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Rough Love
August 11th, 2008I posted a rough hack of a 2003 song I wrote when I first subjected myself to the irony of Internet dating … and all the psychotic dementia that can induce.
Titled “Electronic Love” there is enough innuendo to make the lyrics amusing. For anyone who has seen how the net can both enhance and cripple relationships, the rest of the song will be a painful reminder.
This rough hack is very dirty sounding due to my over experimentation with the recording equipment. But there is one lesson that came out during the production of this test piece, namely experiment with everything!
The lead guitar didn’t have a sound I liked, and while pondering what to do I kept clicking through the various effects that were packaged with the digital audio workstation software (Sonar Studio if you are curious). There was one item in the effects list I had not noticed before, and it was a guitar effect rack simulator called Revalver. When it opened I saw a classic 19″ rack loaded with gear in just the way old analog musicians are used to. A quick experiment with the presents and I found a grungy effect that isn’t exactly what I want, not it is 90% closer than what I had.
