Originally Posted by: mpaqHey Slim - way to hang in there. Can't imagine the frustration you must be having with your gear, most would have given up by now. I actually like your "Ouch" take better......recording issues aside, your playing was more suited to the backing track...a good rock feel to it. Too bad you couldnt just scrap the toneport thing and get a PC with a conventional soundcard....you can pick up an m-audio 24 bit card in Toronto for less than a hundred bucks....along with Audacity, recordings a no-brainer.[/QUOTE]



[QUOTE=WrigglerUk]Mpaq - kind of interesting observation there... I thought both Light and Silimtao's first takes were 'better' in that the playing was free-er and more fluid. I found that with the 'Ouch' song I could kind of tune out the noise and hear some really good stuff there.

I also feel for Silimtao, struggling trying to get sound of the gear instead of playing sucks.

But what impressed me was that you keep trying, thats what it's about!

Thanks for the generous and encouraging words guys. I had to delete "Zpaq"- I heard for the third time just before leaving work today, and I literally cringed! I should have known better than to have started messing with the track well after midnight last nite. After uninstalling GearBox, and applying the updates, etc, I was able to hear a clear sound when I had the usb connection just right, so I decided to go for another one. When it was done, I just uploaded it, listened to it for the 2nd time and called it a night. Hearing it again....gaaaaaa! All I could picture was a couple of people do-si-do-ing at a square dance! (Not that there's anything wrong with square-dances).

I know exactly what I was thinking too when I layed down the solo- I couldn't get ZZ Top out of my head (hence, the title, lol- sorry mpaq), and for some reason, Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird"- a song I personally hate from overplay on the radio. I tend to listen to the drums when soloing, and for some reason I kept hearing a cowbell (there wasn't one, was there?). Anyway, I deliberately stayed away double stops, a la ZZ Top, and....I dunno, I was fighting these images and phantom sounds in my head. No, I'm not writing this from an institution, lol- but I best find my groove when I'm not thinking, and just feeling it. I liked my first take better also, but I swear, I couldn't duplicate anything from it, not the feel, the riffs, anything. I just hit a brain-freeze. Well, such is the creative process. But I had to pull the tune. It's the most horrendous thing...I often let my office mates listen to some stuff I play, but when I gave it another listen, I literally shivered. I think I'm going to take some Pepto and lay down for awhile. Gaaaaa!