Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread
Print Thread
Go To
Page 1 of 2 1 2
#702585 02/03/22 06:03 AM
User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 9,805
Veteran
OP Offline
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 9,805
Just playing around with recording direct using the Spark amp. So this is instrumental.... no vox. In addition, I got a pickup for my Taylor acoustic and wanted to try it using the spark with a clean setting. The electric is my Modern Tele I think mostly on the strat (middle) PU.

The style is Rock Ballad from BB. I'm using the drums, bass, and a steel in the style. I could look them up if you really need to know.


There's 2 strummed acoustics panned opposite..... and a lead acoustic using the Acoustic Clean model....

Electric is using the American High Gain and Something that was British modeling a Marshall.....

Living in a Dream

Thoughts are appreciated.


You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
User Showcase
Joined: Oct 2021
Posts: 1,406
Expert
Offline
Expert
Joined: Oct 2021
Posts: 1,406
Hello Herb
A very nice instrumental song
The melody is just perfect for solo guitars
Your guitar solos are really great
The sound of your Taylor in conjunction with the Spark amp I personally do not like quite so well.
The sound is not as clear as I would expect from an acoustic guitar.
But that is of course a matter of taste ;-)
Your Strat rocks the song totally though
Really great played, Herb
Both thumbs up
Many greetings
Andi ;-)

User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 8,086
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 8,086

Hey Herb this is cool man.

You certainly know how to play the guitar man.

smile

User Showcase
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,146
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 2,146
Great playing on the acoustic, lots of nice slides and pull-offs. Electric was nice, too. Good stuff.


Windows 10, Intel Core I5 10400, 16 gig ram, Scarlett 6i6, Komplete keyboard, Sony Acid Music Studio 11, BIAB 2020 UltraPlus Pak
User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 7,068
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 7,068
Excellent playing, nice balance. smile


-- David Cuny
My virtual singer development blog

Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?
User Showcase
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,081
Expert
Offline
Expert
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,081
Nice jam. Great guitar playing.


My music can be heard at: The Cracks
User Showcase
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 3,615
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 3,615
Very Nice. Maybe wait four bars before the solo started.
No big deal. Well done. Rob4580

User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 878
Expert
Offline
Expert
Joined: Apr 2019
Posts: 878
Nice. I particularly liked the little riff around the 1.10 mark. Well done.


My music may not set the world on fire but if it causes a glow in just one person's heart, it has all been worthwhile smile
User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,350
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 5,350
Spark sounds good, Herb, especially for the electric. Good tone, just the right amount of dirt.

Great playing too of course wink

User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 9,805
Veteran
OP Offline
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 9,805
Thanks for the comments to this point. My takeaway so far is the electric tone is good, which I kinda figured it was....and I have a lot more options to play with.... However, the acoustic guitar tone needs more work for that true acoustic guitar sound. I also kinda figured that would be the case since its rare that a pickup is going to replicate the actual tone of the guitar..... So while acceptable, there's still more to do with the acoustic.

Thanks for listening and commenting


You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
User Showcase
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 12,043
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 12,043
Herb,

A really nice instrumental.

Nicely played throughout. Both the acoustic and the electric. Very melodic. Nice.

The electric tone is excellent. Excellent technique.

You have already decided it seems, that the acoustic sound is less than great.
It has that acoustic-through-a-pickup sound.
It would be great if you could find a way to get a true acoustic sound without having to record using mics (and preferably a stereo pair). I'm not sure that is possible. I don't recall ever hearing a plugged in acoustic that did not sound "plugged in". But, still, I hope you can find it (and let the rest of us in on the secret...)

Good music.

fj

User Showcase
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 9,805
Veteran
OP Offline
Veteran
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 9,805
Floyd.... One individual in another group commented that I should try using a stereo setup with the pick-up in one channel and a condenser mic on the other side and combine them. With my interface and Sonar, i can assign the two inputs each to it's own individual track for better after the fact processing.

I'll try that and see what happens. I'll keep you and everyone else here posted on the results.


You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
Add nothing that adds nothing to the music.
You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both.

The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
User Showcase
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 4,048
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: May 2014
Posts: 4,048
Outstanding music!
Great guitar solos.

Rob and Anne-Marie


We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1gsdNLE7_Gy8qavoOplQow/videos
http://rnam.net/


User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 466
R
Journeyman
Offline
Journeyman
R
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 466
What a great instrumental, the guitar is superb, and everything fits superbly!!

User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 5,587
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 5,587
Herb

Sounds good to me especially the electric guitar. A nice guitar jam.

Peter

User Showcase
Joined: Sep 2018
Posts: 2,971
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Sep 2018
Posts: 2,971
This is great. Both guitars sound superb. You let your playing do the talking without being ostentatious. Bery enjoyable. I had to listen to this more than once.

User Showcase
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,329
Expert
Offline
Expert
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1,329
Great playin' Herb... the amp sound is sweet, loved the harmony Gtars too..


Bandcamp
Soundcloud
Win-11; BiaB-2024-latest Beta;
Cakewalk; Melodyne-5; Scaler 2; NI Komplete:
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20



User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 21,765
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 21,765
Great chops Herb! Super mix also.

You may want to look at ReGuitar:

https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_ReGuitar/

It will change the sound of your acoustic and make it sound more natural. At least it has here. I have even taken an electric guitar lead and changed it to an acoustic.

Great tone on your electric.

Two thumbs up.


The more I get to know people the more I realize why Noah only allowed animals on the ark.

64 bit Win 10 Pro, the latest BiaB/RB, Roland Octa-Capture audio interface, a ton of software/hardware
User Showcase
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 3,775
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 3,775
The acoustic sounds perfect, and of course your playing really brings out the best of any guitar, so that too sounds REALLY good. Man, that guitar sounds (now put all your fingertips together and kiss them open as you say with a French accent) magnifique.


Enjoy whatever happens!
marty

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@babumusic51
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/marty-straub
and https://soundcloud.com/babumusic-5080285
Band in a Box, Reaper, Cakewalk, Ozone 11
User Showcase
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 14,663
Veteran
Offline
Veteran
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 14,663
Nice melodic jam Herb.

Reckon we are the odd ones out as we both like the acoustic.
There is no reason for us that it has to sound exactly like a miked acoustic.

Really nice playing and mix!

J&B


You can listen to our catalog on Apple Music or Spotify by searching on Janice Merritt
Our Videos are here on our website
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Go To
Page 1 of 2 1 2

Link Copied to Clipboard
ChatPG

Ask sales and support questions about Band-in-a-Box using natural language.

ChatPG's knowledge base includes the full Band-in-a-Box User Manual and sales information from the website.

PG Music News
Band-in-a-Box® 2024 German for Mac is Here!

Band-in-a-Box® 2024 für Mac Deutsch ist verfügbar!

Wir waren fleißig und haben über 50 neue Funktionen und eine erstaunliche Sammlung neuer Inhalte hinzugefügt, darunter 222 RealTracks, neue RealStyles, MIDI SuperTracks, Instrumental Studies, "Songs with Vocals" Artist Performance Sets, abspielbare RealTracks Set 3, abspielbare RealDrums Set 2, zwei neue Sets von "RealDrums Stems", XPro Styles PAK & 7, Xtra Styles PAK 17 & 18, und mehr!

Paket | Was ist Neu

Band-in-a-Box® 2024 French for Mac® is Here!

Band-in-a-Box® 2024 apporte plus de 50 fonctions nouvelles ainsi qu'une importante de contenus nouveaux à savoir : 222 RealTracks, des RealStyles nouveaux, des SuperTracks MIDI, des Etudes d'Instruments, des Prestations d'Artistes, des "Morceaux avec Choeurs", un Set 3 de Tracks Jouables, un Set 2 de RealDrums Jouables, deux nouveaux Sets de "RealDrums Stems", des Styles XPro PAK 6 & 7, des Xtra Styles PAK 17 & 18, et bien plus encore!

New! XPro Styles PAK 7 for Band-in-a-Box 2024 for Mac!

We've just released XPro Styles PAK 7 with 100 brand new RealStyles, plus 50 RealTracks and RealDrums that are sure to delight!

With XPro Styles PAK 7 you can expect 25 rock & pop, 25 jazz, and 25 country styles, as well as 25 of this year's wildcard genre: Celtic!

Here's a small sampling of what XPro Styles PAK 7 has to offer: energetic rock jigs, New Orleans funk, lilting jazz waltzes, fast Celtic punk, uptempo train beats, gritty grunge, intense jazz rock, groovy EDM, soulful R&B, soft singer-songwriter pop, country blues rock, and many more!

Special Pricing! Until September 30, 2024, all the XPro Styles PAKs 1 - 7 are on sale for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea)! Supercharge your Band-in-a-Box 2024® with XPro Styles PAK 7! Order now!

Learn more and listen to demos of XPro Styles PAKs.

Watch the XPro Styles PAK 7 Overview & Styles Demos video.

XPro Styles PAKs require Band-in-a-Box® 2024 or higher and are compatible with ANY package, including the Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, and Audiophile Edition.

New! Xtra Styles PAK 18 for Band-in-a-Box 2024 for Mac!

Xtra Styles PAK 18 for Band-in-a-Box version 2024 is here with 200 brand new styles to take for a spin!

Along with 50 new styles each for the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres, we’ve put together a collection of styles using sounds from the SynthMaster plugin!

In this PAK you'll find: dubby reggae grooves, rootsy Americana, LA jazz pop, driving pop rock, mellow electronica, modern jazz fusion, spacey country ballads, Motown shuffles, energetic EDM, and plenty of synth heavy grooves! Xtra Style PAK 18 features these styles and many, many more!

Special Pricing! Until September 30, 2024, all the Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 18 are on sale for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea)! Expand your Band-in-a-Box 2024® library with Xtra Styles PAK 18! Order now!

Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 18 here.

Watch the Xtra Styles PAK 18 Overview & Styles Demos video.

Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 18 requires the 2024 UltraPAK/UltraPAK+/Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.

New! Xtra Styles PAK 18 for Band-in-a-Box 2024 for Windows!

Xtra Styles PAK 18 for Band-in-a-Box version 2024 is here with 200 brand new styles to take for a spin!

Along with 50 new styles each for the rock & pop, jazz, and country genres, we’ve put together a collection of styles using sounds from the SynthMaster plugin!

In this PAK you'll find: dubby reggae grooves, rootsy Americana, LA jazz pop, driving pop rock, mellow electronica, modern jazz fusion, spacey country ballads, Motown shuffles, energetic EDM, and plenty of synth heavy grooves! Xtra Style PAK 18 features these styles and many, many more!

Special Pricing! Until September 30, 2024, all the Xtra Styles PAKs 1 - 18 are on sale for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea)! Expand your Band-in-a-Box 2024® library with Xtra Styles PAK 18! Order now!

Learn more and listen to demos of the Xtra Styles PAK 18 here.

Watch the Xtra Styles PAK 18 Overview & Styles Demos video.

Note: The Xtra Styles require the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition of Band-in-a-Box®. (Xtra Styles PAK 18 requires the 2024 UltraPAK/UltraPAK+/Audiophile Edition. They will not work with the Pro or MegaPAK version because they need the RealTracks from the UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, or Audiophile Edition.

New! XPro Styles PAK 7 for Band-in-a-Box 2024 for Windows!

We've just released XPro Styles PAK 7 with 100 brand new RealStyles, plus 50 RealTracks and RealDrums that are sure to delight!

With XPro Styles PAK 7 you can expect 25 rock & pop, 25 jazz, and 25 country styles, as well as 25 of this year's wildcard genre: Celtic!

Here's a small sampling of what XPro Styles PAK 7 has to offer: energetic rock jigs, New Orleans funk, lilting jazz waltzes, fast Celtic punk, uptempo train beats, gritty grunge, intense jazz rock, groovy EDM, soulful R&B, soft singer-songwriter pop, country blues rock, and many more!

Special Pricing! Until September 30, 2024, all the XPro Styles PAKs 1 - 7 are on sale for only $29 ea (Reg. $49 ea)! Supercharge your Band-in-a-Box 2024® with XPro Styles PAK 7! Order now!

Learn more and listen to demos of XPro Styles PAKs.

Watch the XPro Styles PAK 7 Overview & Styles Demos video.

XPro Styles PAKs require Band-in-a-Box® 2024 or higher and are compatible with ANY package, including the Pro, MegaPAK, UltraPAK, UltraPAK+, and Audiophile Edition.

Video - Band-in-a-Box® DAW Plugin Version 6 for Mac®: New Features for Reaper

Band-in-a-Box® 2024 includes built-in specific support for the Reaper® DAW API, allowing direct transfer of Band-in-a-Box® files to/from Reaper tracks, including tiny lossless files of instructions which play audio instantly from disk.

We demonstrate the new Reaper features in the Band-in-a-Box® VST DAW Plugin 6.0 in our video, Band-in-a-Box® DAW Plugin Version 6 for Mac®: New Features for Reaper

Forum Statistics
Forums65
Topics83,070
Posts753,111
Members38,985
Most Online2,537
Jan 19th, 2020
Newest Members
Jon Ballong, Pedal Steel Guy, Goranius, Bastiaan, StephenWiley
38,984 Registered Users
Top Posters(30 Days)
MarioD 154
DC Ron 89
rsdean 83
BYOBand 62
dcuny 60
Today's Birthdays
takashis
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5