Jesse G
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We no longer have an excuse...
Check out this video of a recording done in a car, it's quite good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLNtuj30YFA Here is the person's setup: I used my 7 year-old laptop and a Blue Yeti USB microphone for all the recordings except for the bass guitar, which I did as a MIDI instrument because I don’t own a bass. All recordings were done in Audacity, which is a free DAW. The guitar amp I used was a battery powered Roland Micro Cube which I got for free at a yard sale years ago.
Recording the song was pretty straightforward after doing the drums, but I’ve gotta tell you those drum fills took some serious concentration. I pretty much only had one option for mic placement for drums – the middle compartment. The snare sounded TERRIBLE in the car; super honkey and tonally out of whack. So I laid my hoodie over half of the snare to get a tighter sound, which helped.
At first I attempted to mix the song on my old laptop but it kept slowing down and giving me issues, so I mixed it all at home using Reaper on my rather powerful PC instead. I used Audio Technica ATH-M50 headphones as my primary reference for mixing, though I double checked the mix on a number of other headphones and speakers. I only used stock plugins in Reaper except for a compressor that came free with my Focusrite audio interface. – Chris White (TRR Student)
Discuss what holds you back from making your songs. 
post edited by Jesse G - 2016/09/28 14:34:08
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TranceCanada
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 14:12:56
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That's awesome.
Honestly what's holding me back from making music is my creativity, I always come up with short little awesome snippets of songs but then when I go to expand on them and create something full length I seem to get lost and they wind up going nowhere
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Jesse G
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 14:18:20
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☄ Helpfulby Sheanes 2016/09/28 15:21:14
I hear ya Trance, What hold me back is cclarry!! He is always posting sales in the Studio Deals Forum, and then I go out and buy those sale items. After I take the time to learn the software, and start recording my songs using the new plugin or software, the guy has the nerve to post another sale. Now, I have to take time out to learn that piece of new software to use on the song I'm sooo delayed on writing. Darn that cclarry!!! 
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 14:19:34
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I saw this video a few days ago. It really puts things in perspective. I have a substantial number of projects in the making, but I struggle with lyrics these days... It will probably pass this time as well (I hope) I won't blame cclarry, though All the best.
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 14:21:07
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TranceCanada
That's awesome.
Honestly what's holding me back from making music is my creativity, I always come up with short little awesome snippets of songs but then when I go to expand on them and create something full length I seem to get lost and they wind up going nowhere
Truth!! I've got so many little bits in different folders/files yet never seem to be able to develop them further
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 14:59:35
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☄ Helpfulby Mesh 2016/09/28 16:16:16
no Lava Lamp = a showstopper for me
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 15:29:48
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☄ Helpfulby Zargg71 2016/09/28 15:52:41
sloooooooow collaborators hold me back j/k guys
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Garry Stubbs
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 15:38:00
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Bristol_Jonesey
TranceCanada
That's awesome.
Honestly what's holding me back from making music is my creativity, I always come up with short little awesome snippets of songs but then when I go to expand on them and create something full length I seem to get lost and they wind up going nowhere
Truth!!
I've got so many little bits in different folders/files yet never seem to be able to develop them further
Yup, that's me too...
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TranceCanada
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 15:55:29
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TranceCanada
That's awesome.
Honestly what's holding me back from making music is my creativity, I always come up with short little awesome snippets of songs but then when I go to expand on them and create something full length I seem to get lost and they wind up going nowhere
Truth!!
I've got so many little bits in different folders/files yet never seem to be able to develop them further
I know another issue of mine is that I rely too heavily on presets and suck so horribly at sound design, so the sound I want never truly comes out and that helps me get lost in trying to find the sounds I want
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Mesh
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 16:00:22
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TranceCanada
Bristol_Jonesey
TranceCanada
That's awesome.
Honestly what's holding me back from making music is my creativity, I always come up with short little awesome snippets of songs but then when I go to expand on them and create something full length I seem to get lost and they wind up going nowhere
Truth!!
I've got so many little bits in different folders/files yet never seem to be able to develop them further
I know another issue of mine is that I rely too heavily on presets and suck so horribly at sound design, so the sound I want never truly comes out and that helps me get lost in trying to find the sounds I want
Collaborate with someone and see where it goes. There's a ton of excellent musicians in here and something good should come out of it......(worst case is you'll be where you're at now). 
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bitman
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 18:37:34
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I just wanna mix in my car.
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 19:16:25
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Yes. I saw this and bought the song too.
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 20:36:29
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That was great, really enjoyed it.
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 21:31:11
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From Now On Call Me Conquistador!
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BobbyT
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/09/28 22:40:40
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a busted dino-comp,(Dinosaur Computer) and i cant get Anderton to loan me about 1500 bucks to upgrade.....
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/10/01 14:02:48
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How did he do the tom roll at 1:33 playing each drum individually?
Nah.
Back when I still obsessed about separation I wasn't able to get even a very good drummer to deliver anything like what we're hearing playing each drum track on it's own.
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slyman
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/10/01 14:47:02
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The Kiosk Project
Bristol_Jonesey
TranceCanada
That's awesome.
Honestly what's holding me back from making music is my creativity, I always come up with short little awesome snippets of songs but then when I go to expand on them and create something full length I seem to get lost and they wind up going nowhere
Truth!!
I've got so many little bits in different folders/files yet never seem to be able to develop them further
Yup, that's me too...
+4 Maybe we should share our folders around....Hopefully some songs would get finished that way...
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/10/01 14:47:55
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Trying to juggle a 5-ft long, 47-lb, 88-key weighted keyboard in the front seat of the VW holds me back. I gotta learn to play guitar some day... or get a Winnebago.
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Re: We no longer have an excuse...
2016/10/01 14:49:05
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slyman
The Kiosk Project
Bristol_Jonesey
TranceCanada
That's awesome.
Honestly what's holding me back from making music is my creativity, I always come up with short little awesome snippets of songs but then when I go to expand on them and create something full length I seem to get lost and they wind up going nowhere
Truth!!
I've got so many little bits in different folders/files yet never seem to be able to develop them further
Yup, that's me too...
+4
Maybe we should share our folders around....Hopefully some songs would get finished that way...
I think I've hear that riff somewhere.
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