One more fansong and then I'll shut up :P
Been working on this one since September-ish, off and on. Not perfect, but I like it!
Their hate crosses the bounds of time and space!
I gained a lot of technical know-how through doing it, though obviously I still have a lot to learn. It's the first time I've used loops so extensively; all the guitars and drums are loops (specifically, the set of Apple loops that comes free with Garageband). For drum fills I sifted through and cut out pieces of loops. There were separate, single hi-hat, crash cymbal, and kick drum hits as well, which I used in a few places.
I'm proudest of the male vocal, which is my voice artificially lowered a major third. I think it sounds almost convincingly like a real tenor, if a highly processed one. It was a good exercise in controlling my voice; I had to keep a really bright, almost nasal tone while I was singing it in order for it to sound right after being lowered.
The female vocal at the end could be a lot better, but I didn't have very good mic options, so I had to balance holding back so as not to overload the mic with being able to actually hit the notes. Modulating to a different key was made more difficult than it was worth by the guitar loop. Ah well.
So that's one more project out of the way! Hooray!
Their hate crosses the bounds of time and space!
I gained a lot of technical know-how through doing it, though obviously I still have a lot to learn. It's the first time I've used loops so extensively; all the guitars and drums are loops (specifically, the set of Apple loops that comes free with Garageband). For drum fills I sifted through and cut out pieces of loops. There were separate, single hi-hat, crash cymbal, and kick drum hits as well, which I used in a few places.
I'm proudest of the male vocal, which is my voice artificially lowered a major third. I think it sounds almost convincingly like a real tenor, if a highly processed one. It was a good exercise in controlling my voice; I had to keep a really bright, almost nasal tone while I was singing it in order for it to sound right after being lowered.
The female vocal at the end could be a lot better, but I didn't have very good mic options, so I had to balance holding back so as not to overload the mic with being able to actually hit the notes. Modulating to a different key was made more difficult than it was worth by the guitar loop. Ah well.
So that's one more project out of the way! Hooray!