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Hey, I've been progressing a little on this song idea. I'm pretty much done with the first verse and I'm considering some distorted guitar power chords for the chorus, but in my mind that would sound way too much like Buckethead's Soothsayer, the song that inspired mine.

That song idea plus jslomba's Flashback would make pretty good songs for our next album. We should start thinking about ideas for songs now, since Crimson Love only needs vocals to be released.

EDIT: If FreshStudios is really sure about leaving, I say we contact KalinaStar or LolaRose1892. I think KalinaStar's singing would sound better in a mix (louder, clearer), and her recordings are of a higher quality. LolaRose has better pitch, though.

Last edited by technoguyx (2012-04-07 13:36:05)

IIRC it's FreshStudios the one who said she can't read notes.

Both of you are quite good singers in your own ways, but tbh I think having only 1 singer works better. When Frozen Coco just started, we had two singers, and it didn't work out quite well. 

Nope, no idea. And even if I had, I don't think I could tell you just like that.

I'm trying to record Gone right now :3 Mostly practicing and setting up my recording equipment right now - it's going better than I expected. 

EDIT: ...And by "better than expected" I meant it's not glass-breaking horrible, but still not good at all - my singing sounds quite bad at times. D: I'll try to get at least one decent take today (it's not meant to be the final one anyway) and improve on that other day.

Last edited by technoguyx (2012-04-07 20:15:42)

technoguyx wrote:

Nope, no idea. And even if I had, I don't think I could tell you just like that.

I'm trying to record Gone right now :3 Mostly practicing and setting up my recording equipment right now - it's going better than I expected. 

EDIT: ...And by "better than expected" I meant it's not glass-breaking horrible, but still not good at all - my singing sounds quite bad at times. D: I'll try to get at least one decent take today (it's not meant to be the final one anyway) and improve on that other day.

LOL, I'm sure it won't be 'glass-breaking horrible! 

And btw, KalinaStar couldn't read notes too.

technoguyx wrote:

I can't read sheet music either, I just can't seem to. 

I'll upload a pair of quick takes I managed to record right now, just so you know more or less how will it sound and what my voice sounds like. But they definitely won't be the final tracks, they don't sound good as I said.

EDIT: Done. You should have received a notification in SoundCloud (they're private tracks) but here's a link anyway. I think the second quick take sounds better.

I'm not free now (it's early morning). I'll check them out later. Thanks.

LolaRose1892 wrote:

DIY wrote:

technoguyx wrote:

Nope, no idea. And even if I had, I don't think I could tell you just like that.

I'm trying to record Gone right now :3 Mostly practicing and setting up my recording equipment right now - it's going better than I expected. 

EDIT: ...And by "better than expected" I meant it's not glass-breaking horrible, but still not good at all - my singing sounds quite bad at times. D: I'll try to get at least one decent take today (it's not meant to be the final one anyway) and improve on that other day.

LOL, I'm sure it won't be 'glass-breaking horrible! 

And btw, KalinaStar couldn't read notes too.

So i was right? I was right.

Yeah, that means you are probably in. The only thing is the background interference in your recordings...

LolaRose1892 wrote:

DIY wrote:

LolaRose1892 wrote:

So i was right? I was right.

Yeah, that means you are probably in. The only thing is the background interference in your recordings...

Yes. That. I don't seem to be able to do anything about that. I don't really have any other means of recording, so it's the best I can do.

Is there anything you can do to get rid of it? Cause I'm a complete novice at editing sounds and stuff. 

Yeah, I can try.

My Voice to You and When I'm Beside You have been completely mixed. The finished result is good, except for the poor recording quality of the vocals. Now I aim to remaster just the vocal tracks, minimising the background interference. Techno, do you know of an effective way to get rid of background interference? I don't want just the parts where there's no singing to be removed, but the overall track disturbance, which is going to be hard. Anyway, I will work on that. I think I may have a solution to it.

DIY wrote:

My Voice to You and When I'm Beside You have been completely mixed. The finished result is good, except for the poor recording quality of the vocals. Now I aim to remaster just the vocal tracks, minimising the background interference. Techno, do you know of an effective way to get rid of background interference? I don't want just the parts where there's no singing to be removed, but the overall track disturbance, which is going to be hard. Anyway, I will work on that. I think I may have a solution to it.

Have you tried using Audacity's built in noise removal on the vocal tracks?

veggieman001 wrote:

DIY wrote:

My Voice to You and When I'm Beside You have been completely mixed. The finished result is good, except for the poor recording quality of the vocals. Now I aim to remaster just the vocal tracks, minimising the background interference. Techno, do you know of an effective way to get rid of background interference? I don't want just the parts where there's no singing to be removed, but the overall track disturbance, which is going to be hard. Anyway, I will work on that. I think I may have a solution to it.

Have you tried using Audacity's built in noise removal on the vocal tracks?

I didn't know that's what it was used for. :O
That will be very helpful for me.

veggieman001 wrote:

ProgrammingFreak wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

Have you tried using Audacity's built in noise removal on the vocal tracks?

I didn't know that's what it was used for. :O
That will be very helpful for me.

Yeah, it can be really useful. I can understand if you don't want to use it though, DIY. 

Yeah, a software like this is too basic I suppose. Thanks for your concern.

DIY wrote:

Techno, I need you to urgently check your e-mail. I would be grateful if you could check it out as soon as possible and get back to me with what I've requested as soon as possible.

I don't seem to have any new e-mail from you. Is it MVTY? You could upload it as a private track in SoundCloud.

My way to remove background noise (which I used in the vocal tracks I did for Gone - pretty effective) involves using the REAPER VST plugin ReaFir, an all-around dynamics processor. Put it in the Substract mode and then while you play a section of pure noise in the vocal track, check Automatically build noise profile while the noise lasts. The plugin should then substract exactly what the noise sounds like from the overall sound, greatly reducing it, though perhaps slightly affecting the sound.

I also wrote some lyrics ideas for the Untitled Sad Song, tell me what you guys think:

Out of the possible, this was the worst
All things I knew before, were not the truth
Dissapointment, feel of guilt
Abandonment, lack of trust.

Well perhaps there is a thing that I, could do
Maybe there's a better world out there.

A bit generic perhaps, but that's because I have no idea what the song could be about. I'll try to write them in Noteflight when I come back from school. 

technoguyx wrote:

DIY wrote:

Techno, I need you to urgently check your e-mail. I would be grateful if you could check it out as soon as possible and get back to me with what I've requested as soon as possible.

I don't seem to have any new e-mail from you. Is it MVTY? You could upload it as a private track in SoundCloud.

My way to remove background noise (which I used in the vocal tracks I did for Gone - pretty effective) involves using the REAPER VST plugin ReaFir, an all-around dynamics processor. Put it in the Substract mode and then while you play a section of pure noise in the vocal track, check Automatically build noise profile while the noise lasts. The plugin should then substract exactly what the noise sounds like from the overall sound, greatly reducing it, though perhaps slightly affecting the sound.

I also wrote some lyrics ideas for the Untitled Sad Song, tell me what you guys think:

Out of the possible, this was the worst
All things I knew before, were not the truth
Dissapointment, feel of guilt
Abandonment, lack of trust.

Well perhaps there is a thing that I, could do
Maybe there's a better world out there.

A bit generic perhaps, but that's because I have no idea what the song could be about. I'll try to write them in Noteflight when I come back from school. 

I resent the e-mail. You should have received it now. If you could do the edits you suggested yourself, I would greatly appreciate it. Please try to send me the final mix very soon. The lyrics sound good, maybe I can help you out there to improve it.

@ veggieman001: Audacity's Noise Removal is quite ineffectiveI have found through experience, not like the other softwares.