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technoguyx wrote:

veggieman001 wrote:

KewlBeanz wrote:

you guys actually might have something here. but, id like to make a few suggestions.  first off, recording drums with a USB mic is not gonna work.so  an alternative would be to use drum sim software.  same goes for synth. next, for people who have recorded multi tracks, tempo and timing is key, accounting that i noticed lack of tempo in the drum tracks. just a few suggestions and tips 

also,  i can create just about any kind of album/single art you want. i also play guitar. i play mostly pop-punk, but can play a few blues scales 

Why won't a mic work?

The ideal thing when recording drums would be to have different mics on each drum - one on the bass drum, another on the snare, other in the hi-hat, other for the toms and one overhead. And ideally, all those mics should record in a pretty high quality, unlike most home use mics. Personally I found your recording very lacking in bass, but I thought of placing bass drum samples over the track or something like that, idk 

Synth/keys are usually better connected directly from their input to the recording device imo, yeah. And obviously tempo is key, I suggest we record playing along to the song (in case of a cover) or to a metronome. 

I usually mix things high in treble. I can add more bass; I'll see what I can do.

Mind if I inquire: where is My Voice to You from? It's a great song, but I can't seem to find it anywhere on the web. Did you write it?

hpotter134 wrote:

Mind if I inquire: where is My Voice to You from? It's a great song, but I can't seem to find it anywhere on the web. Did you write it?

On Noteflight. You WON"T be able to find it; it's a original.

leebee wrote:

technoguyx wrote:

leebee wrote:

i can auddition for a singer if you want :3

Sure, just record yourself singing something and I might consider you.

some of my projects are me singing, so you can just watch them 

Okay then, I'll consider "About you now" your audition since you apparently want it to be considered as so.

Now about that very recording, overall you're a pretty decent singer though in some parts (like near the end) you get a little off tune - could be fixed with some very subtle autotune on band recordings though. The recording quality kinda bothers me though, did you compress the audio in Scratch when uploading? There's also some popping in the recording but I don't know how can that be avoided. Good job still 

EDIT: For the popping you could check this out... Popping can be caused by singing "P"s or similar letters too close to the mic, and according to that page you can make a cheap pop filter with wire and nylon. 

Also, tomorrow's the deadline for auditions.

Last edited by technoguyx (2011-07-10 19:12:03)

hpotter134 wrote:

I put up a quick recording of My Voice to you on soundcloud, just to give you something to work with.

Awesome.    Did you play along to the song though? That'll be necessary since otherwise all instruments could get off-sync... Also you'll have to let me download it, downloads on that track are disabled right now.    If you really don't want other people to download it make it a private track and only let me view it ;P

My main computer has some real bad sound problems though, so I'll have to wait a little to record the bass (using VST drums maybe, until veggieman records the drums), 

Okay, today (actually yesterday, 0:10 here    ) was the deadline for auditions so I'll start picking who plays what - if anyone's against any of this say so and why.

On the guitars, hpotter134 is definitely in, but I'm not sure about sydrodk since he plays kinda sloppily, though he said it's because of the mic.    So for now I'll keep hpotter on the guitar and me on bass (though I can record guitar too, if necessary).

On vocals I'm obviously keeping designer45 and leebee since they were the only ones that auditioned.    You two could switch between the lead and harmonies depending on the song, like designer suggested.

Veggieman will be the drummer, we've pretty much decided on that    He can play keys too, but apart from the piano in My Voice to You I don't think we'll need that much. 

I and veggie will mix the songs and jslomba can be the graphics guy (logos, album covers) if he's still interested 

So, I'll update the main post with the definite member list 

Last edited by technoguyx (2011-07-12 00:21:32)

So what's the next plan of action? Still waiting for drums?

Oh yeah, I had a question. You said you're a guitarist/bassist, then how'd you get such good drums in your songs, like construction zone and the others?

So if we're all agreed on the name "Frozen Coco", I'll start working on the website. 

Guys, I'm really sorry, but I can't do this. 
I apologize.

I made a YouTube account, and I am hard at work on the website. 

Also, should I make a seperate band account? On Scratch, I mean?

Last edited by designer45 (2011-07-16 14:26:23)

And...
it's...
DONE!!!
frozencoco.yolasite.com

technoguyx wrote:

Hey I liked the idea of recording "A Chance" sometime, great song. :B I actually wanted us to work on some originals though. 

I'm writing an original right now that I call lead on.

technoguyx wrote:

designer45 wrote:

I'll take over keys.

Sorry to be extremely quick, but I really WOULD like to play keys. 

And my loyal Addictive Drums will take over drums ;P Unless of course, jslomba wants to take them. But I'll still try to do something with Addictive Drums and hpotter's guitar track, so I can record the bass over that. 

Not sure about the name Frozen Coco but it's not bad, since you already made an account (and are working on a website) we could keep it unless someone is really against it.

Okay, I'm a little sick but I'll try to have a rough base (everything except vocals and keys) done by today, perhaps tomorrow. We gotta do this quick so it can be our first single or whatevs ;D

I'll play drums!

Okay I recorded the bass and started working a little with hpotter's guitar track. Here's some stuff, _bass is the bass track through compressors and EQ, _bassraw is the same track without effects, and _wip is the bass and guitar together, with the guitar having compressor, reverb and EQ added 

So we just need jslomba's drums, and the keys and vocals and we'll be done. 

What do we do once we finish this track? I'm sure advertising will be crucial so I say we think of some ideas for banners, or some other way to advertise (maybe on those magazines users make? It's been a while since I've seen a popular one though    )... After all we could consider this our debut single