localcrew Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 (edited) I posted this link a while ago to some small interest and wondered if a more direct subject line (as above) would help attract Deadheads-for whom these songs are primarily intended....though obviously I hope they may be enjoyed by all...http://www.myspace.com/dcmuir Edited March 18, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Sounds pretty sweet - well-crafted and painted songs here (your voice reminds me an awful lot of Bruce Hornsby for some reason). Nice job . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 This sounds really nice. how are these being recorded? Curious as there are so many ways to capture and mix music. I do wonder if there is enough home recording setups on this board to setup a forum dedicated to questions and answers on the topic.I'm just figuring out how to use an iMac these days with Garageband. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Thanks much!I use Sonar Producer 6 with lots of plugins and soft synths. I'm going into a Creative labs X Fi soundcard..... I have a single 57 mic, a Roland GK3 midi pickup for my guitar to make the synth and keyboard sounds (as I can't play keys sadly-even though I own a player piano-but then it plays itself anyway), a Yamaha DD-55c so I can play drums into the computer as well as a Creative Labs Prodikeys keyboard with touch sensitive keys just because I could buy it here in town for $40.... I would like to see an area for folks to talk about (home) recording and for more to get into it in general. I would highly recommend it to people who like to write songs as a way to easily (relatively) realize those songs that may be in their heads (hearts) or just on paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarberman Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I have been writing tunes for a while and was using a 4 track to record. Now I am planning to get into digital recording. L & M told me a mac and preamps and I would be ready to go.Any advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 cool info. I wondered if there was a benefit to a drum machine. Garageband has lots of drum beats that can be cut and pieced together, but I can rarely find the exact rhythm that i'm looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 I'm not sure how garageband works but with my stuff I find it important to keep the music in line with the measures and tempo so you can quantize the midi data if you find you have drifted off the timing. I would find a drum pattern that was close enough to the song to keep the tempo until I get a few tracks down and then actually play the drum parts on the Yamaha as I use it as an electronic drum set rather than a drum machine...though it could be used as such. Of course you could edit the drum parts with a keyboard or note by note in the music program to get what you like.It's very hard to put in a drum loop and add lots of different instrument parts that sync up unless you align it properly with the measures of your music program....eventually some parts will go out of sync and it's harder than you may think to find which part is off (if you have many)....guitarberman, I would say that you have some good advice there though I don't think it matters much whether you go the Mac or PC route....I have a PC and many soundmen I know with studios use PCs as well...some use Macs of course but it doesn't really matter much anymore. Macs are usually suggested for people who don't know much about computers and don't want to learn....PCs are more customizable...depends which you prefer...You'll want a good computer with probably a couple gigs of ram and lots of hard drive space....a dvd burner or something to back stuff up because I can tell you the pain of losing months worth of work is not pleasant...I would suggest an M Audio soundcard of some sort....you may find one with a built in pre amp for not too much money. I stuck to Creative Labs simply because I have been using certain Soundfonts for years that will only work with their card but I would think M Audio would be a better soundcard in general...lower latency etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 I have an M-Audio Firewire 410 for an audio interface and I'm so pleased to have such a piece of hardware. You can pretty much plug anything into it. However, it crashes when I try and use it with Skype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarberman Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Thanks for the advice. I am looking forward to spending lots of my time recording and learning how to use the equipment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 I have an M-Audio Firewire 410 for an audio interface That thing is really cool. Link Have you ever used it for field recording or just in home use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 The M-Audio MobilePre USB is a great, simple (and affordable) audio interface for anyone that doesn't need to record more than two tracks at once.http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MobilePreUSB-main.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 I have an M-Audio Firewire 410 for an audio interface That thing is really cool. Link Have you ever used it for field recording or just in home use?Only at home. I suppose if I had a macbook, I might experiment outside of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 I ordered myself a MacBook this weekend. Looking forward to doing some recordings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FastTrackPro-main.htmlI was looking at one of these as it has midi input as well.....I stuck with the Creative Labs for my Soundfonts that I am hooked on though....M Audio is better I'm sure though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 I ordered myself a MacBook this weekend. Looking forward to doing some recordings.you'll probably enjoy garageband, but if you get your hands on logic express or pro tools, you'll be in heaven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted May 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2007 I've just uploaded a slight remix of Highway; the snare drum was driving me nuts so I remixed it a bit....not much of a change I know but there it is.I have a friend who has some web space so some day-hopefully soonish I will be uploading a couple 'albums' worth of tunes. Of course they're not all Grateful Dead tribute sings but they are still by a Deadhead and hopefully Deadheads will enjoy them.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted May 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Just uploaded a remix of The King of Hearts (a song for Jerry of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Just uploaded a remix of A Tall Tale....a bit better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 hey, I used to check your shows out a lot in the '90s in Ottawa. Liked them a lot. Some of the stuff with your bluegrass band (with Eric Lackey and Terry Joe) was particularly fun. Did you record any of that? Can't seem to stream anything because of my connection here, so sorry if that's the stuff that's already up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
localcrew Posted July 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 Cool...I don't have any recordings anyway....maybe something we taped ad hoc in the backyard or something....?...Get a connection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blane Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 I actually taped you guys twice from the SBD (at the upstairs club), and I think I actually transferred one of them to CD a number of years ago. Probably have them stuffed away somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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