lurksalot Posted June 10, 2022 Author Share Posted June 10, 2022 32 minutes ago, Leonard Smalls said: Slipped on some wet grass! And no, I wasn't smoking it... it’s not your bouncing bass leg is it ? Hope it gets better soon bud 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 The picture made me think of tranquility and solitude. So I decided to go for a kind of 'solo' thing - a single performance into a single mic, with minimal number of takes. So just a guitar tuned to open D and vocal. Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar tuned open D (DADF#AD). Performed into a Zoom H1 recorder with inbuilt stereo mic. Then transferred the WAV to Studio One DAW to add a touch of reverb, EQ and compression. Kind-of first take... one take for mic placement and another to decide the number of verses - the final was the first take after that. Lyrics in spoiler Spoiler Oh I feel the sun gentle on my skin Oh I feel the calm that lies within Oh I feel the breeze that gently moves the leaves The simple plot that nature weaves Chorus: Oh tranquility, won't you come to me oh solitude, my lover be Don't want no one walking by my side Let nature be my bride Oh, I see nobody as I look around Oh i drift into the peace that I have found oh forget my troubles calmness comes my way thankful for this peaceful day Chorus 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) My entry bass on the picture chosen by last months winner Skankdelvar Well I thought this shouted 'Folk' so I tried it, and it actually turned out a little bit folky the lead guitar bit was supposed to sound like a mandolin , and I used a midi piano to make the fiddle sounds , I'm sure they could be more accurate...if I spent a year trying to polish it! A fair bit of autotune on the vocal, but my sister reckons my nasal tones work best in the folk genre , and when she says best , she means least worse! IIRC The hook of the lyric comes from a 2 Ronnies sketch , its a line that me and my brother throw at each other quite regularly Edited June 19, 2022 by lurksalot 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Here's mine for June. The image is of a bucolic scene so I decided to take a relaxing ramble through the musical countryside with not a care in the world. Used an acoustic Matsikas Greek Bouzouki recorded with an Apogee+ MiC, a Westfield Violin Bass and a Yamaha KPT-240 keyboard for the plinky plonky, swirly whirly and, erm, trumpety wumpety sounds. Recorded using Wavepad and Audacity. Edited June 21, 2022 by upside downer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Something a bit more basic than last month's kitchen sink production number. An admiring nod to Richard Gaughan and Peter Maxwell Davies. Lyrics ↓ Spoiler To The Gates Of The West The ghost of me father came to me last night he said 'Boy always give it your best. 'You'll never stick a life on the farm 'You must go to the gates of the West' Mother of mine with your worrisome ways Oh, can't you give it a rest? Now the sun is rising behind me as I go to the gates of the West I have no brothers, all men are my kin as sure as the heart in my chest is warming my blood and driving me on, on to the gates of the West Over the dark rolling ocean there lies the land of the blessed. So I shall take passage and ship from the gates of the West The wind is set fair the sails are full but there is a pain in my breast. I stand at the rail and look back to the gates of the West Oh let us all build a hearth and a home where be our spirits refreshed But that cannot be til each man is free to go to the gates of the West The ghost of me father came to me last night he said 'Boy always give it your best 'You'll never stick a life on the farm 'You must go to the gates of the West' Boring stuff Spoiler Keys - Versilian Upright Piano - freebie Mic - First outing for a Joe Meek JM37 condenser Edited June 22, 2022 by skankdelvar 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Smalls Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 10/06/2022 at 14:48, Leonard Smalls said: Got up to 50% of the 48Gb of RAM! Just been investigating this... Actually it was 50% on Ableton's cpu monitor. Having checked in Resource monitor I see that, despite multicore being enabled, it favoured only 2 of the 14, and one of those was at 50%. RAM was at 8%! Seems weird that Ableton, who say that it will work with up to 16 cores, likes to only cosy up with just a couple rather than doing the whole orgy thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 Ok All We are in have a good one 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurlyJoe Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I just recorded this using my newly acquired Gretsch G2210. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 8 hours ago, SurlyJoe said: I just recorded this using my newly acquired Gretsch G2210. Ive PM’d SurlyJoe and this is not an entry to the challenge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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