Today it was time to try out my new M-Audio Fast Track recording interface. So I downloaded the latest Win7 drivers from their website and installed the device. The first thing I noticed was that instead of two input channels it has only one, or more precisely: You can connect your mic and your guitar to the thingy, but internally it records only one channel, putting the vocals on the left and the intrument on the right. In other words: You can only record mono with this thing.
But what do I care, I can always make fake stereo from mono, and nobody will ever know; what is stereo anyway - not having to deal with any input level fucked up shit is totally worth it.
Since it came with Pro Tools Essentials, I installed that also. It version 8, not the latest, but still a nice piece of software. You can pretty much do your music LEGO style; just drag and drop from samples provided, down-mix to disc and there you are.
It takes a bit of getting used to, but I managed to click together this track (for blogger-upload-convinience I embedded it in a video file):
You can hear in there a South-American style guitar and percussion, some kind of pop/rock piano, a jazz trombone, a noisy garage break beat, several different bass samples, some weird electro synth, some kind of funk guitar and some other stuff I didn't have a problem putting in there. The whole thing, by the way, is completely in E minor.
My next goal is getting more comfortable with Pro Tools' real recording and mixing functions, and to record a real tune that I write and play myself. That's more fun anyway. Samples are nice, but a tune like this is just not satisfactory for me, because it is not really me*.
*When listening to my own music I also like the feeling of surprise in remembering how I wrote and played certain bass lines, solos or whatever else I recorded. You can't have that with prerecorded samples.
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3 comments:
I wish I could listen to your video music -- my connection is too slow. I'd still be here tomorrow.
Maybe you could be convinced to burn a CD?
Sounded like sleezy porn music to my ears. I had to tun it off. I thought I was listening to The Pulse radio station. could you please put more original you stuff on here! You singing and stuff. i like that stuff.
@Mikisew:
Consider it done.
@R.Rich:
what do you mean, you had to turn it off. it is specially designed to be listened to in a neverending eternal loop that goes on forever and ever and ever and ever and ever.
however, concerning more original tunes I'll see what I can do. thank you for asking for them. it's balsam for the artist.
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