To my ears sometimes you are just a tiny tiny bit ahead of the beat then come back in.
This is a tricky one as we have realized the tempo speeds up slightly as the song goes on (like a train-a-rollin) and I think it tricked a lot of us into getting slightly ahead at times.
I enjoyed your walkups, gives the line a little more flavor! My only critique would be the bass is just a little too loud in the mix for the song, it kind of overpowers the song IMO but great job!
Yeah I noticed there was something going on there but couldn’t put my finger on it. No matter how many times I recorded, I couldn’t get the timing 100% right. This one took me the longest time so far.
I decided to move on for now, however, after hearing @stevesilver925 's take I might have to give it another shot, because he sounds awesome and I think this version is “cleaner”, might be easier to follow, save for the speed difference. @Ant I tend to boost the bass track volume in those covers to make them more about bass, also my “bass delete” processing of the songs is not perfect and I don’t want the original bassline mixed in.
Well, here’s my submission for this song. I honestly cannot say I’m entirely happy with it, but I’m tired of trying to get a better one-shot recording. Some minor timing issues and flubs, but yeah, moving on from this one.
Gear: ESP LTD B-205SM Bass, NUX Mighty Plug 3, Zoom B14 and Reaper for recording. Used Moises.ai to remove bass from the original and combined the audio/video together (seems slightly off to me, but again, don’t feel like spending more time on it).
Settings: Bass EQ (treble off, mid off, lows full, neck pickup only), instrument tuned to 435 Hz with the Zoom tuner. Zoom Effects off. NUX - my usual amp/ir/eq settings with reverb (damp) added (about 30 mix and 30 depth if I recall). Bass is rather high in the overall mix as we’re showcasing our playing, not the original song.
Anyways, this is the result (played the first part to Josh’s tabs, then added some fills, trying to mimic what I was hearing in the track).
Tone is great, sounding really good (once past the first few notes).
First few notes you were off beat until you locked in.
My trick to make sure I come in properly at the start of a tricky tune - I always bring in the orginal bassline from the tune into my DAW as well, and then zoom into that track a little and make it bigger on the screen, giving me a nice visual of the first peak of the first pluck to get me going. Sometimes if the bass starts on beat one, I will move everything over a bit to give me some more time to catch it as well after hitting record.
Sounded great otherwise!!
This is actually a tricky tune, it speeds up ever so slightly throughout - like a train a comin’.
You did great keeping the groove!
Gather round everyone, put down your shanks for a moment, pour yourselves an enameled mug of pruno - I present my cover of Folsom Prison Blues
Ok maybe the production’s a bit rough in places but the song’s basically there . I would totally recommend using a live version for a cover for the applause at the end.
Thanks @JerryP ! I’m not sure why but for some reason the mids and highs are much louder than the bass. Maybe I just need to listen on some better speakers