Ticking clocks

About a week ago, I mentioned that I was putting together a new song. I’d recorded a so-called 1+1 demo (just me singing with Martin guitar). But, earlier this week I hooked up with Adam, the drummer from my band, and we worked on the arrangement in his ad hoc studio with me on Taylor guitar (DI, direct injection, into the desk, U-phoria UMC404HD) and he on drums (electronic drums with an acoustic kit setting, also DI into my desk). Once we had things just about right and had recorded a decent take of the drums and guitar, Adam added some nice retro 70s synth (the synth sound is called “Chick Corea”). I then returned to my home “studio” to record vocals (MXR mic), to add some electric guitar (Ibanez RG, EQ’d to a jazzy tone), Yamaha bass, and even a bit of tuned percussion in the form of MIDI glockenspiel played on my Akai keyboard (MPK mini). I then mixed down the multiple tracks into the final song using one of the less well-known, but just as good digital audio workstations (DAWs), Acoustica Mixcraft. There’s really no need to break the bank on Pro Tools, Logic or whatever at this level. After all, most of the heavy lifting is done by the VST (virtual studio technology) plugins that even the professionals use in their pricey software. Mixcraft is basically GarageBand for Windows. I then worked up a photo of a broken clock taken by Adam to create this montage with the title of the song and our names. Oh, and I recorded the ticking o...
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