The Word - FINAL version

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2012/12/11 19:43:22 (permalink)

The Word - FINAL version

I changed the maracas to the correct 16th notes, tightened up the timing overall and got the organ notes correct.
 
Hope you enjoy our take on this classic!
 
Thanks for any and all comments and feedback.
 
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    foxwolfen
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    Re:The Word - FINAL version 2012/12/12 00:06:11 (permalink)
    A fitting tribute to the worlds greatest band. Well done.

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    Re:The Word - FINAL version 2012/12/12 08:23:33 (permalink)
    Nice.... I think I commented on the drums and the timing in a few places on the other version..... ???? 

    Still not as smooth as it should be.....

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    Re:The Word - FINAL version 2012/12/12 09:11:12 (permalink)
    thank you foxwolfen!

    Herb, sorry to hear it still doesn't measure up yet.   I painstakingly went through every beat on the drums yesterday.   I must have missed something or it's something else not sync'ing to the drums, like the bass or piano.   I'll have another listen and solo some of those together and see if I can figure it out.   Don't know if I mentioned this before but the scratch track is the original song and I (or my accomplice) just play to it.   The midi drums were freehand installed but I can see the waveform in the original song and you can clearly see where the kick and snare hits are.   Actually, pretty easy to line them up.   I do hear one vocal entry in the chorus at 1:44 that is a touch late and that will get corrected today.   Getting the maracas in at 16th notes, with the accents on the 2&3 hits was the big deal yesterday.   Thanks again for keeping me on the straight and narrow!   So, instead of FINAL, it should read... NEAR MISS.   LOL! 
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    Re:The Word - FINAL version 2012/12/12 09:44:49 (permalink)
    It would be interesting to have a drummer comment on the fills at   :22, :28, :53 & :56... just for grins. 

    Let me see if I can describe what I'm hearing.... the drummer uses a classic single hit per stick roll fill .... and it's like the last hit is rushed  ever so slightly . 

    With out trying to beat this point to death.... I'd try a few things.... one... quantize that fill to 32nds and see what happens... I'd also look at removing the last note of the drum fill in every place it occurs assuming removing it on the first one works. 

    If you fix that one nit... this is as good as a Beatles cover can get without having the lads playing the tune. 

    To my ears, something in those fills right at the end of them is not as smooth as it needs to be. It sounds to me like a few beginner drummers I have played with in the past who can not keep their rolls and fills on the meter. 

    Any "real" drummers hearing this? Or is it just me? 


    ADD: it could very well be something in the background making it sound like that to me. That would require having the tracks and soloing and muting things to find the guilty track and then enveloping that particular offender out at that point. I have had that occur in my music, and finding it doesn't take too long using the mute one at a time method.... Soloing the tracks one at a time...they all sound right BUT.... throw them together and the 2 notes clash.... 
    Happy hunting.
    post edited by Guitarhacker - 2012/12/12 09:48:00

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    Re:The Word - FINAL version 2012/12/12 15:07:35 (permalink)
    Herb, thanks for the detailed response.   I just got done looking at all the snare rolls and  here's what I found.   One of them did in fact have one extra snare hit on the end, that was my bad.   Two snare fills that sounded rushed on the last hit, were in fact, exactly lined up with Ringo's snare hits in the waveform, he either rushed it or wanted it to sound that way... but to smooth out the fill, I fixed it for him by moving it slightly to the right.  (haha...!!) 

    See if this works better now....
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