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Stoffeltoo Congratulations Wern101!
A great promotional indeed and well presented.

Absolutely! Well done Wern - such a great idea the voice-over you did, loved it!

studmissile Secondly I can respect Jazzman105s comments regarding Spec-Fidelity, but personally also felt the 4 mins was a little too long for this challenge.

It's a tough one, thought that around 1-2mins was a good length for a promo style track. I'm still of the idea that marrying two tracks would be cool, I was tempted to remix all of them, into one manic GT mash-up - but I'm rather lazy...

Stoffeltoo I hope to promote another challenge soon with something more generic and worth exploring for the forumites.

Cool man, can't wait to see what you have up your sleeve!

        V8 Let's do a GT mash-up!

        How do you include quotes of other posts in yours?

        Maybe the next challenge could be called 'Black Friday Blues' ?

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            wern101 Just highlight the text you want to quote and a black box will pop up somewhere below the highlighting saying "quote" - click on that back and the text quoted will pop up in the reply window - something I'm loving about this new software!

            My laziness would have to be lifted - a mashup would be cool though, would want your vocal stems and then I'd chop some riffage out of each track and then try and lego it together into something that made sense...

            Didn't buy any gear
            Digging what I got
            that's only 'coz there
            were ques on Takealot

            Raru was working and up
            Specials there were galore
            Alas, nothing for this pup
            All shopping was a bore

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              wern101 You gots the funk! (How do you do that?) Really dug the track, although the vocals were a bit soft and had to listen a few times to find out what you said

              Thanks Wern! Since you asked...(and nobody is really interested :p) :

              1 track of Bass : P-style Hofner bass w/Zoom B2 into interface. A evolution of the funky a$$ patch I've been working on for a while now. A combo of auto-wah, drive, compressor and octaver - it's syrup-y bass goodness - Kinda synth-y when you hold notes and percussive if playing staccato.

              1 track of Guitar : Strat (pos 4, neck + bridge) into Wizards buffer/drive pedal (used a hint of gain) straight into interface. Did add a amp sim (Lepou 456) and a cab sim (Eden Bass cab 4x10)

              1 track of Drums : Addictive drums.

              A 'vocal' track using a really crappy old Carol mic I had lying around.

              No quantizing or studio trickery on any tracks either ? - just played as heard. P.s. I'm no singer/rapper - but I couldn't find anyone else!

                wern101 I'd be happy to make the track available to Guitar Talk as per comp rules, but would be more inclined to redo it, with a proper backtrack! Maybe a mix up of all the entries? I think that a number of Genres/styles are represented. Open to any collaborations or ideas.

                I'd be happy to support that. It just needs a deadline or it'll drag on. 14 days sound good?

                As for your voucher... watch this space! My aim is to give you a chance to spend it on Cyber Monday. Same goes for the R100 voter voucher.

                  Once again, congrats @wern101! Your voucher is in your inbox by now ?

                  Enjoy Cyber Monday, you earned it!

                  And the winner of our "because you voted" R100 Takealot voucher is @studmissile

                  Congrats! Check your inbox for your voucher!

                  And a big thanks to all our voters. Hopefully we'll get more and more as time goes by ?

                  Congratulations Wern101, nicely played! And thank you Norio.

                  wern101 I personally miss the rhythm guitars though, IMO I think it would have made for a ‘fuller’ sound? What setting(s) did you use for the lead?

                  Thanks Wern. I deliberately went for a 80's feel with some cheesy synth tones. The rhythm guitar on top of that was a bit much, so I left most of it out. I could've done a better job with the mix which may have resulted in that "fuller" sound.
                  I used a Rectifier amp sim on my GT100, played on my Ibanez AF105. Single coil guitars sounded a little thin and the Super 58 humbuckers on that hollow-body offered much more substance to my tone. I am sure I can do better with the tools I have, but am still a novice on the overdrive/distortion tone front. Clean tones have always been my thing.

                    NorioDS I'd be happy to support that. It just needs a deadline or it'll drag on. 14 days sound good?

                    I think that's fair. I suck at mixing though. If there's anyone that can assist it would be greatly appreciated! ?

                    V8 A evolution of the funky a$$ patch I've been working on for a while now. A combo of auto-wah, drive, compressor and octaver - it's syrup-y bass goodness - Kinda synth-y when you hold notes and percussive if playing staccato.

                    Ah! The secrets are being revealed. Thanks V8 Didn't think it could have been a Bass!

                    Jazzman105 Thanks Wern. I deliberately went for a 80's feel with some cheesy synth tones. The rhythm guitar on top of that was a bit much, so I left most of it out. I could've done a better job with the mix which may have resulted in that "fuller" sound.
                    I used a Rectifier amp sim on my GT100, played on my Ibanez AF105. Single coil guitars sounded a little thin and the Super 58 humbuckers on that hollow-body offered much more substance to my tone. I am sure I can do better with the tools I have, but am still a novice on the overdrive/distortion tone front. Clean tones have always been my thing

                    Thanks for the 'how to'. Great to learn from other muso's. Don't be too hard on yourself. I think the tone was great! And we are 'all' always seeking for that specific tone. I guess it's the guitarist's bane

                    Thanks again everyone. :-)

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                            If you buy any guitar stuff, we'd love to see!!! ?

                              NorioDS If you buy any guitar stuff, we'd love to see!!! ?

                              Of Course! I may just go for that Squier by Fender Acoustic. Been meaning to get another acoustic for a while. I know it's not a 'top of the line' but definitely a step-up from my current gear. + The kids will probably also benefit from it... if I ever let them near it.

                                wern101 The kids will probably also benefit from it... if I ever let them near it.

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                                Sidetrack: Yeah I have my nephews coming over for an "Xbox weekend" and I got EA Access so I could get Fifa 17 for free for them. Not sure if I'll let them play now, though ?

                                  Been quite round these parts!

                                  Guys, I need help with a mash-up/mix of the comp. I really really!! suck at mixing. ?

                                  If anyone is able to assist?

                                  Tnx.

                                    Maybe i can help but what is the deadline?
                                    Send me a message to my gmail address with requirements and i will see if traktion can do its magic.

                                    Stoffeltoo Maybe i can help but what is the deadline?

                                    It was 14 days since 5 days ago, so 9 days left...

                                    No specific requirements I think. We just wanna do a mash up of all the entries. @V8 also suggested it. Maybe he has some ideas?

                                    I wouldn't know where to begin... ?

                                      wern101 Idea's...me? Errrr, kinda busy again, work is unrelenting this time of year. Don't see me getting anytime before wednesday ☹