Davester2296 | DAR - Tale Of Times @DAR-Davester2296 | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
I've always been very fond of this track because the little outro riff used to be one of my go-to noodle/warm-up riffs back in the early 2010s.

I've kept the song structure exactly the same as it was in the original version. I did wind up adding quite a few things though.

Once again, I've come up with some new harmony leads noodling around over on the left side, while the original melody occupies the right side. The right-side leads are mostly the same, but I did wind up changing them in a few parts.

Also, with the exception of the outro riff being done with my Ibanez, the rest of the leads were all done on the 7-string! I really quite like the neck-pickup on this thing. It just had the right sound and tone for this track. My Ibanez tends to get rather harsh and bright when playing the sort of leads that I have here in this song. The Strat was out of the question as well, since its brighter. Wasn't an issue back then with the original recording, since I had a rather different signal-chain for my tone.

Anyhow, after having my fill of noodling around with these lead parts, I couldn't help but feel like something was missing. Naturally, I started reaching for string sections and stuff to do the trick. After writing and hearing the part in MIDI, I later found out that my usual strings just didn't have the right texture that I was looking for.

Got a bit stuck at this point, trying to find something that sat well in the mix. Eventually, I came upon this sort of synth organ sound. I wasn't sure about it at first, since it sounded a little cheesy. However, I decided to goof around with it, and ran it through some distortion and some phaser. To my surprise, that was all it needed to sit nicely with everything. Really like this new part, since I feel like it gives this added energy to the track.

Teaming up with this synth is a humble (and subtle) little electric piano part that quietly plays slightly off to the right side. Blended pretty nicely with the synth.

The switch/clicking sound in the beginning (and in the outro) is none other than my trusty little Pod 2.0. I remember feeling really cheeky back then when I decided to stick my microphone up next to the on/off switch. Unfortunately the original sample seems to have been lost to time! For whatever reason, I never saved the sample in the same folder as the guitar stuff. However, since its just a simple little bit, I wound up sampling the part directly from the original. I could have just recorded a new click, but I just really wanted it to be the same sound from the previous iteration of this song... that and I really didn't feel like hooking up the mic and getting the right placement to get the right kind of click sound from the power switch.

On the topic of old samples, I wound up throwing in one of the original recordings with my Stratocaster. It plays alongside my Ibanez during the little bridge part that happens before the 2nd chorus.

Really happy with how this remake turned out! I'm excited for the remake of "Upon The Wishing Star" up next. Hope you all look forward to it as well! ~DAR




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