[Other] See You Space Cowboy

dominusofdeath 11-03-2004 06:36 PM
I like the second one better.
BTW: I love your sig pic!
EDIT: Once again. I'm blown away..........
AndroidZeroX 11-03-2004 07:16 PM
doesnt work for me???
Jane 11-03-2004 08:31 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Zola
This is really nice, Jane.

Even if you don't have any programs for sound, there is a lot you can do to give yourself more control over the mixing.

Try recording the guitar by itself to start. Once you have a good take that you are happy with, you can use the tools in Windows Sound Recorder to trim any silence so that the guitar starts right up on cue.

Once you have this part to your satisfaction, get your headphones on and turn off your speakers. Run your guitar part and sing along, recording from your un-muted mic. Since you are recording on the mic and you have headphones, you'll get a recording of only your voice. If you have trouble working with the headphones at first, just slip one side off your ears so you can hear yourself.

Again, trim the wav file to your satisfaction. Make a backup of both clips, and start playing with the normalize feature. This will permit you to change the level of the clips, to bring down the guitar and bring up the voice.

Once you think you have it, use "mix paste" to blend the two together. The matching shouldn't be too hard if you've trimmed both clips.

This will help you control your levels a LOT better Smile

If you want to take the time to do it, just make the two wavs and mail me. You can send them to me and I'll clean them up, add a few effects, and mix them down for you with my audio tools. It will be fun and you won't believe how good you sound. Big Grin

EDIT: Oops, a couple of things if you want to try this. #1: converting to an mp3 is fine. #2 In this case, don't trim the clip, make sure there is at least three seconds (and five is better) of silence before the music begins. The reason for this is because then I can get a profile of the noise that is inherent in your computer and make it go away. Wink


Sounds like you just got yourself a project Z--I'll email you.

AndroidZeroX, did you try right clicking on the link and choosing "Download to Disk"? It's just an mp3 file, so I don't know why it wouldn't work...
Ozymandius Jones 11-03-2004 08:33 PM
Wow. Just...wow. You have a GORGEOUS voice! I love this. *saves to computer*.
Zola 11-05-2004 03:29 PM
This is taking a little bit longer than I expected but is coming out very well.

This is a quick-and-dirty sneak preview of how it will sound--I'll be adjusting levels a bit more once I get the tune all put back together (the matching is actually the time-consuming part!)

right click and save as, please.

Preview
Instro 11-06-2004 12:00 AM
Wow! Fantastic! I am in awe of your vocal range. I wish Yoko Konno could hear it. She could let you join the Seatbelts!
Jane 11-13-2004 04:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Zola
This is taking a little bit longer than I expected but is coming out very well.

This is a quick-and-dirty sneak preview of how it will sound--I'll be adjusting levels a bit more once I get the tune all put back together (the matching is actually the time-consuming part!)

right click and save as, please.

Preview


That's cool how you've put the two tracks together Z! What kind of software are you using.
BigTig 12-13-2005 10:00 PM
If I'm reading this right, these posts were over a year ago?

Are you guys even still around? Ever get the finished version Zola was making?

I tried to listen to the preview he posted but it's not there anymore...

I really liked your version of the song, it's very well done.