BOWA Cover

Roastbeef · Unread post by **Roastbeef** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:57 am

Hey all! Here's my BOWA cover:

http://www.alpinezone.com/mp3s/bowa.mp3

I'd love to get some feedback, not only on the guitar and vocals, but on the recording quality. I think I finally have all the Cool Edit Pro settings tweaked. Suggestion are welcome!

isaac · Unread post by **isaac** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:43 am

*eyes your other mentions of this cover* :lol:

you're really pushing this cover, aren't you? *giving it a listen*

ah. back.

solid guitar work. the beginning was a little iffy, but maybe that's because i just woke up and it's a bit different.

the vocals need a little more work. you have a very unique voice, and with a little more polish it could be absolutely fantastic. there were some parts where you stumbled a bit during some of the quicker parts in the chorus, and i think you're pushing your voice a little too much on some parts. like i said in another post, try to keep your voice consistent and don't jump around too much. as for recording quality, it sounds superb.

great levels on both the guitar and vocals.

great cover all together.

looking forward to hearing more!

Cor · Unread post by **Cor** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:56 am

That was a very good job. I'm no vocal coach, and you are alot better than me on singing abilities, but it just sounded like you were pushing it, like forcing it on some parts. But, I thought it was a Great job on the vocals for the most part.

The guitar was also very good, it sounded like on the chorus you maybe sped something up, But it's hard to hear the guitar on the Actual song, so I am not too sure. and the little bridge part sounds a little off, In My opinon, probably becasue I play it with more mutes between the notes

2 x x x
2 x x x
x 3 x 2 x 1 etc.

and the recording, sounds Perfect too me. How did you get such a good and full guitar tone? what kind of mic did you use? positioninf? light reverbs? I would love to hear how you got that great tone.

Good job!
Cory

Cor · Unread post by **Cor** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:59 am

oops! my tab example didn't work. I just strum mutes, in between the notes.

Cory

Roastbeef · Unread post by **Roastbeef** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 11:41 am

isaac wrote:the vocals need a little more work. you have a very unique voice, and with a little more polish it could be absolutely fantastic. there were some parts where you stumbled a bit during some of the quicker parts in the chorus, and i think you're pushing your voice a little too much on some parts. like i said in another post, try to keep your voice consistent and don't jump around too much.

Hey, thanks for listening. I know what you man on the vocals. It sounds like I'm pushing in parts, although my voice doesn't feel strained when I'm singing it. Weird. Practice I guess. Thanks for the suggestions. I really appreciate them!

Cor wrote: and the little bridge part sounds a little off, In My opinon, probably becasue I play it with more mutes between the notes

2 x x x
2 x x x
x 3 x 2 x 1 etc.

I know what you mean. I just listened to the Lost Acoustic version again and he's definitely muting in there. I'll try it.

Cor wrote: and the recording, sounds Perfect too me. How did you get such a good and full guitar tone? what kind of mic did you use? positioninf? light reverbs? I would love to hear how you got that great tone.

Yup, I'm pretty happy with it. I've come a long way since the PC mic days. Anyway, here's the guitar setup:

Martin DX1 with a B-Band A1/AST pickup
1/4" to 1/8" mono to mono reducer direct to a Crystal sound card in a Dell Latitude
Cool Edit Pro to record. I apply a few filters to clean up noise and then compression. I leave the EQ flat and apply the "Tight and Close" reverb preset. That's it! The B-Band is really responsible for the tone, I think. Great pickup for the money!

Thanks guys! Any others?

I'mWithFatjack · Unread post by **I'mWithFatjack** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:23 pm

nice choice on the song, i agree the vocals are pretty shaky but its not that i dont like you voice its different and kind of cool to listen to the guitar is pretty solid you break it up too much some times, but overall not too shabby man

zeppelin41 · Unread post by **zeppelin41** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:08 pm

I thought you you didn't like that song

Granny33 · Unread post by **Granny33** » Mon Aug 04, 2003 8:14 pm

the vocals weren't to bad though it did sound kind of strained. The guitar was VERY good and solid. Keep those covers comin!

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 11:22 pm

Personally for that part that goes 22 3 2 1 or whatever it is, I play an Am, then 3 2 1 then slide from 8-3 and it sounds great...

fatjack · Unread post by **fatjack** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 11:25 pm

hmm... off key on certain parts of the vocal line... but the guitar was good...

I'mWithFatjack · Unread post by **I'mWithFatjack** » Sun Aug 10, 2003 5:52 pm

zeppelin41 wrote:I thought you you didn't like that song

??? i love that song, its one of my favs.....now ants marching is a different story...

Granny33 · Unread post by **Granny33** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 9:54 am

Roastbeef wrote: I know what you mean. I just listened to the Lost Acoustic version again and he's definitely muting in
Yup, I'm pretty happy with it. I've come a long way since the PC mic days. Anyway, here's the guitar setup:

Martin DX1 with a B-Band A1/AST pickup
1/4" to 1/8" mono to mono reducer direct to a Crystal sound card in a Dell Latitude
Cool Edit Pro to record. I apply a few filters to clean up noise and then compression. I leave the EQ flat and apply the "Tight and Close" reverb preset. That's it! The B-Band is really responsible for the tone, I think. Great pickup for the money!

Thanks guys! Any others?

THATS IT?? i almost jumped out of my pants when i read that. well i've never recorded or anything so i have no idea what any of that stuff is. damnit...you can sing, play guitar, and ur a fucking genius. :lol:

Roastbeef · Unread post by **Roastbeef** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:25 am

Granny33 wrote:
Roastbeef wrote: I know what you mean. I just listened to the Lost Acoustic version again and he's definitely muting in
Yup, I'm pretty happy with it. I've come a long way since the PC mic days. Anyway, here's the guitar setup:

Martin DX1 with a B-Band A1/AST pickup
1/4" to 1/8" mono to mono reducer direct to a Crystal sound card in a Dell Latitude
Cool Edit Pro to record. I apply a few filters to clean up noise and then compression. I leave the EQ flat and apply the "Tight and Close" reverb preset. That's it! The B-Band is really responsible for the tone, I think. Great pickup for the money!

Thanks guys! Any others?
THATS IT?? i almost jumped out of my pants when i read that. well i've never recorded or anything so i have no idea what any of that stuff is. damnit...you can sing, play guitar, and ur a fucking genius.

Ha! Funny. It's actually painlessly simple. The Martin didn't come with a pickup so I added an A1 preamp (this basically allows you to "plug" in the acoustic, either to an amp or recording setup). The AST is the transducer, or pickup. It's actually mounted inside the body of the guitar, under the bridge. This is run to the A1 preamp.

The A1 output is a standard 1/4" jack like you'd see on an electric guitar. The 1/4" -> 1/8" mono-to-mono reducer is simply an audio adapter that converts the 1/4" plug to an 1/8", one that will fit into a mic port on most computers. Cool Edit Pro to record and away you go... Sounds more difficult than it is.

Granny33 · Unread post by **Granny33** » Mon Aug 11, 2003 10:31 am

acutally it is easier to understand like that.

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