2 new rock tracks

I listened to Dope.

it grabbed me right away!  I really like this!  driving rock!  love the distorted guitars, the bass is great!  drums are a little lost in the mix, tho, IMO.  I can hear the crash and snare, but I can't really hear the kick and anything else in the kit is washed out.

what is the strings sound there?  keyboard? 

anyway - good job on this!

Thanks Beagle and Lynn. The drums I used are "Addictive Drums" which I find have more punch and are better suited toward this type of music than Superior Drummer. The string sounds are from the old EWQL Orchestra strings pack, you can probably find the same basic samples in their EWQL Gold or maybe even Silver packs.. a cello and a violin with as little intro swell/delay as I could find, plus a little EQ.

Lynn, regarding using YouTube for the media, yes I do find it has superior sound quality to both Soundclick and Soundcloud. Soundclick had also implemented some restrictions to the size of the uploaded file (something ridiculous like 1 MEG) unless you upgraded to their $10 a month plan. Soundcloud was good but not quite as good to my ears as YouTube HD. I learned that YouTube HD audio uses a slightly higher sample rate than YouTube SD video, and that Tunes to Tube service I used makes it easy to post. You can also easily create your own channel and probably do more with YouTube so far as SEO, distribution, etc. if you are into that sort of thing (I'm mostly not.) I just wanted a place to post my stuff for free where I could access it wherever, and that had the best sound quality.