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Originally Posted by bulb
hal, i just checked out your myspace for the first time a second ago and the songs are awesome!!
very unique sound you have going on there, im very curious to hear this further progression in the sound now!
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thank you mate, glad you like it.
oddly enough, mart & john have been tracking with my pod and have found themselves using your rhythm patch to get the parts down whilst they're re-amped.
small world, innit?
H
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Originally Posted by zimbloth
Hal, thanks for the thorough response to my PM. Very interesting. All that makes a lot of sense and sounds like a good progression indeed. Your point about analyzing what works best live and then taking that into the next writing session is a good call. We've been doing that too, it's a learning process.
One final point though, when I said "it seems like there's a lot of empty space", I didn't imply that there needed to be chaos at all times like on Crisis/Reinvention. I just meant something like a steady pad or just something creating some subtle mood/atmosphere (ala old Fear Factory). Something in the backround that wouldn't really stand out, but would make a difference nonetheless. That said I think it'll sound kickass either way, I'm definitely not telling you what you should do, just like I said: feedback on the fly. 
Also, are you sure you can re-amp properly with a Pod? I don't know how pure of a DI a pod is you know? I'm sure you guys have done tests, but it can't hurt to ask and make sure. I've been dabbling in re-amping and it can be a pain in the ass to get the re-amped signal sounding pure. I've been using either a Little Labs Redeye or an Avalon U5 for what it's worth.
I'm looking forward to checking out the final version!  |
yeah, in some ways i get what you mean with the background pads. oddly enough, they're actually there quite a lot on this one, i suppose they're not really there at that moment on the sample MP3 as yet. there will be more to come.
with the live stuff, we were just very eager to communicate with those who actually listened to our music and we've spent, what is it... 3 years now pretty much solidly on the live circuit (yes, that is a long time without a new release, but label mistrust is what it is) and therefore had an ample opportunity to observe and attempt to compile the 'best parts' of what people seemed to react to.
i'm actually writing this whilst at the studio during christina's vocal parts (i'm doing mine later tonight), so i've had a chance to ask john about the reamping (by the way, his is a schecter hellraiser), he ran some tests and it turned out better to run the guitar signal direct into the new sonic-core soundcard, then run a feed off that and into the pod for a sound reference.
H