Final Fantasy Seven Medley (Hard Rock Cover)

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2015/09/02 02:54:43 (permalink)

Final Fantasy Seven Medley (Hard Rock Cover)

Ok guys, this took a long time to make. It was a lot of work, but I think it came out swell. If you're into Final Fantasy Seven or video game music, I think you'll enjoy this medley. I know there's a lot of songs I left out, but at nearly nine minutes, I had to draw the line. It was hard cutting it down as much as I already did. Anyway, here it is.

https://soundcloud.com/chad-tindale/final-fantasy-seven-medley

Recorded on Music Creator 6.

Drums are "SI-Drums" set to Hall Kit
Kick 75%, Snare 100%, Highhat 50%, Toms 50%, Cymbols 65%, Ride 40%

Keyboard is Cakewalk Sound Center (Vintage Keyboards Expansion)
Patch - CPR
Panner at full, Panner Rate at 45%, FX amount at 20%

Bass is "SI-Bass" Set to Nice Jazz
Vol 42%, Pan (c), Bass 4.9db, Mid -6.2db, Treble 3.5db, Drive 6.5%, Comp 64%
Polyphonic 64 voices, Pickup 1

Audio recorded through Focusrite Scarlet: Solo (MME Driver)

Guitar 2
Line 6 Variax: Set to Telecaster bridge pickup
Line 6 Pod: Set to Marshal Stack Overdriven
No effects

Guitar 1
Line 6 Variax: Set to Gibson ES-335
Line 6 Pod: Set to Marshal Stack Overdriven
Whah effect turned on

Other Effects used in Post
FNequalizer (Free VST I googled)
Loudmax (Free VST I googled)
Scarletgate (AMAZING Noise gate VST that came with the Scarlet Solo)
SH-1 Reverb (Free VST I googled)
C3Multibandcompressor (Free VST I googled)

Comments or Criticisms all welcome. I appreciate you listening.


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    dcumpian
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    Re: Final Fantasy Seven Medley (Hard Rock Cover) 2015/09/02 18:45:34 (permalink)
    I can tell this took awhile to put together. Mix is okay, but the tone on the lead guitar is a little harsh for 8 minutes worth of it. I would suggest that when you switch up to a different song you consider varying the instrumentation a bit at the same time. Not so much that it startles anyone, but just so you can keep the listener's interest. All of the instruments are exactly the same from beginning to end, including their placement in the soundstage. Change it up a little to keep things interesting and tame the lead guitar a touch.
     
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    Re: Final Fantasy Seven Medley (Hard Rock Cover) 2015/09/03 09:33:55 (permalink)
    Sounds very well done, nice work!  I do concur with Dan though and suggest varying the lead guitar tone periodically throughout the song.

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    Re: Final Fantasy Seven Medley (Hard Rock Cover) 2015/09/03 12:54:40 (permalink)
    I can hear the time and effort you have put into this, top stuff. Like the others have said I would vary the guitar tone as although the tune is good 8minutes of the same sound can turn the listener off.
     
    Just a suggestion, have a listen to what Mike Oldfield does in some of his tracks, lots of guitar tones going on there.

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    Re: Final Fantasy Seven Medley (Hard Rock Cover) 2015/09/04 03:59:35 (permalink)
    Yeah, Mike Oldfield is a good call...
     
    Nice work Chad... Almost proggy in places LOL.
     
    One thing that puts me off, just a little nowadays, is the panning effect in places. I used to do this a lot myself, until someone complained, and I think I got what they were on about, so if I do use panning effects, I try to limit the severity of it.
     
     
    Nice arrangement and playing though 

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