Rig Talk superfriends of shred?

[Devin]

I personally use Cakewalk because the full version is now totally free (and also because I was a paying Cakewalk Sonar customer for years before that so I'm familiar with it).

It really doesn't matter much though because they all essentially do the same things

 

[DanTravis62]

Thanks for the offer! I will try to be low maintenance haha. I have a free Ableton lite that came with my Focusrite. I've made a few test clips to ensure I had the most basic functions working. Is there a DAW that would be most easily compatible with the rest of you?

I'm sure ableton is just fine - i use reaper, but I should be able to guide you through the basics. All you need to be able to do to contribute a lead is be able to record a DI (so plugging your guitar directly into the interface) and export/render an audio file (wav, mp3) of your solo, and I can take that and reamp it.

Of course, anyone who wants to use their own tone is more than welcome, but in your case if you aren't super experienced and just want to contribute, you can just record the DI and I'll do the tone!

here's just the first youtube link that popped up when you search for it:



the crux of the matter is that the DAW isn't actually important @Rottweiler - it's just that you are able to export an mp3 or wav file of either you having recorded a miced up full tone or a DI.

 

[DanTravis62]

I personally use Cakewalk because the full version is now totally free (and also because I was a paying Cakewalk Sonar customer for years before that so I'm familiar with it).

It really doesn't matter much though because they all essentially do the same things

Yep! Which DAW doesn't actually make a difference in this case because we aren't sharing mixes or templates; just sending wavs/mp3s back and forth

 

[Rottweiler]

I'm sure ableton is just fine - i use reaper, but I should be able to guide you through the basics. All you need to be able to do to contribute a lead is be able to record a DI (so plugging your guitar directly into the interface) and export/render an audio file (wav, mp3) of your solo, and I can take that and reamp it.

Of course, anyone who wants to use their own tone is more than welcome, but in your case if you aren't super experienced and just want to contribute, you can just record the DI and I'll do the tone!

here's just the first youtube link that popped up when you search for it:



the crux of the matter is that the DAW isn't actually important @Rottweiler - it's just that you are able to export an mp3 or wav file of either you having recorded a miced up full tone or a DI.

Awesome thank you! I can get a tone and a DI from my GPDIIR. Thanks for the help. These are fun goals to set!

 

[Rottweiler]

You have no idea how funny this is. My solo work is simple; bordering...hell not even bordering on retarded

Smash, you have some competition brother!
I've been working for months to nail the solo in Cinnamon Girl.

 

[rsm]

what did you use for the drums? I missed it if it was posted/discussed.

 

[DanTravis62]

what did you use for the drums? I missed it if it was posted/discussed.

The same thing I always use - MT powerdrummer, which is freeware btw. Also it's very easy to use in it's stock setup.

But I use a pretty elaborate mixing, tracking, and midi process to make it sound quite a bit different than stock, which if you want me to explain I will, but it's pretty in-depth and gets into a whole bunch of minutia I've picked up over the years micing live kits, and very few here actually care about production/engineering details

 

[rsm]

The same thing I always use - MT powerdrummer, which is freeware btw. Also it's very easy to use in it's stock setup.

But I use a pretty elaborate mixing, tracking, and midi process to make it sound quite a bit different than stock, which if you want me to explain I will, but it's pretty in-depth and gets into a whole bunch of minutia I've picked up over the years micing live kits, and very few here actually care about production/engineering details

nah, just curios; i'm drum challenged...I need to spend some time on learning to make drum tracks this winter, but it's not my favorite thing to do, so I never seem to get around to it. Thanks for the offer!

 

[DanTravis62]

nah, just curios; i'm drum challenged...I need to spend some time on learning to make drum tracks this winter, but it's not my favorite thing to do, so I never seem to get around to it. Thanks for the offer!

If you are as drum-challenged as you say, the easiest thing to do would be to spring for GGD or Steven Slate or something like that, which I own a bunch of packs of both. They sound great, but they sound very "modern" and pretty "stock." Those involve no midi, just drag and drop. That's what all the famous youtubers do.

I use separate instance of MTPowerdrummer for multiple tracks, muting everything but the snare on one track, everything but the kick on another track, simulating how I would do a live mic setup, and then treat each track (as in plug ins, EQ, compression) as if they were a live drum kit miced up.

It doesn't sound anywhere near as "perfect" as a youtuber style steven slate trigger but that suits me fine, as it makes the drum machine sound a bit more natural to my ears

That's a lot of work though, and not something I recommend to anyone else even though that's how I do it.