Tuesday, March 31, 2015

My Troubles Are As Nothing Compared To Yours - 310315

Sponsored by "Country".

Spent all morning and a good chunk of the afternoon basically re-editing and then dubbing-up the track in CE5.

Almost perfect. Some timing issues with the 12-string, but they should only be noticeable to the most forensically-minded. Sounds like it was played by a real person...;-).

No doubt further tweaks will occur at the mixing/mastering stage, but I'll give it a rest for now. My ears need a break and anyway the real world intervenes tomorrow...

Regards,


djp

Monday, March 30, 2015

My Troubles Are As Nothing Compared To Yours - 300315

Sponsored by "Comedy".

After a little overnight road trip to Kilkenny last night (courtesy of Mrs P), I came home this afternoon, rather knackered but determined to do some work on the album.

I edited all the vocal parts in CE5. They needed significant tightening, and as a a result of my efforts, they now sound significantly tighter.

A lot more work to be done on this track tomorrow, so I'd better get a good night's sleep tonight then...;-).

Regards,


djp

Friday, March 27, 2015

Iye - 270315

Sponsored by "Classical Music".

Spent the morning editing/dubbing-up in CE5, and by lunchtime I was so close to completion that I kept going in the afternoon. Finished and sounding great!

Time to move on. I'll take a break for the weekend to give my poor ears a rest, but will be back in harness on Monday, at some stage.

Regards,


djp

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Is Everybody Happy Yet? - 260315

Sponsored by "Circumambient".

Did all me editing and dubbing-up in CE5. Not 100% happy with it (which is ironic, given the track title) but I have a few down-and-dirty ideas that might make it all bettah...

I also tracked an additional VST plugin synth part to complement that one I didn't like yesterday. They work well enough together.

It's going to be an absolute cow to mix, so I'll have to be careful with my EQs an' ting.

Maybe heading towards the exit marked "EP material"? We'll see...

More work tomorrow.

Regards,


djp

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

I Choose Indecision/Is Everybody Happy Yet? - 250315

Sponsored by "Christmas".

A combination of "events" and the recurrence of a bloody cold (sat too long drinking pints in a draughty pub in Dublin last Saturday night) lead to yet another postponement of my vocalisation work, so, in view of the looming presence of "shtuff", I had to invoke Plan B...

...INDECISION

Finished off the editing/dubbing-up in CE5. This in spite of my PC freezing on a number of occasions, with the relevant CE5 project file being unsaved at the time. Bugger. However, the track is now ready to mix/master, so, "result"...

...HAPPY

Started working in editing the various vocal parts. They're tidied up now, so I just need to decide where the cuts/pastes are. I changed some of the MIDI drum VST plugin parts, just because I can.

I also need to change out one of the key synth parts. I don't like the tone I used, so I have to find something similar, but not as extreme.

More work tomorrow.

Regards,


djp


Tuesday, March 17, 2015

I Choose Indecision - 170315

Sponsored by "Buzzcocks".

Editing/dubbing-up in CE5 sorted after much experimentation/trial-and-error/foostering. Track sounds great now.

Time to move on, but the real world intervenes tomorrow. "Shtuff"...

Regards,


djp

Monday, March 16, 2015

I Choose Indecision - 160315

Sponsored by "Bruce Springsteen".

Did some more editing and dubbing-up today in CE5. Progress was interrupted by "shtuff", but I have most of it done now, so I should be able to finish it tomorrow.

Till then...

Regards,


djp

Saturday, March 14, 2015

I Can Explain...Everything/I Choose Indecision - 140315

Sponsored by "Bob Marley".

...EVERYTHING

Had a final mess-about with the editing in CE5. It's pretty much ready to mix/master at this stage. I intend to a few hard edits to the master inna Holger Czukay stylee, but that won't be for a while yet. Time to move on...

...INDECISION

...and so I did. I started dubbing-up the drum parts in CE5, just to get a bit of momentum. I'll probably do so more work over the weekend.

Things to do now...

Regards,


djp

Friday, March 13, 2015

I Can Explain...Everything - 130315

Sponsored by "Gong" (for the day that's in it...).

Feeling somewhat better manflu-wise, but I decided to keep working on ...EVERYTHING. It's very nearly all done at this stage. I need to track some VST plugin parts in audio for editing purposes. I'll do that over the weekend.

I'm probably spending more time on this track than it actually merits, given that it's heading for EP Heaven, but I want to get it sounding as good as I can before it escapes the Gulag. Call me obsessive, if you like...;-).

Regards,


djp

Thursday, March 12, 2015

I Can Explain...Everything - 120315

Sponsored by "Bleep Podcast".

So Mrs P went back to work and left me with me manflu, which is now in that "internal balaclava" stage where your head is fuzzy, you can't think straight and everything's a hassle. So I was not in the mood to set up the Gulag Mobile and do some tracking. "Shtuff"...

Instead, I kept on Plan B and started editing and dubbing-up ...EVERYTHING in CE5. Making some progress in spite of my woolly-headedness. There's a lot more to do, and I suspect that's what I'll be doing tomorrow.

Good to keep busy, eh?

Regards,


djp

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Me & The Fly - 110315

Sponsored by "Black Sabbath".

Was supposed to track various vocalisations today, but both Mrs. P and I came down with a dose of manflu, so that plan was rightly scuppered. Welcome to the world of "shtuff"...

Luckily I had a Plan B, so I edited and dubbed-up ...FLY in CE5. Sorted all my delays and fixed one or two irritating elements. The track is pretty much ready to mix/master, but I reserve the right to make a few edits on the day.

More work tomorrow - the exact nature of that work depends on "shtuff"...

Regards,


djp

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Tropes & Memes/Mare Nostrum/Everybody Calls Me Darren/FCA Boots/Me & The Fly - 030315

Sponsored by "Andy Partridge".

TROPES/MARE/DARREN/FCA

Was getting ready to record vocalisations for these tracks, but real life intervened. I did manage to work up rough backing tracks and transferred them to the Gulag Mobile for future work.

ME & THE FLY

Found and downloaded a wonderful sound effect track of a fly (of course) from my old favourite site, The Sound Effect Library. Inserted into the relevant project file in CE5.

I also edited the vocal parts and started dubbing-up the rest of the track. Almost ready to mix/master, but I'll play around with it a bit more, I think.

Back to normality tomorrow. Bah...

Regards,


djp

Monday, March 2, 2015

Watching The News With The Sound Off/I Can Explain...Everything/Is Everybody Happy Yet? - 020315

Sponsored by "Amon Duul I and II".

Tracked various vocal parts on the Gulag Mobile using the Sennheisier e855:-

WATCHING...

- two spoken word parts

...EXPLAIN...

- one spoken word part

...HAPPY...

- one spoken word part and twelve tracks of singing (nine tracks of harmonies)

Audio cleanup in AA3 and inserted into the relevant project files in CE5.

Although WATCHING... has already been mixed/mastered, I will need to do this again to cater for the spoken word parts. Not a problem much.

I reckon I have only 4 more tracks to record vocals for. I should have that sorted tomorrow with a bit of luck...

Regards,


djp