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Chris Jones · Post by **Chris Jones** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:34 pm

Hi all,

I was doing some sound design in Zebra2 recently, and this little track emerged. Thought it might be interesting to see if people can spot what's "real" and what's not...

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:36 pm

Wicked shit!

Shabdahbriah · Post by **Shabdahbriah** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:46 pm

Chris Jones wrote:Thought it might be interesting to see if people can spot what's "real" and what's not...

Maybe... but I was too busy thinkin' what a shit-hot track it is.

core · Post by **core** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:53 pm

It's all unreal

Awesome sounds!

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:04 pm

Chris, nice stuff there -- it reminds me quite a bit of Brendon Small's playing style.

The only sound that stood out as possibly synthetic is the crash cymbal. In a few places the tail seemed to sound a bit synthy. Otherwise I'd say nice work!

jupiter8 · Post by **jupiter8** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:15 pm

Chris Jones sounds familiar......... Hey you're that guy that did the unrealistically realistic Zebra2 orchestra mock up,aren't you ?

I'm not falling for this again,you're way too good.

aaron aardvark · Post by **aaron aardvark** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:33 am

The electric guitar sounds real to me.

Chris Jones · Post by **Chris Jones** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 12:36 pm

Hey thanks everyone!

Shabdahbriah wrote:
Chris Jones wrote:Thought it might be interesting to see if people can spot what's "real" and what's not...
Maybe... but I was too busy thinkin' what a shit-hot track it is.

I will gladly exchange "those patches don't sound fake" for "that music sounds good".

bmrzycki wrote:Chris, nice stuff there -- it reminds me quite a bit of Brendon Small's playing style.

The only sound that stood out as possibly synthetic is the crash cymbal. In a few places the tail seemed to sound a bit synthy. Otherwise I'd say nice work!

Yes the cymbals could do with some more movement in them. I thought I might get away with it in a mix, but I suppose not.

I must investigate this Brendon Small of whom you speak.

jupiter8 wrote:Chris Jones sounds familiar......... Hey you're that guy that did the unrealistically realistic Zebra2 orchestra mock up,aren't you ?

Don't think that was me - unless you have been to the future, because I was thinking of doing something like that. Either way I'm now curious to hear it...

aaron aardvark wrote:The electric guitar sounds real to me.

The guitars are Zebras through amp/cab sims (Poulin LeGion, FreeAmp and the one in Cubase).

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Fritze · Post by **Fritze** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:24 pm

Chris Jones wrote:
aaron aardvark wrote:The electric guitar sounds real to me.
The guitars are Zebras through amp/cab sims (Poulin LeGion, FreeAmp and the one in Cubase).

(c:

You are f**king kidding me??? How did you play this cool palm muted dynamic stuff? With a midi guitar? If you played that with a keyboard or (even worse!) programmed this then I bow down deeply to your skills and give you miles of respect! Either way: This is the first guitar of this kind that I heard that fooled me big time. (Should I meantion that I'm a guitarist and played such stuff?)

Chris Jones · Post by **Chris Jones** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 2:57 pm

Heheh, well that has instilled some confidence in me.

The mutes are controlled by velocity, played on a keyboard - although I did quantize and edit (my keyboard skills aren't *quite* that polished).

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bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:02 pm

Chris Jones wrote:Heheh, well that has instilled some confidence in me. The mutes are controlled by velocity, played on a keyboard - although I did quantize and edit (my keyboard skills aren't *quite* that polished).

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Still Chris, very impressive! I never suspected the guitar sound was Zebra.

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:54 pm

That guitar is AMAZING. Wow

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:49 am

Sounds great.
I did some guitar thing here as well.
https://www.box.com/s/j5l9jqf3gs5nd5vqrg5q
Not as well mixed, and only played in realtime, no automation or external effects at all.

aaron aardvark · Post by **aaron aardvark** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:35 am

Chris Jones,
I am amazed that is the Zebra; I play guitar also. Do have any Zebra patches from this tune you want to share?

mcnoone,
Your "guitar" sounds more like a synth, but that's OK because it sounds really good! Are the Zebra patches available on that? Free or not free?

Your tune (which I downloaded to keep) reminds me of this classic:

djsubject · Post by **djsubject** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:01 pm

Chris Jones wrote:Hi all,

I was doing some sound design in Zebra2 recently, and this little track emerged. Thought it might be interesting to see if people can spot what's "real" and what's not...

this guy knows what he is doing!!

the mix alone is outstanding!

if the guitar is Zebra then i have to ask if anything is Not Zebra?

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