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2013/10/29 19:44:48
sven450
I always wanted to do a big, raunchy, rocked out version of The Beatles 'Happiness is a Warm Gun', but I could never quite get the drums right.  I need huge, but vintage.  Roomy, but not too distant.  Anyway, I finally created what I needed with the fantastic Indie kit in AD.  GIANT SOUND!  Huge! Perfect. 
 
Anyway, here she is.   Supercool slide guitar courtesy of good guy Matt.
 
https://soundcloud.com/cy...appiness-is-a-warm-gun
2013/10/30 01:44:36
quantumeffect
I like the tone of the drums and you got the 9/8, 10/8 spot on during the Mother Superior part ... cool. 
2013/10/30 09:22:29
michaelhanson
YES!
2013/10/30 10:16:14
chasmcg
Very good. One of my favorites from the Beatles. Enjoyed it a lot.
2013/10/30 18:02:51
Walt Collins
Very nice cover!  Sweet drum sounds, and guitars too.  And vocals too!  Great job. :)
2013/10/30 18:08:23
clintmartin
Very nice version of a great song! Drums sound good. I just bought the Indie adpak last week. Are you using a stock preset or did you roll your own?
2013/10/30 19:46:29
sven450
Thanks all!
 
Quantum Effect:  I wasn't really aware how difficult it was going to be going in with all the freaky time signature changes!  I just knew I liked the song--how hard can it be?  Yeah, freaking Beatles being all weird and cool....
 
ClintM:  I started with a stock preset from the Indie Pack (one of the standard rock ones), then I switched out the snare to the Tama Starclassic.  From there, I used the AD compression and some of the saturation and stuff to grunge-ify it.  EQ and additional bus compression from Prochannel. The cool thing about the INdie pak is you don't really need to add any reverb, as the room mics supply so much ambience.  The room they recorded the samples in must have been huge.  
2013/10/30 21:36:09
theguitarplayer
Nice little piece you all put together. Drums sound good. Glad you found what you were looking for in drums. If you want even bigger drums go to www.soundsonline.com  and have a look at Storm Drums, there are three different versions. I have 1 & 2. They are vst instruments and sound awesome.
 
Peace and Blessings, John
2013/10/31 13:27:25
Freddy J
Great cover and excellent sound.  Ya, the drums sound very good!!!
Terrific job!
2013/10/31 13:46:01
Lynn
You chose a great song to cover, and you did a marvelous job of it.  Kudos!
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