Opinion on my playing/songs!

[HetfieldRules]

okay, i did some quick recordings today, nothing special, i recorded a new riff, an old original i made last year, a slayer cover, a Iron Maiden cover, and then i felt like record ing the tiny bit of back in black that i know...i dont even think it's right, but ti was fun neway. seeing as i recording with a HORRIBLE mic, they sound like crap, to the point that when i lsten to it so i can overlap tracks i am out of time becasue i cant really tell what part im on. i used my new Peavey XXL 1/2 stack for all of it.

oh btw i know that in the iron maiden cover my unison bends are off, i guess i had an off day or somethin cause i can normally get those...oh well im too lazy to re-record everything so could u guys please critique my playing. in particular the original songs, cause thats all that really matters. i want the truth...i realize i have only been playing for about a year and 1/2..a little more, but still i need to know my flaws so i have somthing to work on

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/9/collisionmusic.htm

[Stevo]

Re: Opinion on my playing/songs!

The playing sounds cool but it's hard to hear. Do you have any way to normalize the recording?

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Yeah the recording was really none to good.
As you said about using a bad mic...it really is a bad mic
Can you borrow one that is better??

[HetfieldRules]

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im gonna try and borrow an old condenser mic from a friend. the scary thing is that those are the best sounding recordings i have had w/ that mic to date. what i am using now is a $30 radio shack computer mic

...i am usuing Cakewalk 2002, how would i normalize the recording?

[Stevo]

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...i am usuing Cakewalk 2002, how would i normalize the recording?

I have an older version of Cakewalk. You can mix down to 2 tracks and then select edit/audio/normalize on them. Then export to a wave file.

[HetfieldRules]

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i normalized the songs(thanx stevo) but they dont sound ne better....looks like thats as good as it's gonna get

[HetfieldRules]

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ne1 else?

[Hellion]

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I'm sure that my thinking would be considered incredibly anal, but I never release anything that I wouldn't want everyone to hear. Sounds like you're recording it with one of Radio Shack's condenser mics. Given that, it sounds like your tone would be chunky enough if you had a mic that was capable of capturing that.

[HetfieldRules]

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so basically you guys are saying tha untill i have a better way of recording there is no use in me posting them to have you guys critique my work. all i want to know is what you think of the originals. do they have potential? stuff to work on, my downfalls? the originals are "Lifes A *****" "Honor" "The Whipping" and then the one labled new riff, i wrote that a couple nights ago but i needed 2 guitars for the intro si i wanted to hear what it would sound like.