krismuzak Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 This is a song I recorded with Los Angeles guitarist Joe Walla to try out a new Behringer V-Amp Pro I had just picked up for $149. We used only the V-Amp and my Roland V-Drums going directly into Presonus Firepod firewire interfaces. All the effects and compression are Logic native. Of course, it helps to have a great guitarist like Joe playing. He did all 3 leads in just one take. Let me know what you think! I've enjoyed listening to the other songs posted... Fallen Kings http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i33/krismuzak/JoeWalla2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregj Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 drums sound great man imo you should pan rythm guitars bit more, and put them on less reverb, perhaps through stereo spread. I have this funky feeling that guitars were not tuned between takes. Either the guy is pressing strings too much, vibrating evil fast, or solo guitar isn't in the same tune as the rythm one. This is the one in first part, later on (with overdriven solo - everything is cool). Tones are great, I seriously think about buying the same drums synth. nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krismuzak Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 (edited) Thanks for your comments. I don't recall adding any reverb. It was most likely the V-Amp. Joe loves lots of verb and delay and it can be a challenge to get him to turn it down when we are tracking. I've since convinced him it is better to add it later rather than commit. I've also started using a DI box on his guitar and recording it along with the stereo V-Amp tracks so I can choose different guitar sounds when I mix. The Logic Amp simulations are very basic but sound good. The Roland V-Drums are incredible. I usually run the kick and snare through my ART TUBE PAC pres to warm them up a bit when I track then add a bit of Gold Verb to the set and Space Designer plate verb to the snare and I have decent drum sound in minutes. All the levels are set so I just have to press record and I'm ready to go. They aren't as dynamic as a real set but the versatility and time saved not having to mic, gate, compress, etc. is worth the trade off. Edited November 8, 2007 by krismuzak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleabag Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 The V-Amp has the ability to set up different sounds on the left and right outputs. This means you can let your guitarist have a nice reverb-heavy mix to listen to while he plays, while you record just the dry into logic. The manual explains it. Neat... Fleabag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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