Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

[GuitarFanatic]

I came up with this, using my budget gear.

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

I came up with this, using my budget gear.

Pretty solid playing man. Great recording quality.

[GuitarFanatic]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

Pretty solid playing man. Great recording quality.

Thanks. The feedback at the end was unintentional. The Radio Shack keyboard, despite being a Chinese made thing, it pairs uncannily well with the Hammond as a pad/drum machine.

[Johnny the Kid]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

Thanks. The feedback at the end was unintentional. The Radio Shack keyboard, despite being a Chinese made thing, it pairs uncannily well with the Hammond as a pad/drum machine.

Cheap stuff can give really weird quirky sounds, especially with keyboards. Minus the Bear uses an Omnichord which is a children's toy/instrument made by Suzuki and it makes some really interesting sounds.

[Sirion]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

Pretty cool. I can hear you lagging a bit too much behind the beat at some points; playing with a metronome, a drum machine or (ideally) a band will help. I like the keyboard sounds, and recording quality is good now. I think your playing works well, but at the moment the thing has a bit of a free-flow, improvisational feel to it (even if I can hear certain points where things return). I would have liked to see this developed further into a slightly more structured, concise thing. Recording more variations in the drum track would make the task of adding structure much easier.

Good job in total. It needs work but this could really work out to be something.

[GuitarFanatic]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

Pretty cool. I can hear you lagging a bit too much behind the beat at some points; playing with a metronome, a drum machine or (ideally) a band will help. I like the keyboard sounds, and recording quality is good now. I think your playing works well, but at the moment the thing has a bit of a free-flow, improvisational feel to it (even if I can hear certain points where things return). I would have liked to see this developed further into a slightly more structured, concise thing. Recording more variations in the drum track would make the task of adding structure much easier.

Good job in total. It needs work but this could really work out to be something.

It wasn't lagging at all, unless you're talking about the Radio Shack's sound delay. that was kind of intentional to show the failure of the USA that's happening slowly.

[AmirH]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

I like the main progression with the lush sounding pad. It worked well with repetition and created a really hypnotic atmospheric vibe that I enjoyed. The in-between parts lost me though -- the sounds contrast so much that it sounded like it was a different song from an earlier era suddenly. Conceptually, that's fairly awesome -- maga indeed lol. But as a listener I would be very interested to hear how you can develop the style and feel I latched onto in that main part.

[GuitarFanatic]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

I like the main progression with the lush sounding pad. It worked well with repetition and created a really hypnotic atmospheric vibe that I enjoyed. The in-between parts lost me though -- the sounds contrast so much that it sounded like it was a different song from an earlier era suddenly. Conceptually, that's fairly awesome -- maga indeed lol. But as a listener I would be very interested to hear how you can develop the style and feel I latched onto in that main part.

Actually, the two sounds were intentionally different to throw you between the 60's (Hammond organ/Leslie) and the 80's. (lush pad and midi drums)

[greekdude]

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Do you own an actual hammond/leslie cab?? This tone is just what I wanted to make with some open source tools, but those will never get me there.. So pls enlighten.

[GuitarFanatic]

Re: Made In America (Instrumental Tune)

Do you own an actual hammond/leslie cab?? This tone is just what I wanted to make with some open source tools, but those will never get me there.. So pls enlighten.

Yes, I own a 1955 Hammond M3, Serial number 150922. It is going through a 1971 Elka Elkatone 700 Leslie cabinet, which I got for free with a 1980's Hammond B-200.