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Composing
Sometimes it is hard to make the transition from good riffs to a well composed
song. I like to build up each track of a song with a MIDI sequencer before recording.
That way I can play with each part until it all comes together exactly like I want.
This is the reason why I have a MIDI posted here for almost every song and why you can hear
the MIDI version of a song before I record it.
Instruments
On Instrumentals, I used my Ibanez RX and a DOD metal distortion pedal for all
electric parts. I used my noname acoustic on all acoustic tracks except "Sway". I used
House's classical style guitar for that one. For Limited Sight Distance, I used RonchQ's
Ibanez RG with lock nut and floating tremolo, his Digitech RP7 Valve effects board, and my
Ibanez EX bass. On my next album, I will be using a Digitech Genesis 3 Processor and hopefully
an Ibanez 7-string.
For most songs on Instruments there is only one instrument track. Songs on Limited Sight
Distance contains multiple guitar tracks, a bass track, a vocal track, and due to my lack of
drums, a synthesized drum track. This same format will be used for the next album.
Recording/Editing
I don't have a fancy recording studio. Everything is done on my computer.
On Instrumentals I was using a 5-year-old Creative Labs Sound Blaster card. I'd record
acoustic tracks through a microphone and electric tracks through the external line-in. I
did all my editing with WAVE manipulation programs like GWave and Acid Wave. Now I have
a brand new Creative MP3+ Sound Card. It records a much cleaner sound. It also
came with a nice WAVE manipulator called Wave Studio. For Limited Sight Distance, I primarily
used Wave Studio and Cool Edit Pro.
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