This is a cover of the guitar solo on the track “Endless Dream” on the “Talk” album by Yes. The guitar on there is played by Trevor Rabin, but this solo is a greatly expanded version by the extremely talented Antoine Baril.
I played all the instruments on this track, well, if you count programming midi drums as “playing”. This is the first time I’ve attempted something like this. It came out sort of OK, but wouldn’t win any prizes The drums were by far the hardest to do - fiddling with Reaper’s midi editor is painful! Thinking of getting something I could hit - like those electronic drum pads to trigger samples. I wouldn’t be allowed an actual drum kit in the house!
The only original bit on here is the last chorus of the guitar solo which came out of noodling over the backing track.
That was super impressive … would certainly win a few prizes in my book, that guitar was so clean and the tapping so smooth. Very nice indeed … and you say the drums was the hardest part
I agree … winning prizes as far as I am concerned.
Great guitar tone and the playing of guitar, keys, and bass pedals top drawer by my yardstick.
As for drums in Reaper and the midi editor. I make use of midi drums in Reaper and can’t say I have found it painful. I suppose pain thresholds are personal. I generally use presets, either as is or then tweaked) but have also created my own. Personally trying to use a drum pad/midi controller to record drums sounds like a nightmare to me.
I was a bit disappointed not to see the Sustaniac making its debut, Phil, but all was forgiven once the wall of sound started oozing from my speakers.
Superb production
This made me lol, which will make sense if you look at my latest release
@DavidP Thank you David! The tricky part was the fills. They didn’t have any pre-programmed ones like I wanted, so I typed in all the notes by hand into the editor and moved them around a bit. Never again
@MichaelPFeeney Thanks Michael, glad you liked it. It does have a sort of triumphant feel to the tune.
@brianlarsen That was a Wallace & Grommet drum machine if ever I saw one! The sustainiac is coming - I’m just working on a backing track now.
@roger_holland Thank you Rogier - it was pretty hard work - glad you enjoyed it!
@tRONd Thanks Trond! It was sort of OK - when you spend ages working on something, you only notice the mistakes like the hiccup when the tapping trill moves from the B to the E string at 1:40 ish
@JokuMuu Thanks NIcole, I’m afraid this is as good as it gets for me - there isn’t another level!
@beejay56 Thank you Brian - your appreciation is greatly appreciated!
@CarlosAP You’re very kind Carlos! This was the first time I tried the dissolve thing with the video - took a while for me to work it out (in Lightworks)
@skinnyt Thanks Trevor! Glad you liked it. Proggy stuff isn’t to everone’s taste
The drums were by far the hardest to do - fiddling with Reaper’s midi editor is painful! Thinking of getting something I could hit - like those electronic drum pads to trigger samples. I wouldn’t be allowed an actual drum kit in the house!
So…just perfect…I much enjoyed the listening, thank you for sharing it!