I MADED DEMO. BE NICE

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:48 pm

DAMN IT, HOW DO I USE THE LINk? WHY DID IT PUT UK IN FRONT?! HELP ME

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arcadedave · Post by **arcadedave** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:50 pm

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Gotsta remove the uk. part.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:51 pm

BEATEN TO IT

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 10:55 pm

me fixey. now watch and comment on how bad it is. now

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:05 pm

you guys can tell me if it sucks!

blacktaxi · Post by **blacktaxi** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:09 pm

i liked it. (both, the demo and tha pedaeeeaeeaaeel).
but next time you could use more focus with your cam. cause apart from overlay text messages i can't see shit there.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:10 pm

blacktaxi wrote:i liked it. (both, the demo and tha pedaeeeaeeaaeel).
but next time you could use more focus with your cam. cause apart from overlay text messages i can't see shit there.

yeah, i think that's the encoding that sonar did to it...it didn't look quite so fuckin' blurry on my PC...

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:18 pm

great first attempt jimjam you need to turn up your voice though.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:21 pm

Hurb wrote:great first attempt jimjam you need to turn up your voice though.

agreed...still learning...the guitar tones are way over driven, yeah?

Post by **Hurb** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:24 pm

yeah you need to close mic it for it to work best soundwise. but it wasn't bad.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:54 pm

Hurb wrote:yeah you need to close mic it for it to work best soundwise. but it wasn't bad.

i acutally did close mic it...but i think my positioning was off. i'm thinking i may do future demos using gearbox...not sure...

shae · Post by **shae** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:47 am

That's a really decent effort. Keep up the good work and remember to have as much fun with the editing process as you do playing (well, almost as much anyway).

Post by **Mike** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:49 am

Like I said in the Whorehouse thread I thought this was great. I loved you using voiceover over the different shots and I thought it sounded good. Obviously close-mic'd audio is the holy grail but I thought you could still tell how the pedal sounds. Thanks for teh kind words, it was a fun project

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:15 am

Nothing like head turnin' stereo action, with the aforementioned voiceovers and wit. Frank and honest with a nasty tone worthy of a first shot, you got my thumb up.

Now for me to get my game on, we've a Sony cam coming in next week.

roachello · Post by **roachello** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 11:56 am

Awesome!! Sounds great! Your clean tones were sparkly

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 3:26 pm

Sonds like you recorded it in mono? L channel only on my speakers?

Nice demo though!

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:05 pm

thanks guys! keep the comments coming, it gives me something to work on for next time! the reason behind the stereo "panning" between voiceover/monologue moments and demonstration of tone is that for some reason i couldn't get windows movie maker and sonar to play nice together at the same time. if i had sonar open first, the camera wouldn't initialize because of the audio interface being used by sonar, and then the reverse was true if i kicked off windows movie maker first.

i tried telling windows movie maker to use the onboard sound card, because ideally i wanted to use the mics recorded itno sonar so i could do beter isolation of tracks. what i ended up doing was using just windows movie maker, assuming only one mic would be heard, but then to my surprise and delight it tracked both mics! but i couldn't figure out, once i dumped it into sonar, how to pull apart the stero tracks into two separate tracks. i think i may have an idea, but i'll have to play with that.

so what i did to improvise was just pan hard over to the correct mic for the guitar tones. anywhore, like i said, i'm really glad i got a chance to do this, and i'm looking forward to doing more demos in the future. hopefully i can get my chops up the point where i can put them in th shortscale youtube account with mike and hurb's...but i'm a long way off.

and thanks for the kudos on the use of cuts and closeups. i did all pretty hastily while i had some time whilst working from home. if i did on the weekend, i could take the time to get even better coverage and different angles.

Post by **Hurb** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:11 pm

I like how you say twat.

you say it like twowt
we say it like twAt

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:26 pm

Hurb wrote:I like how you say twat.

you say it like twowt
we say it like twAt

LOL. i know, right? you'd think it'd be the opposite. or at least, in the stereo typical way.

so the question becomes, what do i do for my next demo?

Post by **Hurb** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 4:29 pm

i will make one with you when i come over