Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3

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2013/12/11 16:14:38 (permalink)

Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3

Hi folks.
I was just curious to see if X3 would even load this project, it was recorded in 2000 using Cakewalk Guitar Tracks and saved as a bundle file. Previous versions of SONAR wouldn't even open it. It opened in X3 like it was recorded yesterday.
I remixed it a little using the tools we have available in X3 now, then "mastered" it with Ozone 5. No matter your opinion of it now, trust me, it sounds a lot better than it did!
It's called "Touchit!"
BTW: the drums are the old "Drum Drops" loops. Anybody else remember those?
 
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As always, thanks for the listen!
Oh, and Happy Holidays!!
post edited by rscain - 2013/12/11 16:15:39

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    Danny Danzi
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/11 18:00:51 (permalink)
    Haha I like this Rs. I was listening and saying to myself "man, this needs a nice lead" and bang, you added one. Hahaha! A little hot on the hats to me...sort of takes away some of the beauty and adds a little annoyance factor (sorry to say that) but other than the excessive hats ...this is pretty killer. I even like the effected snare like it is. You'll probably get a few telling you it's a bit too much....but I dig stuff like that. Just take care of those hats and this is a winner. :) Nice job and happy holidays to you too!
     
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 04:52:44 (permalink)
    Nice song with groovy drums. I think the bass needs to come up a bit, Im listening on my laptop though. Great guitar playing with parts that fits well together!

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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 12:13:59 (permalink)
    Drum Drops on vinyl... I still have 4 or 5 albums... I used them quite a bit in the '80s...
    a funky little number here... good fun...
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 13:09:15 (permalink)
    Love it, funky! Drums sound great to me actually, they suit the track perfectly. Man, that bass is smoking..

     
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 13:32:19 (permalink)
     I'll admit that when you told us how old it was and that it was an old project, my expectations were pretty low. I was pleasantly surprised! I don't know exactly what you did to it in X3 or what it sounded like before but the end result is good. The bass line was good and kicked even in my headphones. I like funk anyways and so this was a real pleasure.
     
     I picked up on the hats being a little much as well but nothing that broke the tune IMO. I got some minor glitching in the playback but maybe this was the streaming on sounclick.  I am getting some similar behavior from a few recent tracks I'm working on. I think I may need to defrag my HD. It sounded similar to that.
     
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 15:58:36 (permalink)
    RS, Nice little funky piece you have here. It all sounds good to me and I too like the big drums. I have never even heard of Drum Drops, but they sound good in this and the guitar playing fits the piece perfect. Very nice mix and the piece hold your attention very well. Nicely done. Have a great Christmas Holiday and thanks for sharing.
     
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 19:53:11 (permalink)
    Smokin Bob.. I wore out my Drum Drops albums. They were great.....

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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 20:43:30 (permalink)
    Nice piece. Clean and crisp mix. Really great sounding guitar. Great lively bass line, too.
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/12 20:53:26 (permalink)
    I like this RS! Nice bass line to go with the drums. And I like the funky guitar! Good job on this!
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/13 05:47:09 (permalink)
    Love this - really funky and in your face
    can I touch it? 
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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/13 07:08:01 (permalink)
    Nice Jam

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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/13 12:54:34 (permalink)
    Thanks to everybody for taking the time to listen and comment, I really appreciate it!
    As several have mentioned, the cymbals (all of them, to me) are a little hot and in some places probably over compressed but I had to compromise a bit to get the drum sound I wanted since I only had a stereo track of drums to work with.
    If anyone is interested, all of the guitar tracks were recorded completely dry. I used Guitar Rig 5 to process them on this mix, on the original project I used ReValver Light or LE or something that came bundled with Guitar Tracks back then.
    I only remixed this, first of all, to see if X3 would even open it as I mentioned in the op. Once I got it opened it seemed natural to do a remix. This was one of the first digital in-the-box recordings I ever did and the original mix was way too hot and sounded almost like an old mono recording, with no width at all.
    A lot of folks have asked me who the girl is that does the spoken part. Sadly, I don't know her, I downloaded that sample from somewhere, I can't recall where. Oh well, hopefully she's as hot as she sounds and not some old wrinkled up crone making money in her spare time doing voice work in her linen closet.
    Heh, that would just be wrong.
    Thanks again, everybody, stay safe and Happy Holidays!

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    Re: Gritty little ditty, a VERY old (2000) project redone with X3 2013/12/13 19:57:28 (permalink)
    I love it!..and I wish I was Jeff Beck too. This has a great groove and mix, and it does sound like something Beck would jam on.

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