Old 12-06-2011, 08:43 AM   #1
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Default GIGAWATT-The New Binary (streaming now!)





Through the persuasion of Kevin (kindafishy) I've uploaded the first track from my new album on ReverbNation for streaming only.
Wanna hear it? You gotta show my RN page same love baby!
So get to it!
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Almost forgot to mention: Featuring Mr. Scott LePage on lead guitars.
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Old 12-06-2011, 08:48 AM   #2
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Hail to the program

I'm feeling nauseous
I can't wake from dreaming
Merrily I row
Into the vortex
Gently the streaming
Of consciousness dying
Merrily I row
Beyond the concept

Of this illusion

I feel I'm falling
Can't escape the grasp of
Gravity's pull
Unto the surface
Descending upward
Into the dark cosmos
Merrily I row
Beyond the boundary

Of space, time, dimension
Love, hate, my dementia
Touch, taste, sound, subconscious
Mind, soul, sight, virtual

Hail to the program
And all his intentions
Merrily he rows
Through his conception
Twisting his expanse
Guarding the future
As he sees fit
Bending and shaping oblivions demise
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Intro had me groovin' nicely and just when I was settling in, the main body came in and ripped me a new one. Perfectly done!

This goes way past typical djent as far as I'm concerned. Everything you do has that touch of something extra or something special to it. You have an natural, flowing, instantly intuitive melodic sense to your writing and playing. Putting that up against the hard, fast, precise riffing gives such a cool contrast. Throw in some infectious grooves here and there, fuggetaboutit.

Awesome dynamics despite being loud. Very nicely done there. The mix overall is great.

Sweet, flowing lead too. Is that you or Scott? Awesome fingers, either way. The groove in behind is such a cool backdrop for the stylish, dripping wet, spacey lead. Awesome.

I normally don't like fade outs, but I love this one because of the lone howling guitar that stays at a constant level while everything else fades out. Very cool use of time stretching.

This is exactly what I was hoping to hear. Such attention to detail.
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Everything you do has that touch of something extra or something special to it. You have an natural, flowing, instantly intuitive melodic sense to your writing and playing. Putting that up against the hard, fast, precise riffing gives such a cool contrast. Throw in some infectious grooves here and there, fuggetaboutit.
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Sweet, flowing lead too. Is that you or Scott?
yepper. It is an honor to play on a GW song!
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What an awesome review, Kev! Thank you!
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Awesome man... just plain awesome. If no one knew, you'd think Meshuggah came out with a new track and decided to branch off into some uncharted territory. Now I'm going to smash my gear and try harder on my next track. Balls.

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I'm going to have to have my face surgically re-attached after listening to that. Very killer. The mix sounds awesome. Perfectly tight guitar/bass... awesome rubbery guitar tone. This is one of them songs that make a statement:

Your gonna like it whether you like it or not!
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Old 12-07-2011, 07:01 AM   #8
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you'd think Meshuggah came out with a new track and decided to branch off into some uncharted territory.
Wow. Thanks so much man. That's like the highest compliment I could receive.
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Old 12-07-2011, 07:03 AM   #9
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I'm going to have to have my face surgically re-attached after listening to that. Very killer. The mix sounds awesome. Perfectly tight guitar/bass... awesome rubbery guitar tone. This is one of them songs that make a statement:

Your gonna like it whether you like it or not!
Lol thanks!
So what does rubbery guitar tones sound like?
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Old 12-07-2011, 09:34 AM   #10
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the first real spongy, rubbery guitar tone I heard was from Hajis Kitchen.. great stuff..
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Old 12-08-2011, 03:23 PM   #11
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pretty much awesome in every way...even dig the lyrics (read em twice--once with the song and once afterwards). soundin better and better man...hope ya remember us Reaperites when....
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pretty much awesome in every way...even dig the lyrics (read em twice--once with the song and once afterwards). soundin better and better man...hope ya remember us Reaperites when....
Oh I'll definitely remember... I'll hafta have some opening acts and this'll be the first place I come to ask
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I want to like it, but have no way to say so on FB

Make, a FB page, so that I may like it.
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I want to like it, but have no way to say so on FB

Make, a FB page, so that I may like it.
WWW.facebook.com/gigawattissteve
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Overall, just a great piece. This finished product sets the bar *very* high for the rest of us.
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AWESOME DUDE!!! very Meshuggah-ish! Me Likes it!!!

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Overall, just a great piece. This finished product sets the bar *very* high for the rest of us.
Thanks so much.
Just realized who you are and that you're local lol
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Thanks so much.
Just realized who you are and that you're local lol
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Seems like so many recording techniques going on there that I just don't have a clue about. Really, really good stuff. Incredibly tight. Yeah and I love that rubbery downtuned guitar thing too! I've got to find out how you get your levels so high without it bursting into flames....The dynamics are there. I've heard some of your stuff in the past and it's always good. Not neccesarily my type of music, but I can always appreciate a job well done. And it always is.

Read most of the thread and may have missed it. But would love to know the equipment, plugins....ect that you used on it. I think in the past you said you use freeware amp plugins for guitar. Could be wrong. Whatever it is you use, you know how to use it. J
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Seems like so many recording techniques going on there that I just don't have a clue about. Really, really good stuff. Incredibly tight. Yeah and I love that rubbery downtuned guitar thing too! I've got to find out how you get your levels so high without it bursting into flames....The dynamics are there. I've heard some of your stuff in the past and it's always good. Not neccesarily my type of music, but I can always appreciate a job well done. And it always is.

Read most of the thread and may have missed it. But would love to know the equipment, plugins....ect that you used on it. I think in the past you said you use freeware amp plugins for guitar. Could be wrong. Whatever it is you use, you know how to use it. J
Nothing really fancy going on in all honesty... a few folders and a few sends but thats about it.
My equipment? (prepare the floor for your jaw):

I'm using a 2007 Dell Dimension C521 with a single core AMD Athlon 64 2.0Ghz processor. Thats right... 2.0ghz. 2 GB ram.
My interface is a Line 6 Toneport GX using PODFarm 2.0 for guitars, bass and vocals.
Guitar is a Schecter Omen 8 string STOCK
Mic is an SM57.
Bass is an SX Ursa 5 string
Drums are EZDrummer+Metalheads EZX
I'm monitoring thru a couple of Sony bookshelf speakers out of a Sony home stereo unit.

Guitars are foldered with an eq on the buss
Bass is wet (distorted) and dry track mixed with eq and limiting on each individual track and the folder.
Drums are as such:
Dry kick
Snare has eq and a clipper on it and a reverb send
toms are eq and same reverb send as snare
Overheads and Hi-hats are eq'd
Then the whole thing (except the reverb send) is foldered with a compressor on the buss.
I also have the kick and snare running to another send with a compressor squashing the living hell outta them and thats mixed to taste.
vocals usually have mild distortion, chorus, delay, compression, etc.
Master bus is: G-clip>ReaEQ>FerricTDS>Tls_Maximizer

Aside from PODFarm and EZD everything else is freeware.
I generally stick to:
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BuzzroomFree compressors and Budde's Lightweight Compressor
W-1, G-Clip and Tls_Maximizer for limiter/clipping
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Everything else is ReaPlugs (eq, muliband comp, reverb, gate)

thats really all I use.



And thanks for the kind words.
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Thanks for the detailed reply. Guess I should start getting into folders. You're really making great recordings period! J
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pfft. He didn't share what guitar cords he uses.

Selfish bastard.

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pfft. He didn't share what guitar cords he uses.

Selfish bastard.

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Sweet Mary Mother of Jesus! I've been using the black picks. That explains everything...
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Pretty Bloody Awesome. Love it! As soon as it kicked in my wife asked if it had anything to do with Meshuggah (she's a big fan)
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Man I gotta hit up the music store for the yellow ones.. would be a lot easier to find them at the bottom of the laundry hamper.
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Old 12-19-2011, 08:26 PM   #27
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audiomidi.com has the metalheads ezx for 40 bucks... done... it will be a merry, merry christmas after all
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Pretty Bloody Awesome. Love it! As soon as it kicked in my wife asked if it had anything to do with Meshuggah (she's a big fan)
Dude that's awesome! Tell her thanks for me.


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Awesome deal man. Well worth it.
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Bumping this cuz we're getting closer to a release
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So awesome.
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Just another bump for an awesome album. It comes up quite regularly on our work DJ machine, and always brings a smile to my face.
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I like it. Haven't listened to anything of this style in some time, but I thought the guitar, bass, drum tones were very pleasing. I know there is probably some better descriptor, but I thought they have a warm saturated sound, regardless of the massive amount of high harmonics.
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New e.p. is coming soon
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