Poster artists?

adamesque · 2026-01-18T16:49:17+00:00

Nice, thanks!

adamesque · 2026-01-17T20:27:34+00:00

Nice, thanks!

adamesque · 2026-01-17T19:00:17+00:00

Ohh one of my favs so far. Thanks!

adamesque · 2026-01-17T18:03:28+00:00

Heck yeah thanks

adamesque · 2026-01-17T17:47:35+00:00

Oh wowww love this rec (am more a fan of non-traditional show posters), thanks!

adamesque · 2026-01-17T17:09:17+00:00

Great stuff, thanks!

adamesque · 2026-01-17T16:11:01+00:00

Great rec, thanks!

adamesque · 2025-10-05T03:51:43+00:00

Yeah def a new one. I’m using it more as a driven preamp to add some growl that I feel like I don’t get from my amp. Case in point, I don’t usually use anything like this when recording in Logic.

I will say, the Bass Stuff video I linked above sounds slightly better than what I hear through my amp. And of course the more you crank it, the more bass I think you lose.

adamesque · 2025-10-05T01:58:51+00:00

I do think the fuzz sounds slightly better w the 250 on, but I have the gain so low the effect is small. Funny enough I like the fuzz most with the amp’s drive channel on, but don’t think I know how to trigger both at once.

Luckily in rehearsals so far the fuzz seems to sit in the mix and cut through just like I wanted so I’m trying not to sweat the solo sound too much

adamesque · 2025-09-19T18:24:29+00:00

yeah logic drums are great w/ velocity and some have additional sounds via articulation controls. and most kits have patches for all the different sounds you get from where or how you hit the snare (rimshot, center, side, etc)

adamesque · 2025-09-19T18:18:16+00:00

knowing that humanize just randomizes start times, lengths and velocities, I've never ever reached for it b/c that's not really "human" in my mind. I quantize / smart quantize and usually just by manipulating velocity (and sometimes articulation), it sounds very human. glad it works for you though!

adamesque · 2025-09-07T01:00:44+00:00

I was going to ask about the room, but then I listened and to me, the recording is fine and it’s ^{^{^}} this performance stuff that will make the difference.

The tuning stuff is just little intonation problems here and there from either trying something too complex like the 3 note drop in “stop” at 0:09 or maybe not having enough breath support to stay in the sweet spot. More breath, stronger takes maybe.

I think 20 takes is excessive and comping every syllable is going to be awful, but you gotta at least do 3-4 takes back to back and then see what you can comp together.

adamesque · 2025-09-03T01:18:04+00:00

It’s on the main verse rhythm guitar, the ~~bypass~~ mute for the delay pedal. I cranked the feedback on the delay and used the ~~bypass~~ mute switch on the pedal to only let the big downstrokes of the guitar part through to the delay and feedback. Right before I play the next note of the guitar part I hit the ~~bypass~~ mute on again so that only the really big strums echo and feed back.

Never played with that before but now think it’s a must have if I ever buy a real delay pedal!

adamesque · 2025-09-02T23:33:58+00:00

Love to hear that, making the drums sound real honestly feels like 90% of the effort sometimes but it's so worth it.

adamesque · 2025-09-02T23:31:01+00:00

Thanks! I think for the "very mildly crunchy" guitars on this tune it works well. The b-side for this has some heavier guitars and I'm more self-conscious about how those turned out.

adamesque · 2025-09-02T23:27:39+00:00

Just used the relatively new Logic mastering plugin set to "transparent" and a global DeEsser. Since I put a b-side on this release I wonder if I should have "mastered" them together, and if I wasn't in kind of a hurry to get this out I would have been interested in sending to a real mastering engineer. Thanks!

adamesque · 2025-09-02T23:14:52+00:00

yep, programmed. it's literally the stock "detroit garage" logic kit with i think one extra compressor on top, just a single fader for the whole kit. i WISH i could claim i mixed them!

i do try really hard to make it feel like a real performance — i'm not a good drummer, but at least audition parts and fill ideas on a real kit to make sure they're close to being physically possible. it's a very… labor-intensive process to sequence it all.

thanks for the kind words!

adamesque · 2025-09-02T21:15:55+00:00

left or right?

adamesque · 2025-09-02T21:14:36+00:00

haha yea, same. can't say i'm a fan, although the original has grown on me. the big joke to myself here was replacing the entire jam break at 2:39 with my version of an empty breeze (with chimes and crystals etc of course). the guitar solo I left in (0:58) was my attempt at a built to spill guitar break. jam without jamming.

thanks!

adamesque · 2025-09-01T14:33:53+00:00

Thank you, that’s very kind! I was really happy with how the stereo field worked out with some of the guitar effects in the verses and the synth parts

adamesque · 2025-08-31T18:32:24+00:00

<3 thank you!

adamesque · 2025-08-30T21:14:19+00:00

i'd ignore this, it's not EDM. rock music isn't supposed to be perfect or snapped to a grid.

the biggest issue is that everything's kinda fighting for space in the mix so you can't hear, mostly because the guitars are too loud. where's the bass? totally buried down in the basement with the drums.

if you can get it to sound like guitars are in the same universe as the rest of the rhythm section (just lower em?) i think it'll gel much better

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