by Bragatyr » Sat Jun 14, '14, 5:31 pm
Thank you very much, man, it always means a lot coming from you. I felt the same way about this song, I've always wanted to cover it but I was worried about getting it right, but I finally just got impatient and said screw it, ha ha.
But yeah, I totally agree, I wish I could have gotten the volume more under control. The original recording almost literally made my ears bleed, ha ha, so I actually cut the overall volume by three decibels, and that seemed to help a bit, Audacity was showing no clipping. I always have issues with sound, my computer speakers are terrible and my ears are so damaged I don't like to listen for long with headphones, so I have trouble gauging the mix accurately. I was actually going to ask you about how to control the distortion before I uploaded this one, didn't want to bug you about it but I figured you would be the best person I know to ask about that. Is there any way to eliminate that kind of distortion/clipping in the final recording, or do you have to more or less control it at the point of the initial recording? One of my problems was I kept trying to go back and rerecord that low distorted tone to get it under control, but it didn't have that kick when I changed the effect and the volume.
But yes, I would be very stoked to be on your channel, and I appreciate it! I need to get my own list of Youtube musicians on my channel and put you on it, as well.