Demo of a wee track I started while testing out the new setup and the new patch of Cubase 7.

Drumgasm Acid Test 2

Wee slow tempo ditty with nice synths, guitars and vocals from my boys!

Hello - Thank You

Coming at you Strong (Cement Mix)

Demo music that was submitted for Disastr_Blastr but didn't make the cut. Joel was obviously more interested in the electronic stuff I did for him, which is fine obviously!

This track is the loopable and unfinished article and shows my speedy production skills off as I did all this in less than an hour!!

MetalBoss

ReadyForAnything

Fannying about with the audio from that UniLad video with the great street drummer.

Awesome Drummer PLUS Acid Bass

Skooshed together in about an hour with some production applied to the 6 layers of guitar parts. No real drumming, just MIDI using BFD Eco. Bassline was easiest bit! Obviously still a test and in demo stages, but lemme know wotcha think.

Metal Demo Test

My FXPansion 7 Skies Expanded competition entry. Voting runs from December 7th to December 14th 2012, so vote if you can please! My usual musical styles don't go in this direction, but I thought I'd try it out in this for a change up!
The track was created on my home studio PC running Cubase 5 using only 8 instances of Alchemy Player and 2 of Groove Agent One. Managed to fully use 5 of the supplied stems and cut up the Piano to suit. There are another couple of samples in there to fill it out. I've pitched it up 74 cents to reduce the runtime and give it a slight tempo boost.

FXpansion and 7 Skies Expanded competition - Joey Schmidt's Twubble Remix

My usual musical styles don't usually go in this direction, I'm more of a Prog Trance guy. I've done only one Step style track before so I thought I'd try it out in this for a change up! I listened to the original track four or five times and in my head I kept getting half tempo beats, so I just halved the pattern input. After completion I felt the track was slightly too slow at 128 bpm, so I used Cubase's built in time correction software and took the tempo to 136. This final version now has a 4/4 beat in the second half. The track was created on my home studio using my Intel i5 PC running Win 7 and Cubase 5 64bit. I used 8 instances of Alchemy Player and 3 of Groove Agent One, one of which was remix pad of the main riff. I always use a separate instance of my virtual drum machine for kick and everything else to give me more separation and control. There are 3 layered main bass sounds, a low pitched sub style, a raspy middle and a distorted wobble bass. I also managed to fully use 6 of the supplied stems and cut up the Piano riff to suit. There are another couple of samples in there to fill it out, one is a slight percussive loop, which provides texture and the other is a siren/hihat/snare topper for even more texture. The best part for me is when the main riff in around 1:25, as it's a really nice synth sound played well and is really euphoric. As a father of two year old twins, my studio time has taken a backseat, but I would still like to eventually make a living from what is currently a 23 year old hobby! The very best goes out to all the entrants and may the best track prevail. Peace x

#fearedmixingcomp

FINALLY!!! After numerous computer breakdowns, electrical problems and soundcard disasters, I finally managed to get this down. I hope it was worth all the stress!!

JoeySchmidt