My first two crappy recordings

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 4:24 pm

Thanks for all the tips, the main thing I recognized everyone mentioned was practicing a lot and making it flow better then just playing to record. I have realized it sounds kinda forced like someone said. For some reason since BEF was my first recording I felt nervous which sucked big time and I felt I needed to hit every note perfectly instead of just feeling it out and letting it flow. I do not care for playing BEF anymore, so I probably won't record it again. Also it was also the first time I used multitracking software so it took me forever to record BEF, almost making me dread playing the song which isn't good. I am feeling Incubus a lot right now, and LIOG so you might see me put some different tunes up. Until then, I cannot wait for Caves Incubus song to get posted. Thanks all and keep jammin.

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:05 pm

By the way, the guitar I used was my best purchase ever. $150 for this Fender DG-11E. I know it sucks, but for $150 it sounds amazing. To record I just used Cakewalk and I hooked my guitar up to my soundcard. I thought it sounded pretty good too for a $150 setup.

gravedigger · Unread post by **gravedigger** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:16 pm

BigSpeen3436 wrote:By the way, the guitar I used was my best purchase ever. $150 for this Fender DG-11E. I know it sucks, but for $150 it sounds amazing. To record I just used Cakewalk and I hooked my guitar up to my soundcard. I thought it sounded pretty good too for a $150 setup.

it sounded very good.

IronMike778 · Unread post by **IronMike778** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 5:40 pm

BigSpeen3436 wrote: To record I just used Cakewalk and I hooked my guitar up to my soundcard. I thought it sounded pretty good too for a $150 setup.

Hooked it up how? Plugged into the soundcard directly or played into a mic which was plugged into the mic jack?

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 6:13 pm

My guitar has a piezo pickup, so I just plugged in a regular guitar cable, and connected it to a converter. Not sure which type, I borrowed it from a friend who got it at radioshack for 5 bucks. It has a female input for the guitar cable then a male output for the soundcard. The output thing is the same as a mic or speaker one for a soundcard hookup.

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 6:14 pm

oh yeah, i plugged it in the line out on my soundcard, then went to the volume control and switched it to recording control, then went in and selected the line out box and adjusted the volume a lil bit and I was smokin.

IronMike778 · Unread post by **IronMike778** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 7:18 pm

BigSpeen3436 wrote:oh yeah, i plugged it in the line out on my soundcard, then went to the volume control and switched it to recording control, then went in and selected the line out box and adjusted the volume a lil bit and I was smokin.

YOu do mean "Line IN", don't you?

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Thu Feb 20, 2003 8:44 pm

Yeah, LINE IN, unless I stumbled across some crazy new technology. Something that you plug IN to, yet it plugs out of. Yeah, uh I need help.

dmplayer · Unread post by **dmplayer** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 10:52 am

Hey man, I listened to BEF and I thought it was pretty good. I agree with the other guys that you need to spice up the rythmn a little bit but I definitely think you make it all sound interesting with the multitracking that you do. The violin part that you put over the main part of the song sounds really good and gives the song some dimension. How long have you been playing? For a first try, it sounded really good. I would say just keep practicing those chord changes and strumming and you could make it even more cool. Keep up the good work and keep posting.

play on,
kyle

Speenis · Unread post by **Speenis** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 5:06 pm

I've been playing since December of 2001, and I recorded BEF around Dec. of 02. I recorded The Warmth earlier this week.

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My first two crappy recordings

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