I've recently uploaded two songs to my Soundcloud page, links below:
https://soundcloud.com/pierre-dechery/raiz-rasteira
https://soundcloud.com/pierre-dechery/qual-1-estrela
Both are songs I wrote many years ago, but were kind of waiting to be recorded properly. This time I did the best I could to achieve that. I think I've spent about four weeks working in this tracks (and a couple of other ones about to be published)
1) Raiz Rasteira
This is a straight-up rock song I played with my old band, years ago. The original arrangement was maintained, except for the delay in the vocals and some other little DAW tricks. Everything was made in Ardour and I played the drums with a MIDI keyboard, using the "General MIDI" plugin - "Standard Drums" instrument. Even if this is not an impressive GUI-wise plugin, I believe it has great sounds.
(By the way, it was the first time I tried to make the drums like that and I spent a lot of time quantizing. I'm still searching for the best workflow for drums.)
The guitars were recorded with Guitarix and it took me some time to learn the software and find the right tones, but now I think this is a must-have for any guitarist who works with DAWs in Linux.
2) Qual 1 Estrela
Another old song I always loved and dreamed about producing. This time the drums were made with Hydrogen and later exported as audio to Ardour, each instrument in it's own track - to process as needed. I feel there's still work to be done in some areas (vocals and synth, maybe), but it pleases me now the way it is and I needed to stop at some point - even if it's just to come back soon. To those more acquainted with brasilian popular music, this one maybe will remind the sound of Lô Borges and the "Clube da Esquina".
... and that's it for this two songs! If you like the material please comment and hear other tracks I got there, it's all very varied and there's more to come.
