OP
Thanks Truss_rod! It would have been really cool to have played some on one of those creations of yours!
A Taste Of Mommy...
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Thanks Truss_rod! It would have been really cool to have played some on one of those creations of yours!
OP
Thanks man!
Kerry Brown
Ambassador of the Great Northern Bar Jams
Very nice!
jtcnj
Ambassador of the Crossroad
Ya I skirted the perimeter on that one, but it brought to mind early Beatles I have always loved so much.
Why? the song titles are similar.
It has to be or I'm in deep trouble here.
OP
Thanks, but I have to admit my recording performance method was: two scratch tracks(guitar and vocal) recorded to a click(the guitar ended up in the mix, in the end) 94bpm-no accents, to allow for all of the time signature changes.
Then the click was shut off, and I played and sang along with the scratch guitar track....the scratch vocal was not needed for anything other than keeping my place while playing guitar for the first take, as it turned out.
Could I have done it without a click? Probably....but not as easily.
All recorded tracks are single pass(no overdubs or punches...I played/sang it right all the way through, or I didn’t use it)
3 acoustic guitar tracks
1 bass track
4 vocal tracks
2 tracks(different microphones) of the single electric guitar solo
Thanks a lot guys. I can’t help the thread title thing...it’s a gift...
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OP
Pretty spot on in intent! But dark humor....I can’t help it.
syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
Holy Feces Youbastardude!! That is an awesome cover of a very beautiful and haunting song. Very well done.
No real drummer is fine with me, too. You never know when one of them drummers are going to spontaneously combust right next to you...
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OP
Holy Feces Youbastardude!! That is an awesome cover of a very beautiful and haunting song. Very well done.
No real drummer is fine with me, too. You never know when one of them drummers are going spontaneously combust right next to you...
Thanks Sysco!
Yeah, those drummers man....especially if their names begin with “Stumpy”!
OP
Here’s a screen grab of the song, in the recording app used:
There’s really only 10 tracks in use. Three tracks are muted(the original scratch vocal, and two guitar mic tracks for a guitar solo take), and one is unused(don’t know why it’s still there even...too lazy to delete I guess).
This is such a great app....a really powerful tool.
There’s really only 10 tracks in use. Three tracks are muted(the original scratch vocal, and two guitar mic tracks for a guitar solo take), and one is unused(don’t know why it’s still there even...too lazy to delete I guess).
This is such a great app....a really powerful tool.
OP
Multritrack DAW by Harmonicdog. It’s an iOS app for iPhone, and iPad. It’s been around for a few years now. It’s fairly simple at heart, but reasonably effective. It lacks parameter automations for functions like volume and pan etc. Basically...you can automate a fade in, and fade out, for each sound file, but you can’t automate any decrease or increase in volume at any points between the fade in, and fade out. Essentially, you can’t “ride the faders and pans” while mixing, really...it forces you to manage the performance dynamics, and use your instruments in performance to control dynamic passages. For example; the guitar solo in my version of Pink Floyd’s “Mother” pictured above in tracks 8 and 9. You can see the files have been trimmed of excess recorded material...I’ve trimmed off most of the blank space before, and after, the pertinent recording. I’ve also set a fade in, and fade out, where the performance starts and stops...but I actually fade the guitar in and out manually, using the guitar volume knob. So, the solo volume fade out that you hear is actually me...turning down the guitar volume. While the visible fade out on the track starts immediately afterwards, to fade out any remaining amp/pedal noise. That’s about all the volume “automation” you get without other, more “creative” workarounds.
This, to me, is a good thing...as it forces the user to hone performance skills(control their instrument or vocal dynamics...and in the vocal case...use a mic effectively)
However, it is very different from the powerful mixing tools available in most of today’s computer based DAW software. It’s more of a “static” mixing style, where you set the overall track level, and pan, and let the performance speak.
There are some good effects on board...eq, compression, and a bus reverb, and delay. The master bus compressor is fantastic, to me. If you’re in to the iOS inter app audio thing, that’s available for outboard app effects and instruments(I don’t go there, really...I’m aware of the existence, but not feeling the need).
File sharing is fairly easy too... for example: say you use your phone to record something in MTDAW, and you want to use it in a PC running another DAW program. You can access the projects, and tracks in the app from a web browser using the same WiFi network. Pressing the WiFi button on the project page shows the ip to type in to the computers browser...
From the browser, on another device/computer, you get a screen that allows you to choose projects, or tracks, to download...(or you could contribute to the phone project by uploading a file or three)...
Let’s look in to the “Den live” project...
So, yes....it plays well with others(including PC).
The only downer I’ve come across with file sharing with MTDAW is the fact that, although it does record in Wav file format, there is no time stamping...that can lead to some initial frustrations when sharing tracks to other computer based DAW programs, but can be made to work if kept in mind.
Oops! That was lengthy...sorry.
OP
iPhone/iPad requires the USB adapter, AKA the camera adapter.
I have used:
ART DualPre(on the recording this thread)
Apogee Jam- edit: no headphone jack on the jam-a problem with newer iPhones that also have no headphone jack.
Samson GoMic usb mic
Another I can’t remember the name right now(16 channel)edit: got it now Cymatic Audio LR-16. It’s discontinued now, but works really well for pulling signal direct from any mixer with inserts, or direct outs available... link-LR-16 Live Recorder – discontinued product May 2017
Soundcraft Signature 12 MTK.
Lots of USB interfaces work...as long as they’re class compliant.
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