[Another short one]

I have no idea what those are so no, and besides since this was done on Reason, it doesn't even support vsts.

[Another short one]

Hello again,

here's another short one (2:17) I've been working on lately. It's sorta chiptunish because of the melodies, and since I'm planning on putting some cartoon samples on top of it as well, let's call it...a chiptoon? It's also probably the happiest song I've ever made.

So, here: EDIT: go see last post

[Acoustic Guitar Samples]

Hi friends!

Here's a short one I pulled together in a couple of days. I took an acoustic guitar sample and saw if I could work something around it. Take a listen and let me know what you think should be fixed, etc. Thanks!

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/135436/aguitsamples.mp3

[Mashup: Chromelodeon vs. Britney Spears - Triangular Womanizer (NOW WITH VIDEO)]

I dunno, could also be that some people don't keep mashups in high regard. In other words, they don't feel that it's "real music", but a ripoff of other people's stuff. Which I don't blame them for, I'm not a huge mashup-fan myself.

I gave a listen to your song, and it was good I guess. It's still a mashup though Saying that, as a mashup it was done better than some of the mashups I've heard. Whether or not it has B. Spears in it, doesn't make a difference to me.

[New WiP's]

Death's Armada: I like the intro! Way to boost the track into action from the very first seconds. I also like the guitars that follow afterwards, the sound quality is good in them. The snare needs humanization, I guess the velocities are all on the same level, making it sound like a drum machine. Try playing around with the velocities a bit, no drummer hits the snare always at the same power. Some toms would fit here too.

The small breakdown is nice, it ables you to change the riff. However, some sloppiness can be heard in the guitars (sudden pauses). The rest of the song sounds good, although I'd like to hear some heavy Em bass during the guitar "solo". Not very keen on the ascending synth melody, mostly about the choice of sound, but it's not bad. In overall, a nice metal song. Good job.

Agency: Another nice intro. Interesting guitars (I think they are guitars)

Again, the rhythm guitars sounds good, although they become a little muffled when the synth melody kicks in. The melody itself is very good however.

Weird melodies in the middle, but I like them Just noticed, that the synth sounds kinda like something out of Jazz Jackrabbit 2, that's a good thing. Some humanization on the drums would work here too, I think it's all in the same velocity.

Given there's a lot of stuff playing at the same time, it's well mixed. Maybe a little muddy, so some people might not like that, but I don't think metal (especially metal such as this) needs to be perfectly clear.

The fadeout I didn't like that much, I think you should either expand it, making the fadeout longer, or have a different ending altogether.

So, there you have it, my thoughts of the two songs. For the most part I really enjoyed them, so congrats. :> There's room for improvement, but your work certainly is not crappy.

[Quagmire, a crapbag of genres]

Alright, I re-recorded the one line that had an error in it (and that only, I'm a lazy guy ;P) I also tried a different eq on the bass, hopefully a bit better than the last one. The link in the first post is the current one.

[Quagmire, a crapbag of genres]

=D

I'm glad you find them amusing, especially considering I came up with them in approximately an hour, while trying to get some sleep. Then I just wrote them down, went to sleep, and recorded the day after.

Thanks for pointing out the mistake in the lyrics, I'll see if I get around to correcting that error

[Quagmire, a crapbag of genres]

The model is a bit hard to explain, so here's a picture of it.

You may laugh if you want to.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/DiseasedProject/Other/MyMic.jpg

About the chorus sounding like the Fievel vid; I can hear some resemblance, but that's totally coincidental, as I've not seen that film ever. The melody of the chorus is, however, something that I imagined might have been done before.

[Quagmire, a crapbag of genres]

jabond23: For composing, equalizing, writing notes, drawing red blocks, etc. I used Reason 3. For the snare and toms I used Kenardency drum refill, otherwise it's Reason's own sounds. Also the slap bass, horns, and marimba are Reason's own sounds. I did not play those myself, I used the mouse and keyboard -method.

For the guitar I used Guitar Rig 3 and the Heavy Sonic -preset (IIRC). Dual track rhythm guitar (about 85% left and right), and a little less gain compared to lead guitar. I played those myself. Lead has a little bit of reverb (and delay) added afterwards.

Vocals were recorded with a shitty mic (not kidding) in Adobe Audition, and some eq and reverb was added later. The chorus includes seven to eight "me's" singing the same thing, although I changed the pitch in a couple of the tracks later. They are also randomly panned (ranging from about -50% to 50%).

What else...can't think of anything. I guess that was about it

[Quagmire, a crapbag of genres]

A mixture of many different genres with vocals. Here goes.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/Quagmire.mp3

The lyrics:

The game is on, we've got a crappy team

We're gonna get our asses kicked unlike we've ever seen

We've lost a lot of games, it's very hard to comprehend

I wonder if our losing streak will ever ever end

When it comes to this sport, we say we are the kings

But anytime there's a major game we're always losing

I won't live long enough to see them win and tell the tale

Let's face it we are nothing but an epic fail

We are not gonna win anything

We are not gonna win anything

We are not gonna win anything

Our team sucks, we ain't winning anything

We lose again, so what do we do

We go all apeshit like we live in a zoo

In our drunken rampage we go beat people up

And continue until the police tells us to stop

Why do we act like this, one might ask

Answering that question is a difficult task

Centuries of inbreeding has affected our brain

Maybe it would be better if we all were slain

Lemme hear ya

That's right

Oh yeah

One more time

First of all, sorry about the singing I hope it's not totally terrible, I'm really not a clean vocals guy, although the singing in this particular song would be more like rapping, I think. This song is still a wip (I started doing it two days ago), so please, leave comments if you feel like something's not right in the mix. Also, if there's some errors in the lyrics grammatically, let me know, okay? Rock on.

[Experiment in Terror Mimic Cover in 6 hrs *SINGER WANTED!]

First of all, direct copy paste from VGmix boards:

This one needs a little explaining: Last night, before going to sleep, I was listening to Fantômas album The Director's Cut, and fell in love with one song in particular: Experiment in Terror. Today, after I woke up (at about 10 am) I thought "what the hell, I'm going to cover the song because it's just too awesome". Of course, my plan was not without some troublesome areas, like "I'm not a singer, let alone Mike Patton -quality", the song has a lot of parts that aren't perfectly audible, etc. etc. Well, I thought I'd give it a shot anyways. First I learned the song on guitar and bass, then started putting notes into Reason. I also figured I'd replace Mike Patton's vocals with a generic flute, hehe.

So, I didn't want to change a whole lot regarding the song. Obviously some of the drum fills, small tricks in (vocal) melodies, etc. we're impossible to mimic but I did my best on such short time period. Also, the clean guitars I'm not totally happy about, I just couldn't find the perfect sound. Btw. did you know it is especially hard to mimic vocals when they are distorted That's why there's a bit of static on purpose on one part.

While this was for fun only, if you feel like I should fix something (anything), let me know, I'll see what I can do. Please note that this isn't supposed to be a perfect cover of the song, you should still prefer the Fantômas version by a mile. This is just a homage to a great song (I think I should see the film too) Although, I'm gonna try to improve it (=make it even more like the original) later.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/DiseasedProject/Experiment_In_Terror.mp3

If someone wants to do any comparison, here's a Youtube link to one show where Fantomas performed this song, though when it comes to drums it's a little different compared to the album version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AyFtK1w6cE (well the vocals are a bit different too)

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Now, afterwards I got an idea of tossing the flute and trying to sing it. Well, it didn't work, because a. I can't sing. Now, if there's someone here who thinks he (or she) can sing, and would like to try singing the lyrics (aka, flute melody), let me know and I'll contact you (and give you a file that doesn't have the flute, accompanied with the original song. I hope that won't give me lawsuits). Here are the lyrics as they'd go:

This luck you can't buy

Won't touch you this time

One day this dirty stool pigeon will fly

Halos and charmed lives

I'll help you next time

One day this dirty stool pigeon will fly

And hear the angels sing

Reach out and spread my wings in hell

Your luck has run dry

Caught in the bulls-eye

Today this pretty little birdy will die

Will die

Will die

No singing tonight

Alright I'm looking forward to hearing from you!

[(RAP) Riihen Iltakaljoittelijat - Beer Drinkers of Riihi]

First of all, this is a joke song. Now when that's out of the way...

Here's a little something that started out as a drunken idea on last Saturday. Me and my roommate were drinking, and suddenly I figured "hey, how about we do a rap!!?" He thought, okay, and then we just started throwing random ideas (and basslines), while not much thought was given altogether. We did the first two minutes of the song in about twenty minutes, during which I spilt beer on my pants and had to wipe the floor. Afterwards we continued drinking.

The next morning I remembered we had done something, and we decided to continue the song. Also, at this point I got the idea of inviting two of my other friends to co-operate. Bare in mind none of the three guys are musicians, I'm barely one myself So, we finished the song during the day and recorded some of the "rap". Unfortunately, because of schedule problems, we couldn't finish the song until now, which was somewhat against my original idea, that was to finish the whole song during hangover. But what can ya do. Let me say this once more, this is a joke song, you can give feedback and comments, you may or may not like it, I don't think I will improve it in anyway, etc etc. It's meant to be a little sucky (just like rap in general HAR HAR j/k)We had fun doing it, I hope you'll have at least a little fun listening to it. The song's in Finnish, but I'll give you the lyrics and the translation.

The link: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/Riihen_iltakaljoittelijat.mp3

Lyrics (and the performers of each line):

Verse1:

Dise: Morjesta vaan mitä kuuluu teiän iltaan

Haaska: Paskaaks täs, aion juua kunnes tilttaan

Hyde: Vittu jätkä sul ei oo elämää

Haaska: No elä sä rupee siinä lässyttää

Hyde: Otakko huikkaa täs ois salmarii

Dise: Keittiössä thaikku keittää kalmarii

Haaska: Hyi vittu ku on paha haju

Hyde: Mut uskosin et ihan vitun hyvä maku

Haaska:Oottakaas vähän, pakko mennä kuselle

Ihan pienestä kii etten tuu omille housuille

No saatana, niin siinä kävi että lirahti

Taskussa puhelin vähän pahaan saumaan pirahti

Dise:No ei siinä mitään senkut näyttelet vaan

Niinku moista ei ois päässyt sattumaankaan

Jos joku sanoo et täällä haisee, ookse sinä

Niin huuda heti ja kovaa etten ainakaan minä

Chorus:

Phann:Tänä iltana otamme kaljaa

Jauhamme paskaa ja nostamme maljaa

kusisella mikillä kusista räppiä

huonoa englantia, shittiä, cräppiä

Dise:meillä on fiitteinä isoja starboja,

hyde, phann ja haaska,

perus riihen urpoja

Haaska:hei mulla ois sulle vähän askaa

tää biisi on ihan silkkaa paskaa

Verse 2:

Dise:Epäröiden avaan uuden pullon korkin

Pillua paljain sormin sorkin

Välillä otan pikku huikkaa

Korkilla voi heittää vaikka kuikkaa

Muija on varsinainen munahaukka

Pakoonpääsyyn ei auta edes laukka

Hommasta saldona on vain tippuri

Hyvä mauste pihivissä on pippuri

Hyde: hei, eiks toi oo aika nolo riimi?

Dise: älä siinä vittuile ei tää oo kovin iisii

Haaska: rauhotu mies, maista vaikka tätä viskii

ota suoraan pullosta ni ei tuu tiskii

Dise: Olipas hyvää tää taitaa olla kallista

Haaska: Paskat, Black velvettii alkon halvinta

Dise:No ehkä se ei oo ihan parasta laatua

Mut otetaan vielä yhdet ja odotellaan aamua

Chorus:

Phann:Tänä iltana otamme kaljaa

Jauhamme paskaa ja nostamme maljaa

kusista räppiä kusisella mikillä

biisinkin osat on vedetty repeatilla

Dise:meillä on fiitteinä isoja starboja,

hyde, phann ja haaska,

perus riihen urpoja

Haaska:hei mulla ois sulle vähän askaa

tää biisi on ihan silkkaa paskaa

Verse 3:

Phann:hei kaverit, mäkin tulin käymään

täällä kuulemma on bileet tänään

onks jääkaapissa tilaa, laitan oluet kylmään

kenes mikki tää on, antakaa mäkin vähän räppään

jou jou, no ei nyt oikein irtoo

runosuoli tukossa, otetaas vähänk keittoo

sehän tunnetusti saa räpin lähtemään

ottaks joku muu, kossu on helvetin hyvää

ja kylmääkin vielä, tää riihen parveke

on opiskelijan pakastearkun vastine

ja siitä puheenollen, voisin hakea oluen

monennenkohan, viidennen vai kuudennen

no ei kai sil oo välii, tänään juhlitaan

ja huomenna krapulapeikon kanssa painitaan (äitis kans)

ainii, se räppi, nyt mullois pari juttuu

hei mitä vittua, joko tää verse loppu?

Chorus:

Phann:Tänä iltana otamme kaljaa

Jauhamme paskaa ja nostamme maljaa

kusisella mikillä kusista räppiä

huonoa englantia, shittiä, cräppiä

Dise:meillä on fiitteinä isoja starboja,

hyde, phann ja haaska,

perus riihen urpoja

Haaska:hei mulla ois sulle vähän askaa

tää biisi on ihan silkkaa paskaa

THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION (no effort in making the sentences rhyme)

Verse1:

Dise: What's up, how's your evening

Haaska: I'm excited, I'm going to drink 'til I tilt

Hyde: Fuck, man, you have no life

Haaska: Don't start talking rubbish

Hyde: Do you want a sip, here's salmiac vodka

Dise: The thai is cooking squid in the kitchen

Haaska: Yuck, what an awful stentch

Hyde: But I believe the taste is fucking great

Haaska:Wait a second, I gotta take a piss

It's only a matter of time before I pee my pants

Oh fuck, it happened after all

The phone in my pocket rang at a bad time

Dise:Don't worry about it, just act

like it never happened

If someone says "it smells in here, is it you?"

Just shout out loud immediately "it ain't me!"

Chorus:

phann:Tonight we shall drink beer

Talk shit and raise our glasses

Shitty rap with a shitty mic

Bad english, shit and crap

Dise:We're featuring big stars

Hyde, phann and Haaska

Ordinary assholes of Riihi

Haaska:Hey I've got something to tell you

This song is utter shit

Verse2:

Dise: In doubt I open up another bottle

Prod a pussy with bare fingers

Every now and then I take a sip

One can throw the bottlecap at a bird, for example

The chick is a true cockwhore

Even gallop won't help in an escape

In the end all there is, is a venereal disease

Pepper is a good spice with a steak

Hyde: Hey, isn't that rhyme pretty embarassing?

Dise: Don't be a prick, this ain't so easy

Haaska: Calm down, man, taste this whiskey

Straight from the bottle so there won't be any dishes

Dise: That was good, it must be expensive

Haaska: Fuck no, it's Black Velvet, the cheapest of the store

Dise: Well maybe it's not the best brand there is

But let's take another one and await the morning

Chorus:

phann:Tonight we shall drink beer

Talk shit and raise our glasses

Shitty rap with a shitty mic

Even parts of the song are repeated

Dise:We're featuring big stars

Hyde, phann and Haaska

Ordinary assholes of Riihi

Haaska:Hey I've got something to tell you

This song is utter shit

Verse3:

Phann: Hey friends, I came to visit too

I hear there's a party here

Is there any room in the fridge, I'll put my beers in there

Whose mic is this, let me rap a little too

Yo yo, I can't think of anything right now

I'm having a writer's block, let's take some booze

It's a well-known fact it makes the rap fly

Does someone else want it, the vodka is damn good

And cold too, this balcony of Riihi

is the substitute of a student's freezer

speaking of which, I'll go get a beer

I wonder how many I've had, is this the fifth or sixth

Well I guess it doesn't matter, tonight we'll party

and tomorrow wrestle with a hangover troll (with your mom)

oh right, the rap, I've got a few things on my mind now

hey what the fuck, is this verse over already?

Chorus:

phann:Tonight we shall drink beer

Talk shit and raise our glasses

Shitty rap with a shitty mic

Bad english, shit and crap

Dise:We're featuring big stars

Hyde, phann and Haaska

Ordinary assholes of Riihi

Haaska:Hey I've got something to tell you

This song is utter shit

[Murder in a Box Mini Project, incl. Music Video]

(Almost) direct paste from the VGmix boards, I'm lazy heh

I'd like to present my mini-project to you, which I've made during partly last fall and partly this January-February.

It's comprised of two songs:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/DiseasedProject/Matryoshka.mp3

Part I: Matryoshka, which is more of a "in-your-face"-stylish made last fall mostly for fun actually

and

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/DiseasedProject/Bru_Doll.mp3

Part II: Bru Doll, a more atmospheric song I guess.

Bru is still perhaps a WIP, so I may do some corrections to it if I feel like it and if I should.

ALSO!!

I made a sort of a music video to Bru today, using clips from the movie Dead Silence (from the makers of Saw). I'd prefer if you watched it first before listening to the mp3 to get a better idea what it's all about (I hope), and of course in high quality.

The link (please note the embed might not work because of the &fmt=18 in the url. Using the link at the top works) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH25DZfeD6s&fmt=18

I hope you like the songs. Also, please comment/add suggestions on how to improve the Bru song if you got something on your mind. I won't alter the video, it was a pain in the ass to do even that thanks to Adobe Premiere fucking with me, but like I said, I may work with the actual song later.

Thanks in advance!

[Original Metal with NES sounds]

Technically this is not an update, but if anyone wants to keep the track, here it is with correct tags. I'm not planning on updating it anymore.

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/DiseasedProject/Viimeinen_Darra.mp3

Also, here are the lyrics in case anyone's interested:

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/diseadasdas.txt

[Batman (NES) metal]

Yeah well the drum samples I use are from a free pack called Kenardency's Drums, which I am sure most of you have heard of. I'm still trying to find a better drum library for Reason, since that's the only software I use for composing. Sadly it seems all the good ones are for things like Fruity Loops...

[Batman (NES) metal]

Also, as for the bass, it's played with the same guitar using Picked Bass Deep -preset (I think), but after recording I lowered the pitch in Adobe Audition by an octave. Then I added a bit of Scream Distortion, and turned the bass knob in the mixer to the max. I also strengthened the lows in Scream Distortion. It still might not sound exactly like a true bass, but I think it's still a lot better than using bass samples.

[Batman (NES) metal]

My guitar is a pre-teen Fender Squier (meaning it's about 9 or 10 years old, I know I should get a new guitar), that might have seen some abuse during its cycle

As for recording, I use Guitar Rig 3's Ubersonic preset, except for the delay and reverb, which I've shut down. I recorded everything twice, then panned them hard left and hard right. Also, after recording and adding the tracks to Reason 3, I put just a liiiiitle bit of high eq and a slight bass boost (I don't do that normally but I did for this song). In the previous version (v.1) I had cut all the low frequencies, which probably was partly the reason why the guitars sounded the way they did (I don't know why I had done that). Hope that answers your question!

[Batman (NES) metal]

A small update: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/FalseAssumption_v2.mp3

Nothing too major though. I removed the synth bass it previously had and laid my own (except to the last part). I also tried to make the guitars less ugly.

I'll work on the NES melodies in a couple of days, to give them more variety.

If you think it's any better, let me know. (Or, of course if it's worse or if it sounds the same to you) :>

[Original Metal with NES sounds]

Alright, it took a while but here's a new version: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/Versio3.mp3 (I skipped one version number ;P)

Includes vocals! (Half of them performed by me, half by my friend, who wrote most of the lyrics. Which are in finnish btw, sorry)

If there's anything that you feel should be fixed, let me know okay? This song kinda has a deadline of 21st for undiscussed reasons so I want it to be as good as possible by then.

[Batman (NES) metal]

Triple post but anyway,

if you think there are some parts in the timeline that are especially bad when it comes to either the lead being too weak, the guitar being too muddy, the drums un-audible, let me know, so I can see where else it needs the most work, you know, to give me reference. Thanks.

[Batman (NES) metal]

And Willrock, yeah those are the sources I used.

[Batman (NES) metal]

Awright, I appreciate the input you all have been giving.

I'll add more variety to the lead (I'm keeping the sample, just because it's somewhat my thing when it comes to leads), meaning more vibrato etc etc, it's easy to do...

Noted the drum thing too; atm the kick is one of the free Kenardency kicks; I'll see if there's anything better.

The guitar muddiness is, again, the one thing I'm gonna need the most assistance with, since it's been a major factor in all of my remixes. I don't know if it's because my guitar is crappy (actually it is, an old abused piece of asdasd), or if I'm using the wrong preset for that kinda stuff, but I'll see if I can make it stand out more without drowning everything else.

Tips and pointers on the case are naturally more than welcome so if you've got something creative to say, go ahead. It helps a lot as it is, though, so thanks again to all of you.

[Batman (NES) metal]

Source (I hope you have an NSF player): http://www.zophar.net/download_file/8760

The tracks used : 1/11 (the end section) & 3/11

Neko: Icky? Well...if you can elaborate, then I'll see what I can do. Re-recording is no problem, as I'm grown very accustomed to it by now, but if it's just the eq you're having a problem with, let me know and I'll adjust it to the best of my knowledge.

Also, the final section is supposed to be a bit sudden, but if it's that much of a negative, I'll rework on it.

Thanks for the comments!

[Batman (NES) metal]

So, while waiting for that one collab song to finish (still waiting for one bridge-part, and after that we can begin recording, yay!), I thought I'd create a new remix.

So, here it is: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/135436/False_Assumption_v1.mp3

As the thread title implies, the source is Batman for the NES, though it's got lots of original stuff too in it. Also, it's very NES-synth -heavy (Tensei would kill me for using that term; "It's Sine Wave arrgagrgrgarg") and blah blah.

Length is 5:48, file size is ~9 mb. Comments?

[Original Metal with NES sounds]

8-Bit Metal: It was done in 24 hours on Sunday, 7th of September. The lyrics aren't finished yet, so I guess it takes another week or so to record them. Also, while I'll add them, I will more than likely add more instruments/tweak it more once I hear how the lyrics work in there (I don't wanna drown them).

Therapsid: That's the plan