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Well this INXS cover sure needs the vocals, and I really need to add that tambourine, but after a couple of hours of playing with the expression wheel on my keyboard, I was happy with the way the sax solo came out.
"Never Tear Us Apart"

Hey Dajax,

Good job on the Sax...Sounds alot like my ole SQ1...Always enjoy stoppin by your place for some great gtr tone also..Man , you get those levels so close to clippin with out clippin... ... Keep em comin!


John

The KIDD wrote:Hey Dajax,

Good job on the Sax...Sounds alot like my ole SQ1...Always enjoy stoppin by your place for some great gtr tone also..Man , you get those levels so close to clippin with out clippin... ... Keep em comin!


John

Thanks Kidd...the keyboard's an old Rhodes 660 by Roland that I bought back around '91. The levels...yeah man I think that would be the one tip I'd give anyone just starting the home recording thing. Every step from laying down tracks, to bouncing to final mix...don't worry about what the meters say keep turning up until it starts to sound gross, then back off just a "C" hair

Hey Dajax,

My son had the ole Rhodes Croma Polaris in 91.I bought it from a guy a Fl. and shipped it to him in NC..That kid loved that monstrosity.. That thing weighed about 100lbs.. Yeah , my old school way of mixing is so seared into my phsykee,(now you didnt expect to actually spell that word.. )I dont know that Ill ever learn to get a good digital mix..Tape has natural compression that I miss terribibly..

John

Sounds great Dax!

How did you do it?

My wife Cin (bass) and I did a duo some years back , and thanks to a lot of synth programming on my part on the ol' Yamaha SY-55, we pulled of a decent live version of INXS's "Need You Tonight- Mediate". We sure could have made good use of your talents back then! We would have made an awsome trio. (come to think of it, if we had The Kidd on "real"drums, we would have probably been the best band on the block!

Howlin'