Off Topic New Song

[joe web]

hi forumites,

i did some recordings the last week and i came up with this little song.
Dreamland by joe web
hope you´ll like it. give me some feedback please.
greetings
joe

 

[threeminutesboy]

Hi Joe I like it sound a bit like IQ

wich guitar did you use on that ? some drop D tunning ?

 

[joe web]

i used the JP7 for rhythms and the MD JP6 for solos. no drop tunings, everything is in regular tuning.

what do you mean with "IQ"?

 

[threeminutesboy]

IQ is a progessive band from the 80's kinda Marillion like check there web site here IQ-HQ : The Official Website

the heavy rythm remind me of them

 

[sickindian]

I like it i can hear few influences there. What did you use to record it?

 

[joe web]

thanx for the IQ link!

@sickindian:
my main recording program (daw) is magix samplitude 10 pro at the moment, not sure if i should upgarde to 11 or not.
i did all the recordings at home, so i didn´t use any real amp (for the first time!). the guitarsound comes from IK amplitube incl. all the effects on the guitartracks. the keys are played on m-audio keystation and for the VSTi i used Independence LE (was in the software package with Sam10).
for the bass parts i had to use a trick, because i don´t own any bassguitar. so i decided to play the parts on my JP7 and pitch the recorded files down for one octave. after that i loaded IKs Ampeq suite for the bass amp.
for the drums i used toontracks Drumkit From Hell (DFH) - an awesome drumkit!

the overall mix was done very quick, i didn´t focus my ears to an perfect mix-sound right now. just recorded the tracks and brought the levels together.

 

[sickindian]

Wow! man that sounds like its piece of cake for you .

 

[leftyguitarblue]

good stuff Joe!! great tone.

 

[Colin]

Joe Vai

 

[joe web]

@colin:
do you really think it sounds "vai-ish"?

 

[Colin]

@colin:
do you really think it sounds "vai-ish"?

I did actually probably because I have no idea who the newer players are I did like it

 

[frankiman]

joe i liked this very much you got a great tone out of amplitube... maybe I should check that out... I'm too into line 6, it doesn't hurt trying new stuff

 

[joe web]

one of the advantages of amplitube is, that you have an ambience poti, which simulates the moving air between the speaker and the mic. it gives you a more realistic sound and feel. i move it up to "3" which is enough.
also i combine two cabs with two different mics - like i use to do it in real.