Short textured post-rock beat with ssl-2

[AmirH]

Just got done recording this little ditty -- there's lots of looping and repetition so it didn't take too long, but I figured it might be worth posting

Let me know what you think!
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11372390

[TheLivingDead]

Very cool, man!

[AmirH]

Thanks!

[lazyfinger]

That was awesome, love to hear some vocal on this. Definitely would listen to this on the radio than most of the crap being played.

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Like it, has a nice serene feel to it!

[innerdreamrecords.co]

I love it! Tell us what you used. I especially like the haunting drone type sounds.

[AmirH]

Thanks for the kind words guys

The piano is just one of the steinway presets in logic triggered with my midi keyboard, and the drums are superior drummer + a couple simple hip-hop loops. The bass is just logic's "analog deep bass" preset with some bending on the pitch wheel. I also used a choir sound in a couple places. I ran my mij strat through a podxt on the ac30 top boost model tweaked to my liking.

Those are the basic sounds, but the drone tones you're hearing are mostly from logic's space designer -- I ran a huge reverb on the piano and tweaked it until it started making harmonics in the background. The chorus was run through a much less aggressive reverb and I brought it down in the mix so it wouldn't be overpowering. I created the droning guitar effect with a combination of delay designer and a slightly tweaked drone tone preset I found in the "warped effects" section of space designer. I had the effects on while I played and I just tried to fill out the sound without making it muddy. So the drones are a combination of the guitar, keys, and chorus.

The analog synth sound also has a light reverb on it for texture. And the guitar sound at the end is podxt + the "candy fuzz" pedal in logic and a medium room reverb. I left the drums and bass completely dry, though I imagine I'd at minimum add some compression to the drums if I get someone to sing over it.

I originally threw this together in a few hours for my friend to rap over -- what type of vocals do you imagine over this lazyfinger?

Cheers, and thanks for listening!

[lazyfinger]

I originally threw this together in a few hours for my friend to rap over -- what type of vocals do you imagine over this lazyfinger?

Cheers, and thanks for listening!

First half of the song, I can definitely see some rap soliloquy there. For me, piano rhythm is reminiscent of Ashes Divide. The 2nd half when the fuzz comes in, I am getting some ethereal shoe gaze vibe. And I feel this is where it delivers. But I'm more into alternative rock, so personally this part peaks to me. I love how fuzz sounds, the leads sounds unique. So there, singing would work better if I were to hear it on radio.

[innerdreamrecords.co]

Very cool man, love it. The bass and drums could both use parallel compression, they're not sitting well in the mix. I think I would send the instruments to a parallel compression Aux too.

I could hear this going rap vs, sung chorus or all singing or all rap.