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Musicians / Re: BLACKINK's Projects - v. big chugus
« Last post by BlackInk on Today at 12:01:33 PM »
So I originally had two other projects in the works that were going to be my next posts. One is delayed since I handed the track off to the lead guitarist of the band to write a solo, which is taking longer than expected. The other project were demos for the next of my old albums I wrote as a teenager, but my 6-string guitar has broken and so I can't work on that until I get it fixed.

Instead I thought I'd go back to the drawing board instead, doing a simple mix test just to see if I can get some more life and intensity into my productions. I realized that I had been too aggressively micro-managing the top end in previous mixes, and thought I'd try to embrace it a little more, giving the sound more presence and being much easier on the ears. Thought I'd post the results, as it turned into quite a groovy track. It's not really a proper song, more of a simple riff that was easy to deal with as I tried to dial in a cool tone, with some ambience coming and going to give it a floaty rolling mood.

Hopefully my tracks will have more of this sound going forward, we'll see how it goes. I'm sure there will be complications that will make me want to tear my hair out when I try it on more complex and dynamic songs.

Big Chugus (2:36)

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General Music Discussion / Re: The Night Flight Orchestra
« Last post by cramx3 on Today at 11:40:45 AM »
Isn’t there still a TBD slot for PPUSA??

Sure, but to assume would be foolish even though I do think there is a chance.
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General Music Discussion / Re: The Night Flight Orchestra
« Last post by jingle.boy on Today at 11:19:50 AM »
Isn’t there still a TBD slot for PPUSA??
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General Discussion / Re: DTF Chat Thread v.thespicemustflow
« Last post by jingle.boy on Today at 11:15:21 AM »
Nice Jingle! Have you been having a good time?

Tits up for sure!
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Yeah, I played about 90 minutes of it (just as Covid was taking over the world). It started getting a bit scary so I stopped playing :lol I am absolutely awful with VR games that are even remotely scary. I find scary games hard enough to play in pancake mode, never mind VR :lol

Yes, I played Train Valley a few years ago. Enjoyed it. I've also had NIMBY Rails for years. It's still in early access. Waiting for it to be finished because it's complicated enough already and I don't want to learn its systems, forget them all and then relearn whenever it's eventually finished :biggrin:
NIMBY Rails has been on my radar for years now, I'm also waiting for it to leave early access.
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Dream Theater / Re: The Mike Mangini Thread (Thanks & Farewell)
« Last post by nikatapi on Today at 10:14:09 AM »
Same for me. View is a very good album but I think the production, mix, whatever the proper term is, sounds great. I can hear all the cymbal work clear as a bell and the snare sounds good.

For people who understand this stuff, I'd be curious as to how Mangini's sound differs on View and his new solo album.

His solo album has a bit of a more organic sound in my ears, less compression so you can hear the drums a bit more clearly. Definitely helps that the songs are less busy in terms of orchestration as well
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General Music Discussion / Re: Concerts for 2024
« Last post by lonestar on Today at 09:44:54 AM »
It was a rough night...Allegaeon aside, I think Kataklysm was the strongest of the remaining bands, SepticFlesh was very solid though.
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Ain't Misbehavin' is finally getting a physical re-release. Will be picking this up.

https://www.amazon.com/Aint-Misbehavin-UFO/dp/B0D18BX1FB

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General Discussion / Re: DTF golfer's thread v. coolgolfstorybro
« Last post by Podaar on Today at 09:05:06 AM »
I think it would be great if Ricky Fowler would have Puma provide him an XL in his Sunday orange shirt to offer to Scheffler!  :lol
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