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Old 03-23-2010, 03:59 AM   #33
matey
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my humble point of view..

just play a real drum, or play a vsti drum in real time (opposite to the make&loop it' way) and wisely quantize it;
you would apply some time variation as well...;
play the bass and guitar from the beginning to the end of the song (no repeated loops);
play the keyboards the same way above without any midi quantization, "record: output" mode on reaper, better passing the key through an amp sim,
and dont forget to heavily high pass and low pass every single instrument (lets say: 100hz-12khz as a general rule);
track and print your instruments with the efx you like BEFORE recording (flanger, chorus, delay on gts, leslie on organ);
use a nanotron or a cheap solina's emulation instead of any real string pad;
keep room for a remarkable solo in your song (guit or keyb as you like it)
lotsa reverb on vocal!!!
slap a ferox (JB plugin) on the master buss

you should hit the point, unless your tune is a 4 on the floor with a sequenced bass line, which could be quite interesting tho...

edit: as you said "educational purposes", I think it could be useful to take your reaper daw as a tape recorder: just hit rec and start play til the end. your track will achieve that sort of vintage flavour by simply overcoming the "looped" character of modern tunes.
I think going "vintage" isn't just a matter of timbre ....

Last edited by matey; 03-23-2010 at 04:15 AM.
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