Enemy is here!

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Enemy is the rewrite of the theme song I wrote for Erik Hogans game Derelict. It will soon be available for download from Amplifier, and eventually from iTunes.
Special thanks again to Michelle Klaessens (The Rock Factory) for a fabulous mastering job, Mark Towl (Stapleton) on drums, and Mike Johns (Revolution Brother) on lead guitar.
The Gear […]

Yamaha DTXPRESS IV Electric Drum Kit

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I borrowed a Yamaha DT Xpress 4 for some recording tonight, along with a drummer since drums are not really my forté.  I thought an electric drum kit would be perfect for an evening recording session at home, as it wouldn’t keep the neighbors up like an acoustic kit would.
I wasn’t familiar with the kit […]

Pitch Correction in Adobe Audition

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

I have noticed this search coming up a fair bit in my stats, so thought I better write a post on it. I’m gonna grab a vocal line from something I’m writing at the moment, and run through using the Adobe Audition Pitch correction plug-in. I am using version 1.5, but version three […]

The RPM Challenge - Post Mortem

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

Well, The RPM challenge is over, and while I didn’t complete it in time I feel it was definitely worth while attempting it because I have written a lot of new material that I otherwise would not have.
Next year, I think I would do a few things differently to make sure I finished in time.
Not […]

Work in progress - new song to critique

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

This is a new song I’ve been working on. It’s had almost ten different versions, and this is the rough of the version I’m probably going to go with. It’s almost a bit too “easy listening” for my personal tastes, but I think it’s probably the version most likely to get me […]

Cubase vs. Adobe Audition

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Naturally, i’d rather have Logic, Protools, or something decent. But for something on a limited budget I’m hard pressed to choose between them. Luckily I have both….

I bought Adobe Audition 1.5 for a spectacularly cheap student price. Student discounts rule! Since then they’ve brought out version 2.0 […]