First go using all my new toys!

Cool, Steve. You ripped into the Edirol box as soon as you got home last night, didn't you?
Try SD2 on the controller. What a kick. You have just unlocked a whole new instrumental world, and you are going to love what's in store.
Carry on.

Wow. Very metal, indeed. "You think you used enough distortion there, Butch?" to paraphrase The Sundance Kid. Nicely done, Steve, and quick, too.
Coincidentally, I almost named my song 'On The Beach' Cakewalking In The Park.

Just wait. I am exerting my evil influence on Steve.
This is relatively mild distortion. Soon, he will be pumping the most unlikely sounds through massively overdriven amp sims, a la Proteus freeform(btw, that's an organ). We are looking for one that goes to 12.

Hey....Well done Steve.

Your investments have paid off and so quickly at that!

I'm not crazy over metal, but this is pretty good. I'm am a little worried what RobertB has in store for you though!

Great job!

I'm trying to convince my husband that I need an acoustic bass! He's not buying it because I have I think 7 guitars and my daughter has 3. I don't know if I could get rid of some or not. I use them all; the classical guitar I use the least, but I see it coming in handy for some songs. My daughter has an electric bass, but I like the sound of the acoustic bass. So, anyone have any good excuses I could use to get one???? I even said he could get his new computer box he wants...and he didn't bite. Unfortunately I'm at his mercy to go anywhere!

great song steve, I like it alot. Keep them coming.Its great we have such diverse music creaters in this forum. Country,Contemporary,Experimental.rock,metal etc. I myself am a metalhead I guess you would say. Im mostly influenced by 80's metal and modern day European metal. specifically northern Europe such as Finland and Sweden. anyhow, good job.

Steve THAT WAS EPIC!! \m/ I have not had that much fun playing air guitar in a long time. I love the tone on the lead, very arena rock sounding. Jim.

I have used two or more bass lines in songs before, and sometimes you take the chance of getting things muddied up, but I like a lot of bottom end, and if you use EQ and panning you can get some interesting sounds that most people will not notice, other than noticing the unusual sounds themselves. (did I say that right?)

Hey, Kine321, I realize you are trying to help Annette by warning her of the dangers of gear aquisition syndrome, but really, how can it be a bad thing to aquire more hard drives? I mean, more is good...right?
Later
Albert

VST's. VST's. VST's.

More hard drives= more room to feed the obsession! But you're right GC... more drives is never a bad thing.
Got to go... vst's are calling my name.

..."Mega drama anthem-ness"...

That is rich...gotta commit that to memory.
Later
Albert

Pretty cool stuff steve. er....mr teddy bear?
really liked the distortion guitar and bass when they kicked in. this is great for throwing it together after you got your new toys!

LOL Steve,,,I'll certainly try, but the financial resevoir is a little short these days...but it would be nice. I try and do as many of the instruments I can on my own. I'll let you know.

Thanks.

Annette

ORIGINAL: jamesg1213

Apparently Cake took out the Track Inspector for this version Steve..??? Can't think why, it's got to be an important part of most people's work-flow.

It seems to have gone James, along with the Track Manager. I don't generally use enough tracks to use the Manager but I know a few who are moaning about its omission in the HS forum.

As to the Inspector, it's in the HS7 help files and it mentions it has the same 'I' keystroke to toggle it on and off, but I can't get it working - I've heard nothing concrete in HS that it is or isn't there, I'll post an 'official' question in Samara's sticky thread to see if we get any joy with Cakewalk.

If it is missing, then my opinion is it's an enormous shot in the foot for Cakewalk - personally it's one of the really great improvements over GT (apart from the MIDI obviously) that I loved in HS6. My workflow improved immensely having it there when editing/mixing and if it's not available I'm probably going to end up recording in HS7 (to take advantage of the updated audio engine) and then mixing in HS6 - now to me that's a big disappointment.

It looks like a big backward step and I just don't see the thinking here - I can understand making the GUI easier to work with, but cleaning it up by removing one of the best features of the application is a ridiculous concept!

If I'd known this was the case I'd have probably stuck with HS6 and considered a move to SONAR 8 sometime next summer when the price will come down before 9 is released.

I can only hope my workaround solution will convince me I haven't wasted £39 on the upgrade - I'm still to get acquainted with the new stuff bundled in the XL pack - they may, as yet, soften the blow.

Anyway, I suppose it will teach me not to rush into things headlong and maybe let others find these things out! What promised to be the start of a great relationship with HS7 (as per my comments earlier on this week) may turn out to be a bit of a pig in a poke you know - time will tell!

I'm just hoping someones going to say "Strummy you daft pillock - here it is - you just press the so-and-so key" - I could put up with that sort of egg on the face! I've searched the help files again and been through all the menus so if it is about, it may well be hard to spot.

ORIGINAL: jamesg1213

Good job on this tune btw, I like it!

That main motif - did you get some subliminal inspiration..here..?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuIRoVW-TXU

Funny you should mention that mate That's one of my favourite Mott the Hoople tracks but it wasn't till after I'd recorded it that I picked up on the similarity!

It's a well used cliche based around 'chopsticks' and I've heard it in loads of songs - Fast Eddie Clarke plays a version in the final section of Motorhead's marvellous Overkill (from 4:25) but the 'exact' source of my blatant rip-off comes from Priest's Beyond the Realms of Death (intro)

The 'chorus' parts (another steal!) were loosely based on Rob's vocals on Priest's Lost Love at around 1:40.

Glad you liked it James - I'll let you know when I've polished it up a bit in HS6

James, I hope it is a bug, and not just a thoughtless omission - I'll post later and see if we can get some official notification.

Can you imagine how something like this would go down over in SONAR Towers!