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WOW!! Ric...that's pretty cool. What soft ware was that?
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that was cakewalk. i'm not sure what version i was using when i first got into it (that tune has got to be 10 years old anyway), but i think it was cw 7. now that software is called 'sonar'. they changed the name for some reason. prolly because cakewalk is such a stupid name. but sonar???
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I don't have keyboards or drums, just my bass and guitars.
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that is exactly what i have been using. after i did that piece above and one more midi thing with manual hand playing the drums with the computer keyboard (click
HERE to hear that one). It's called: Get A Stinkin' Job, another whacked out experimental thingy (sooooo don't take me serious on this one,k?). also, don't mind the huge swings in sonic quality. as you listen to these, you're also hearing my learning curve with producing, which gets better with experience.
i next went to using some drum loops. drum loops are clips/samples of actual drum beats and tracks that you import into a track, and 'loop' as long as you want it to play. you can have more than one in a tune if need be. you can buy them. you can have friends that have a bunch that you can get some off of. (ahem...that could be me
) ...there's even freebie loops on the net if you look around long enough.
here's two tunes i did using the drum loop method:
the first one is kind of a 'pop' tune i guess...using a couple of drum loop thangs
Why'd Ya Have To Leave
the second one is more prog sounding...again utilizing some looped drum tracks...
Path Of Least Resistance
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What should I look at to get started?
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first thing you need to get is one of the recording software packages, whether it be cubase or sonar or whatever else is out there now. (email or pm me for some other details.)
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Does the software do guitar effects?
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there is software out there now that does guitar effects. thus far from what i've tried, shakey at best. although my kid brother has just screened a package that's supposed to be really really excellent. (i'll be the judge of THAT! LOL) i actually use a multi effects pedal by korg, that i go line in with. it's worked fine for me. but...with recording, there is ALWAYS something better. new toys.
i'm hoping to get some real drums or a roland electronic kit in the near future. hopefull, the arm comes back enough for me to use them..
anyway....let me know what you think thus far.
