Acdc Challenge

[Rick]

Little Wing challenge went superbly.
Aint talking about love is just excellent beyond compare.

BUT

This is micky's challenge.
he mentioned it in the jamroom and here we are.

he wants an Acdc challenge. Any acdc track you wish to record.

So deadline is the 17th july All tracks have to be in then voting can start.
it should be a good challenge because there are lots of acdc backers knocking about and everybody can play at least one acdc track.

For those about to rock say "ME PLEASE"

[stevedak]

Me Please!

[Six]

Interesting... I'm in the middle of recording an AC/DC track at the moment.

There's no backer for it so I'm doing everything... drums on Fruity Loops, rhythm & lead guitar, bass and maybe, just maybe, I might embarass myself with some truly awful vocals! Should earn me some extra points...lol

OK, what the hell... "ME PLEASE"

[Rick]

Me Please

[Rob]

Ah sod it sold my Gibson SG but me please

[zeusse]

Can I change the lyrics again when I sing it?....LOL

[Viscolex]

sure zeusse, why not? :D

[wahwah]

Sounds fun...count me in.

[Rob]

Be extra cool if it was a video challenge!!

[Rick]

not everybody can rob.

[Rick]

but imagine all the duck walking

[Rob]

Oh well I will leave my old school boy uniform int the closet for now :-)

[Rick]

so far then

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
rlee111
zeusse
me
wahwah


it would be nice to have 10 or more.

[JME91]

Does it have to involve vocals, if not, ME PLEASE!

[zombo]

I thought about this so count me in too if it's ok !!!

[Rick]

Does it have to involve vocals, if not, ME PLEASE!

cool no problem.

just drop by and upload your version when its ready! :thumb:

[Naifuzan]

Cool stuff, havent visited this site in a while actually, but this seems like fun, so count me in!

[Rick]

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
rlee111
zeusse
me
wahwah
jme91
zombo
naifuzan

this should be funsome quality players on this one as well, i guess i'll be coming last again :-)

[wahwah]

Here's mine...done a month or so ago. Have taken the vox off only because I figured most wouldn't have them on. Was a toss-up between this and a version of 'Back in Black' I did but I'd only had the POD a short while when I recorded it and the tone wasn't as close as this. :thumb:

[bluesgeek]

Hi Guys,
a Noobie here but I think I might be in for this one :)

[Six]

Go for it BG, the more the merrier.

[Rick]

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
rlee111
zeusse
me
wahwah
jme91
zombo
naifuzan
bluesgeek


i think thats enough.
if we could all have our tracks up by the 14th at the latest.

[mullyman]

I'd love to join these things just to give it a shot but I have no idea how to record onto my computer.
MULLY

[Rick]

I'd love to join these things just to give it a shot but I have no idea how to record onto my computer.
MULLY

do it mully, i'll stick your name down!!!

there are plenty of tutorials on how to record yourself on here...

[ZappaFan]

This is going to be awesome. I cant wait guys.

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Good luck to everyone, may the best track win

[zeusse]

Can't even decide on one yet too many good ones to choose!

[Highway Star]

I'd love to join these things just to give it a shot but I have no idea how to record onto my computer.
MULLY

OMG! We are gonna have to teach you then!! Don't wanna miss this! My whole recording set up cost me less than £60! It is a doddle! Ask and you will be guided! You've got to do it for your own sake man!

Farl

[Rick]

oh well here goes nothing...

Im safe in the knowledge that i can get kaz to vote for me if nobody else will by locking her under the stairs until she promises she will.

you shook me all night long............

[mondola]

Okay, do I just add my file to here then ?

Sorry for the dust. I ain't been doing much lately and have accumulated a fair bit of dust *cough* *cough* *cough*

Well, Rick bullied me into adding this one by saying he would tell everyone I am playing Marillion riffs on my Eddie Van Halen 5150 Kramer.

So, in a bid to help him not come last, here's my take on Highway To Hell...

:lol:

It's me on all guitars. It's the Peavey Wolfgang through the PODxt with the standard setting Highway tone, or whatever it is called. I think there is a teeny weeny bit of rhythm guitar on the backer. Vocals, drums and bass were all on the backer...

:poke:

[mondola]

Oopsie. I didn't ask if I could take part, and I left my vocals on...

Please don't ban me, I need enough in the background to hide my shite playing !!!

:micro:

[bigdoug]

great job guys, mondola would love a copy of the backer, and dont worry I'm shite..er than both of you, but not got the balls to enter.

[Six]

I'll have a listen to them all in one hit when they're all posted up, but in the mean time I need some help.

For my track I've got the drums down with Fruity Loops and tried to do the bass line... well, I did do the bass line but when I played it back the bass was out of time with the drums and as the track progressed the timing was slipping further out. By the end of the track it was out of time by about two seconds!

Any ideas what might be causing this?

As usual I'm using Cakewalk GT Pro and recording direct (line in) via my multi effect unit.

[Rick]

:-D did you play the bass to fast

[mondola]

great job guys, mondola would love a copy of the backer, and dont worry I'm shite..er than both of you, but not got the balls to enter.

I will look for it. I will have it stored in some obscure folder somewhere away from all my recordings and it will probably require a search on *.mp3 and then trawling through the thousands of results to find out where I stupidly put it, when at the time I thought I'd be able to find it easily...

Probably C:\mahbollox\tmp\tempy\crapstuff\tosortoutwhenican bearsed\ACDC_Backer.mp3

LOL !

[mondola]

I'll have a listen to them all in one hit when they're all posted up, but in the mean time I need some help.

For my track I've got the drums down with Fruity Loops and tried to do the bass line... well, I did do the bass line but when I played it back the bass was out of time with the drums and as the track progressed the timing was slipping further out. By the end of the track it was out of time by about two seconds!

Any ideas what might be causing this?

As usual I'm using Cakewalk GT Pro and recording direct (line in) via my multi effect unit.

Some sort of lagging on there.

I had this on my laptop whan I used it for recording. During playing, everything was in time. But it seems the laptop was below spec and wasn't actuall processing quickly enough, and so when I played back the recording, the slippage as you describe occured.

Only thing I could do was go onto my pc, tower as it had more horsepower to cope with it...

Probably not the answer you wanted to hear. Hopefully these guys can add some input before you chuck your pc away...

:wall:

[mondola]

Bugger me, wahwah. I am scared. Excellent tone. Can I borrow that Angus Young persona for a bit. I think I might need it, to stand a chance on this one !!!

Awesome tone, and just AC DC energy nailed to a T !!!

:thumb:

[mondola]

Holy crap ! Rick, I can tell you now, you ain't gonna be coming last on this one !

Tone and feel sorted once again !!!

I can't believe you talked me into this one !!!

:wall:

I'm gonna get the wife and cats to register !!!

:thumb:

[Rob]

sounding good so far

[zeusse]

Mucho fabuloso Rick sounds butt kickin to me get a rep. point for that:thumb:

[zeusse]

Great job Mondolo I love it when the new members jump right into the fold......have a beer my good man!

[Six]

Warning

Listening to this could cause irrepairable hearing damage!

Okay, I couldn't sing if my life depended on it but if all I achieve is to give you lot something to laugh at then at least I've achieved something.

The hardest bit of this was getting the drums down using Fruity Loops, then I added the bass guitar, rhythm guitar, lead guitar and finally... vocals!!!

No prize for guessing who isn't going to win this one but I had fun doing it so I don't care :butt:

2345

[Rick]

cheers dave and eric!!!!

whenever i listen to my stuff all i hear is things i hate, mistakes and crap.
its like recording your voice then listening to it, i sound just like the thick local dumb arse off the six o'clock news, you know the one that you always think jeez bad advert for my town this guy!!
well thats how my guitaring sounds to me.

[Rick]

btw mondola is one of the original earliest members on here, i just blagged him to post via msn...

[mondola]

Great job Mondolo I love it when the new members jump right into the fold......have a beer my good man!

Cheers dude. I have actually been registered for a while, I just got sorta lost by the wayside and trodden for a bit until I woke back up !

Must try not to get so drunk in future !

:lol:

[mondola]

cheers dave and eric!!!!

whenever i listen to my stuff all i hear is things i hate, mistakes and crap.
its like recording your voice then listening to it, i sound just like the thick local dumb arse off the six o'clock news, you know the one that you always think jeez bad advert for my town this guy!!
well thats how my guitaring sounds to me.

Snap ! Everytime I listen to my stuff I just hear all the mistakes. I guess it's because I am focusing on the gap between where I wish my playing was at, and where it actually currently is at.

So therefore, I am never able to just listen and enjoy my stuff based purely on it's own merit.

Everytime I read other's comments, I have to check i haven't uploaded someone else's file by mistake, cuz I am sometimes left going, "Eh, are they actually listening to my track ? It sounds pants to me !"

:lol:

[Rick]

yeh but yours sounds great, great tone, well played. solo is jammed to.

[mondola]

yeh but yours sounds great, great tone, well played. solo is jammed to.

I but that's what I'm saying. I don't hear that when I play mine back.

But when I listen to yours, that is exactly what I hear ! Great stuff !

:wall:

[Rick]

good stuff phil, i couldn't wait to get on my main pc to hear this.

i wish i could use fruity loops, i wanted to record "ride on" for this, maybe you could give me a lesson or 2

[mondola]

Hey SixWheels, sounds really good. Has bags of energy and you get the extra thumbs up from me for producing all the backing yourself.

AND singing !!!

:thumb:

Great stuff. Loved the solo !

Nowt wrong with this, apart from the fact it's another entry to own me !!!

:wall:

[Six]

Thanks guys... they're much better appraisals than I expected.

[zeusse]

Loved it Phil and you did it all yourself feel proud man..I can't program my drum thing worth beans, maybe I'll give that fruity loops thing a go....by the way how come when you boys across the ocean sing the accent dissapears.....LOL rep. point for that fine assault of the senses!

[Rick]

come on guys.
lets see some more versions up.
i want this to be the best one ever!!!!

[Rob]

Got everything down bar the solo which Im workin on, you are right Rick bloody fast and quite tricky but getting there, maybe a couple a days matey would be cool with some vocals but havnt got the bottle or equipment.

[bluesgeek]

working on mine, I had a bit of a late night last night as the missus is away this weekend and I ended up on the pop until 6am ;) just looking for a backing track now then I might add a few vocals or cut the track down a bit ;)

[bluesgeek]

Ok here it is, this is pretty much first take on the solo bit, I've since tried recording my Delta Blues amp but I can't crank it as its 6:20am here ;) and it doesn't sound up to scratch. Might have another go later today.

Anyway, Gibson LP and Pod XT, backing track was just bass and drums, I had a go at vocals but Bon Scott had a very distinctive style :D

[Rick]

its rocking! ends prematurely though...

[bluesgeek]

yeah I ran out of steam ;) been smoking too many cigarettes :)

[zeusse]

Too bad it was cut short but it was damm good thou maybe you should repost it again just so we have a fair challenge.....I'm getting nervous on this challenge :nervous:

[zombo]

Hey lads I just don't have the time to learn something at the moment I am sorry but I am going to drop out of this one !!

[Naifuzan]

So... I noticed we didnt have any back in black versions yet. Here's one.
I couldnt take the vocals out as they were part of the backing track.

[bluesgeek]

Too bad it was cut short but it was damm good thou maybe you should repost it again just so we have a fair challenge.....I'm getting nervous on this challenge :nervous:

I thought everybody would have been sick of my atrocious singing by that stage :eek: I'll try and finish the vocals off in the next day or so and repost... I might crank the amp and redo the solo too.

[Rob]

Rick take my name of the list mate gonna give it miss thanks.

[ZappaFan]

As Rick is having some connectivity problems at the moment I thought I would step in and update this thread.

This is the up to date list for this AC/DC Guitar War !!!

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
zeusse
rick
wahwah
jme91
zombo
naifuzan
bluesgeek
Mondola


If you havent already got your entry posted up yet, get to it dudes !!!

ZappaFan.

[mondola]

As Rick is having some connectivity problems at the moment I thought I would step in and update this thread.

This is the up to date list for this AC/DC Guitar War !!!

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
zeusse
me
wahwah
jme91
zombo
naifuzan
bluesgeek


If you havent already got your entry posted up yet, get to it dudes !!!

ZappaFan.

Hmmm, can't quite put my finger on it, but I reckon there's someone missing from the list...

:eh:

[Highway Star]

Hmmm, can't quite put my finger on it, but I reckon there's someone missing from the list...

:eh:

Yep, it's that Zapp you know!! He is getting on a bit! (nearly my age!) LOL Of course you are in as well Mondola with a damned fine Highway to Hell!!! I'll amend the list!

farl

[ZappaFan]

Sorry guys I picked up the list that Rick did earllier in the thread. oooops !!!!

Apologies mate.

I dunno you try and help out eh ? LOL

[Micky_w]

i couldnt decide what track to do so i picked this one..

i recorded it with adobe audition...cos my cakewalk sonar has packed in..

i might do whole lotta rosie too when i get my recording software sorted...

[Rick]

i knew you would..

[mondola]

Right guys, I will catch up when I get a spare moment !

I haven't forgotten you know !!!

:thumb:

[Rick]

finishes tomorrow.

all versions up by 7.00pm bst please then it goes to the vote.

[Highway Star]

Well, I'm away tonight until Tuesday so I'll vote then. Another festival....

Farl

[Six]

Those of you who still haven't posted your tune yet, hurry up please! I can't wait much longer to listen to these but I wan't to listen to them back-to-back.
Besides, we don't want anyone to miss out so come on and get posting.... quick!

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

[bluesgeek]

same here, I don't want to know how badly I've done yet ;) I'll try and get that vocal track finished off in the morning before work (its 2:14am here and the missus is tucked up in bed ;) )

[zeusse]

I'm working today on mine should be up tonight before I head to work

[Naifuzan]

As Rick is having some connectivity problems at the moment I thought I would step in and update this thread.

This is the up to date list for this AC/DC Guitar War !!!

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
zeusse
rick
wahwah
jme91
zombo
naifuzan
bluesgeek
Mondola


If you havent already got your entry posted up yet, get to it dudes !!!

ZappaFan.

I'm guessing the names in bold are the ones who have posted? In that case you missed my post. It's at the very bottom of page 6.

[Rick]

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
zeusse
rick
wahwah
jme91
naifuzan
bluesgeek
Mondola

:thumb:

[stevedak]

sorry, I've been having lots of computer problems lately...I think I have them sorted out now, I should have my tune up by the end of the weekend

[Rick]

I planned to end it tomorrow steve.
if you need a bit more time give me a shout!

[zeusse]

Ok I know I miss timed the beginning but beers will do that and how can you not have too many with this tune....don't expect any great reviews on this one but I had to get it done then pass out and sober up before I leave for work.....everyone has done a fabulous job on this so far this wont be hard to beat...LOL

Use the next one as my final submission this one sucked!!!!!

[bluesgeek]

Ok here's the redone version, full length lyrics and a bit more solo on the end through my Peavey Delta Blues and Cusack Screamer, its a bit buzzy but you get the gist ;)

[Rick]

micky
stevedak
sixwheels
zeusse
rick
wahwah
jme91
naifuzan
bluesgeek
Mondola

[stevedak]

sorry guys, I'm gonna have to drop out of this one...on top of computer problems, I've been working 12 hour days for two weeks straight, and haven't had any time to give this the effort it deserves...hopefully I'll have something up for the next (Lizzy?) challenge. Good luck to all, the tunes sound awesome!

[Rick]

no worries steve!
gives the rest of us a bit of a chance anyway :-D

[bluesgeek]

sorry guys, I'm gonna have to drop out of this one...on top of computer problems, I've been working 12 hour days for two weeks straight, and haven't had any time to give this the effort it deserves...hopefully I'll have something up for the next (Lizzy?) challenge. Good luck to all, the tunes sound awesome!

Nancy boy :P I've been doing 36 hour days for the last 87 years.... ok thats what it feels like ;)

A Lizzy challenge would be great, I'm well up for that... how about a Syd era Floyd challenge though?

[zeusse]

Ok I was a little more sober for this one and I decided to sing if you wanna call it that in my best Brian Johnson impression...ok this is the final instalment....thanks for waiting

[Six]

Are we all done then or is jme91 still going to post?

I can't wait to get listening to all of these!

[Rick]

this is closed

go here instead.
http://www.6stringheaven.com/forum/vb/showthread.php?t=2566