A Step in the Right Direction – Motion Blur (2010)

So, I got a new condenser mic. And while it doesn’t output at 96k, it still has a pretty good sound. I’ve uploaded the track [Motion Blur (2010) [12 MB] · The labeling might be weird if you open it in iTunes, I’m not sure what that’s about but it should be Æthereal – Motion Blur (2010) – Motion Blur (2010)] that I recorded with it yesterday here. I’m considering doing a whole thing that you can get off of Band Camp with all of my demos and promos from these past few years, but I might wait a bit until I know about other things that are happening. Anyway, this iteration of “Motion Blur” sounds kinda flat to me, but I’m not sure what to really do about that as I pretty much lost the whole thing to a weird ass GarageBand fluke. So, this is what you’re stuck with. Still, the acoustics sound good, even if the vocals sound flatter than I thought they would.

Things are looking good in the Æthereal camp right now. While a real band has yet to be pieced together, the writing process continues. I’ve rediscovered a couple of full-blooded excellent tracks from an earlier writing phase. With the use of Peavey’s Revalver MKIII free trial and GP6 I’m back into the writing mode. I guess I never realized how bad my tone was until I got my hands on that MKIII plugin. Wow. Unfortunately I can’t record with it right now ’cause I haven’t been able to purchase it yet, but seriously, once I get the cash I think I’ll definitely pick that thing up. It’s beautiful. The 6505+ model has given me some fucking ridiculous tone, and that’s despite only being at a lower resolution quality. It is really something that I want to investigate further. The biggest issue, really, is that something like the Line6 X3 Live has the best of both worlds (well, more like ALL worlds). That thing is a total beast. The only question is if the tone will live up to the Revalver plugin!

Also, I’m looking for good lessons on compression. I’m feeling a tad lost in that entire area. Anyone got any suggestions?