Someone let me know whether or not this works (on a 'does it make a noise' level rather than artistic merit).

This is going onto the Voivodfan mp3.com page, but it will take about a month to 'go live'.

If anyone has a Voivod song they've covered, or feels like doing one now, let me know and we'll put it on the mp3.com site. Any style, any form, recording quality is immaterial - just get it on!

The solo is 50/50 clean 'twang guitar' and Rrroooaaarrrriiinnnggg Hammond. The clean rhythm guitars were partly dictated by the fact that I can't do justice to Piggys guitar sound, and partly because I can't play those lines anyway :` .

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Originally posted by h:
Jazz funk lounge core Voivod! I even hear stuff that reminds me of Fun Boy 3 in there for some reason!! Must be the spooky keyboard parts! A job well done mate. Any more?

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Cheers, Corpse! Here's a quick list on what I used, for the trainspotters out there:

Behringer 24:4:2 mixer, red Tannoy 'Reveal' monitors & a WAMIRACK 8out PC/Rack thing -

Shitty P2/300 PC running Sonar 2 (just about!), Soundforge 6 and (most important for full-on metal mix!) T-racks mastering software.

Drums are from a sample CD that came on a magazine cover - about 30 phrases pieced together and tempo-matched - this took me a day! - then strung together in Soundforge with extra bits thrown in from a Roland R-5 drum machine.

Roland JV1080 synth for the two Organ sounds, Alesis S-4 Quadrasynth for the Cello & Strings.

Squire P-Bass & Hamer Diablo guitar, through a Rocktron Chameleon preamp/FX with Behringer footpedal board. Some other guitars might be in there, I dunno.

Audio Technica AT4035 mic, big and shinny, via a Joemeek VC3 pre-amp, which Clive still managed to distort with his big and powerful voice.

Finally, the bass & vox were put through an Alesis 3630 compressor/gate (on inserts to make 'em pump) and most of the mix went through a Behringer Duelfex exciter, also some Alesis Quadraverb on the vox & Organ.

This was my 4th attempt, the first 3 being far mellower and orchestral, but the drums just weren't happening.