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  • Fretless Guitar Orchestral Prog Rock

    Hello fellow musicians :) I have just finished recording my latest tune. It is a bit of a hybrid of progressive rock and classical music. Featuring lots of VSL instruments, fretless electric guitar and bass, and a LinnStrument. All of the mixing was done with MIR Pro. https://soundcloud.com/jonny_lawson/vampire-immunodeficiency-virus I hope you enjoy :) Jon

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    Hello Jon,

    I really enjoyed your composition and rendition, I must forward it immediatly to a progster friend of mine. ðŸ˜Š

    The orchestral background is very well programmed, it sounds realistic and spacious. The less realistic thing to me is the guitar tune, which sounds as if it was coming from a virtual amplifier, I might be wrong about that anyway. Synthesizers are cool also. Well done, thanks for sharing.

    Best regards

    Francesco


    Francesco
  • Thank you very much Francesco, I am glad that you enjoyed it :) It was lots of fun to make, and much work to program. You are correct about the guitar tone - it was recorded direct with an axe fx 2. I generally prefer using amp modelers over real amplifiers, especially for composing, as this way I can write and record at the same time, and don't need to worry about bumping a mic or a tube blowing up, then having the tone change half way through writing. Another reason it may sound unusual for a guitar recording is that it uses a guitar cabinet impulse response that I recorded, captured a few meters away from the cabinet in an anechoic environment (so that all early & room reflections are provided solely by MIR). This sounds very different to the traditional close miked method, and may be why it sounds quiet different to usual (not to mention the lack of frets!) Obviously this is all very experimental, so feedback on how it fits in an orchestral setting is always useful :) Thanks again, Jon

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