https://dl.dropbox.com/u/13184331/holeinthesky_inprogress%2Cmp3.mp3

I need to learn the bass during the chorus so I can finish the thing. Drums are a boring loop in SD2 at this point. Alesis QS6, Novation and various softsynths for the... synths. Bass yes, guitars no. I'm thinking I might not have any guitar in this at all, but we want to play this live with Garda, and there are extended nonsingy bits, so I suppose I should probably make up some guitar parts. The idea is that if we're doing any covers anymore they shouldn't sound at all like the original unless we want some crowd-pleaser setfiller or something else to bust out for an encore. (We got a few people shouting for one last show!)

So I turned Sabbath into a dance tune.

Iwant to put guitar to this

Once I have a finished guitar-less version I'll poast it up and you can go nuts. I actually need to have a finished version for my band, so it will be completed in short order.

Also, that would sound so sick with some kmfdm style vocals over it.

I sang it like that last night. One of the ways I'm thinking of approaching it. The other being over-the-top proper singy. I'll probably combine the two and see what works. Ranting Sascha-style into a dirt box really sounds good over this.

A dirt box with a filter on it

Roland SP-555 sampler, actually. Basically what you said. It's a hella nice vocal processor in addition to being stuffed full of banks of random shit. It's been on a few clips I've posted on... every incarnation of Maps, I think, as a vocal processor. I still want to rig a mic stand mount for it to have it and its samples there in one convenient obvious spot versus stashing it behind the synths live.

For my tastes, the synths are a bit smoove for having no guitar. I like the angry clav-whatever that comes in right before the end, but that huge pad sound in the earlier bits makes it sound too "nice".

That is of course, just for what you have here. You know what you are aiming for wif it moar than i. I pretty much just want everything to be violent, have violent elements to it.

In general, i approve of this Roller Disco Sabbath concept though. It is a bit different than what the kids are generally on about.

Ah yes, I agree with Chris regarding the synths. I liked that lead near the end a lot. The song reminds me of KMFDM, "Money" a bit. Or maybe "Go to Hell", ah I dunno. Some older KMFDM tune.

I do agree there needs to be some more abrasive element.
Maybe split your bass signal and send one of the outputs to into your soundmangling box of digital death.

I did dial in a nice bass tone using this little bastard the other day, and wrote the settings down...

Do it!