jonescrusher
Pioneer Member
Just finished watching part 2 of the Dream Theater audition doc, intrigued as to why the audio was left raw in the footage of your audition. Any thoughts?
Just finished watching part 2 of the Dream Theater audition doc, intrigued as to why the audio was left raw in the footage of your audition. Any thoughts?
I got an e mail saying the audio was "corrupt" (technical response for..... "someone forgot to press record".)
Haha.
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I thought the playing was fantastic, i would have liked to see more where they didnt make you look like you were struggling. But if you know what you did enough to be that happy in the interview afterward it musnt have been that bad.
Also....i really dig your DW kit. Im working on ordering the same finish but with black hardware as soon as i find someone here thatll do it for me
Killer stuff brotherHey guys....quick note about the up coming Serpents Rise release.
You can go here....
http://www.youtube.com/user/MrObsidian?feature=mhum
The feature video is of me tracking some preproduction drums for the second Serpents Rise release.
Check it out if you all get a chance and I'll get back here this week to answer the questions from the last time I posted.
Hope everyone is happy and well.
Talk soon.
D
Derek,
cool stuff!
I hope it's not too dumb asking some guitar related questions...
Which guitars do you use? Which (down)tuning? Which amps, microphones? Mic preamps? Your guitar playing is quite remarkable, too. Very fresh and inspiring riffs!
Killer stuff brother
New SR sounds killer, looking forward to it!
Thanks for answering, sir - er, D-Rod ;-)(...) I try really hard to have my own voice with drums and guitar. I figured if there's going to be 2 guitar players.....why have them play the same thing all the time? Or just harmonies here and there?
Very cool idea! None of my orig. acoustic guitar instrumentals are in standard tuning (standard tuning doesn't inspire me at all on the ac. guitar). I'm reluctant to go the alternate tuning way on my electrics though (quite a hassle with vibrato systems).(...) I have a few different guitars...most of them tuned differently. (That's another way I look to sound different...through tunings)
My standard tuning starts at C#....the whole guitar. Then I have a few other tunings I use as a "secret weapon" so to speak. One is an octave down of the 5th (low tone) string...the other tuning I use a lot is a steel guitar tuning that sounds wicked.....Don't remember what the actual notes are....have them written down on the wall at the warehouse! Haha. I remember by sound though.
Judging from that dropped 5th string, the lowest/6th string would make a F# - which corresponds to the lowest open string on an 8-string guitar! I guess you're using a 7-string for this downtuning, else I can't imagine you could get that low with standard or slightly above standard string gauge.
As to the SM57:
There's a free mod on the SM57: Just remove the (crappy) transformer (or simply bridge the internal wiring between the XLR connector and the capsule) - one of the few modifications you don't need replacement/upgrade parts for. As a side-effect you'd lose quite some level (to be made up with clean preamps) but the benefit is opening up the frequency response both the low and high frequencies. I would do this mod to any 57 I can get hold of.
Your signal path is really down to earth, the sonic results are amazing!