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KennyC · Last edited by KennyC on Thu May 18, 2006 9:07 am; edited 1 time in total

Hi gang,

Wanting to challenge myself (and Jamstix,) I decided to try replacing some drum-machine tracks with Jamstix. Below is a link to the files.

Be sure to listen to the short mp3 first, then my rough remix with Jamstix drums.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=491721

Some of you n-Track users may be familiar with the Artist & Song (Mike Cressey/On a Roll) as it's an n-Track demo tune.

I'm just blown away with how Jamstix breathed life into it. The drums are ALL Jamstix. (I did edit a bit in the MIDI track to move things around.) The tricky part was manually creating a tempo track for Jamstix to sync-up to the .wav files.

Considering that I'm not much of a drummer, I know Jamstix saved me hours & hours (perhaps even days) of trying to create MIDI drum tracks using my pad set!

I'm not happy with the snare flam at 2:22 but that's my fault and I consider it a "happy accident" as I feel it helps it sound more like a real drummer.

What do you think?

Question

Edit 5/18/06: Duh, I just noticed the "Song Exposition" thread and realize I should have posted this there. Sorry.

Confused

Doc · Moderator Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Posts: 663

Very nice!

I think Jamstix improves the song performance-wise by 100%!

THERAKED1 · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject:

Nice! I dig it!
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RichLum · Jamologist Joined: 04 Mar 2005 Posts: 142 Location: Sydney

Hey Kenny,
that sounds great. Have you posted that over at teh n-Track forums so people can see what JS can do for a drum track to bring a song to life?

well done.

Rich

andrewwright67 · Jamologist Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Posts: 154

Good stuff m8, JS does bring the song to life

Well done

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KennyC · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 11:43 am Post subject:

Thanks for positive comments, gang.

Over 120 views but only 4 comments, though??? I guess I didn't impress as many others as much as I impressed myself, ha! Being such a noob, I was just proud, maybe too proud, of the results. (I know, it has a long way to go, afterall.) I'm going to keep on working on it for two reasons:

1. It's fun! (And very addictive.)
2. I haven't composed/recorded anything of my own that's worth sharing, yet!

Rich,

It wouldn't be proper of me to post this in the n-Track forums - I'm not an n-Track user - I used Cubase SX. (I don't believe I told that to Mike.) And, I don't even know if it would have been possible to create the required MIDI tempo track using n-Track???

Any other comments would be appreciated

Very Happy

heyjohn · Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:08 am Post subject:

I took a listen, and wow! Very nice; the drums on the original seem flat and mechanical, and Jamstix made it come alive.

I was expecting to hear some ride on the chorus, but it works the way it is. After focusing on the drums for a bit, my ears wandered off to listen to the guitars & harmonies -- a mark of solid drumming for me Smile

Robitaille20 · Jamologist Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 173

How did you go about doing that? Keywords or did you manually program the tracks? Did you let it write them on it's own?

KennyC · Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject:

audiotrax2000 · Jammer Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 22

Hi Kenny,

Very nice work overall. Jamstix really did add a lot of life. The drum machine in the original wasn’t too bad though. If I could make a few suggestions:

Try lowering the snare and the hi-hat levels in the mix just a hair. It would balance things out better.

When the keyboard part comes in it’s jarring and pulls you away from the overall mix. It should be quieter, and more subtle. Could you possibly use a different sound? The “Farfisa” vibe clashes with the rest of the acoustic feel. Maybe something darker or more B3’ish?

I see what you mean about the mechanical sound of the harmonies at the beginning of the song. In the rest of it though, the Akai Decca Buddy really sounded pretty good. I will have to check that out.

Good work, please keep sharing.

Kev

KennyC · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:58 pm Post subject:

Kev,

Thanks for the comments. As I stated, it's a rough mix! Yes, it needs a lot more work. I don't care for the keyboard sound, either. Unfortunately, I can't (easily) change it to something more appropriate - that would be taking away from Mike's performance and I don't feel I have to right to do that. BUT I may just leave the mute button on for that channel! Wink

I was just laid off from my job! So, for now, I gotta spend more time on a job hunt... stay tuned.

KC
Very Happy

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