.jensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> James Stone wrote:
>
>> All recorded with Renoise:
>>
>> http://drop.io/mcrx9js
>
> Sounds ok, but the distorted sounds are much too loud, about 4-8 db. I
> don't like the downwards bend, maybe do a little less of it.
>

Ah. OK.. but maybe that's part of the style.. Vocals buried, too loud
distorted guitars, weird pitch bends sounding like tape issues.. Not
sure if you know the sound but listen to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LseSx_hPJyQ

(and the related songs from that album)

to get an idea of what I was aiming for.

But I agree it all sounds amazingly over-loud despite being <0 dB overall.

Personally I like the pitch bending, but not 100% sold on the
distortion, so I will attempt some more alterations.

>> One thing I'm not totally happy with is the "fizzy" distortion.
>
> Did you try the cabinet simulation in the 2.5 beta? I think they are
> pretty good, although I didn't try emulating "real" distortion...

Not yet - I'm using a demo version, so no access to that.. Still, I'm
really sold on the program - particularly the vocal capture bit - so I
will probably buy full version (and get access to the beta) in the new
year once I feel I'm allowed to spend money on myself again!

James