One Thing
Original Song, 25 Dec 2013

My first complete original song in 5 years!
Para sa mga sawi/emo pag pasko.

Also the first track I published that used only REAPER plugins. I used pitch correction outside of the DAW so technically it's not a plugin.

Gear:
Yamaha F-330 acoustic guitar
Avid Vocal Studio USB condenser mic
Yamaha ERB-070 electric bass
M-Audio M-Track USB audio interface
AutoTune

One Thing

Quick and dirty cover to test my new Audix f50 mic and the M-Audio M-Track.

No EQ, but I did use impulse reverb on the mic and an amp sim on the guitar.
The mic isn't bad at all, but its limitations are quite apparent. It can be used for vocals in rap, R&B, blues, lo-fi, and of course, for scratch tracks. You'd be pushing your luck if you try to use it on any instrument - it will sound muddy.

Gear:
Audix f50
RJ Bluesbreaker
through
M-Audio M-Track

Effects:

Vocals:
ReaTune set to automatic pitch correction, C Major, 50ms, monophonic. 
ReaVerb in impulse reverb mode, -23 dB wet, 0 dB dry

Guitar:
Amplitube 3 clean preset
pseudostereo (Haas effect) 15ms delay

P.S. Jorel Corpuz the best ka forever.

Lonely Tree - Jorel Corpuz Cover (Audix f50 quick test)

First test using spankin' new Audix i5!

Tried out a two-mic drum recording technique with an overhead and a kick mic. Obviously, an i5 (dynamic cardioid) as an OH and an Audix f50 (cheap dynamic cardioid for PA systems) as a kick is far from the ideal setup, but it's all I have. Besides, I'm trying to learn stuff here, and playing the limits could only help! Next time na yung condensers pag pwede ko na i-trade yung Avid Vocal Studio ko (which runs with really hot gain).

Also, apologies for the really stupid mess at the end of the cuts. Sumabit yung sticks ko sa crash, but no excuses, kunwari na lang odd-time syncopated Steve Gadd shit sya.

Two cuts in one track for comparison:

First cut is plain jane, straight from the mics. Audix i5 as an overhead, two drumsticks (around 2.5 feet) above the center of the snare, pointing straight down, and the Audix f50 5 inches away from the center of the kick's reso head (no port hole). This setup picks up the cymbals surprisingly nicely, with a rolloff at the high end, because of the inherent frequency response of the mic capsules. It's not so bad because really, Sabian B8s are really clangy. Response from the snare and toms are disappointing. Maybe the cymbals are drowning it out, or I need to tune them better, or that Evans Hydraulics snare head just doesn't work with overheads.

The second cut is run through an impulse response reverb. The one I used has a ton of character and the mids were shaped accordingly. I also cut the bass at around 150Hz and at the high end somewhere around 4K from the f50. That left me with just the kick attack and duller cymbals, but the impulse really helped even out the sound of the toms (considering that I have G2s on the rack toms and stock Ambassadors on the floor tom).

In both cuts one thing is always amazing: the LP Piccolo Jam Block. Sweet.

Two Mic Drum Recording Test

Gravity - Sara Bareilles Cover

Featuring Tricia Reyes on vocals
Work in progress!

Gear:
Avid Vocal Studio
Yamaha F-330
Yamaha ERB-070
REAPER DAW

Gravity feat. Tricia Reyes - Sara Bareilles Cover

Boston DS100 Test

Test tracks for the Phoebus PG-20c with Elliot Lemi pickups.
Left channel recorded through an Audio Technica AT2020 condenser mic, right channel recorded through the Elliot Lemi pickups to an M-Audio M-Track using REAPER.

Phoebus PG-20c Test

Partial cover of Fall On Me by Moonstar88, just for fun!

Trisha Santos - Vocals
Me - Guitar, Bass, Programming

Gear List:
Audio Technica AT2020
Phoebus PG-20c
Dea ML X
Ibanez GIO J Bass
Independence Free
REAPER
LePou
Amplitube 3

Fall On Me - Moonstar88 Cover (Partial)

A little electronic track I did as background music for Sarah's video blog on YouTube.

Gear List:
Maschine Mikro mk II
Alesis Q25
Maschine 2
Massive
REAPER

Shnur 2

Finally, a complete cover of Bakit Paeng! That guitar solo took forever to finish. Again, this song contains R-16 topics.

Gear List:
RJ Bluesbreaker
Dean ML X
Yamaha ERB-070
Audio Technica AT2020
LePou
Amplitube 3
Independence Free
REAPER

Bakit Paeng - Kitten Barbecue Cover

Everglow (Coldplay Cover)
Cheska Saracho on Vocals

v1.1 - tried an ADT plugin instead of using the Haas effect technique for doubled vocals. Better mono compatibility.

Gear list:
REAPER
Maschine 2
Maschine Mikro mk II
Audio Technica AT2020
Stagg SET-CST (P-90 deliciousness my sweet lord)
Zoom G3X
Alesis Q25
Amplitube 3
Komplete Player
Massive
Grado SR80e

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