CVH Master Tracks

[Panamark]

I love em !

You get to hear the little parts that were obscured in the final mix.

[Panamark]

Also I hear a lot of rhythms that other bands lifted that were
not as obvious in the final mix.....

[if6was9]

The riff in "Hear About It Later" sound equally powerfull with or without the rest of the band. What a killer tune!

[Diamondjimi]

Interesting to hear how many overdubs or "drop ins" Ed did on these recordings.
If you go back to the link I posted earlier and download the vocal tracks, it's also interesting to hear how they achieved the huge vocal harmony sounds by overdubbing "gang" vocals in an ambient room setting....

[Calderone]

The gang vocals are only for this versions ...that effect is not present on the real deal six pack mixes

[Diamondjimi]

The gang vocals are only for this versions ...that effect is not present on the real deal six pack mixes

Haha, dude. That's because they are mixed all together in the sonic landscape. We're listening to them here in isolated tracks.
Are you implying that they don't exist on the original 6 ???

[Calderone]

Not sure if we are talking the same thing,im talking about the vocal master tracks
For example : Little Guitars , in this version of the master tracks, they put a big gang effect on SEÑORITAAAAA , thats not the real deal,take the original Little guitars and remove the vocals and you will find that "Señorita" is done by a single voice only.
This was applied on every chorus of this vocal track version,and its the same effect from Ice Cream Man to Panama ..which sounds terrible "Don't you know she's comin home with me " with a terrible effect !

[chefcraig]

It's painfully obvious that some of these tracks have been doctored for the sake of the game. Check out a clip of "Spanish Fly" at Youtube. After the first fast run, as the harmonics are picked, you hear a whammy bar depression. A vibrato effect, on an acoustic guitar!

I'd offer a clip, but most of them appear to be made in mom's living room, with the camera aimed at the tv while set up on shoebox, featuring the annoying sound of some teenage twit slapping his fingers all over the controller.

[Calderone]

yes they touched them up

[Coyote]

Not sure if we are talking the same thing,im talking about the vocal master tracks
For example : Little Guitars , in this version of the master tracks, they put a big gang effect on SEÑORITAAAAA , thats not the real deal,take the original Little guitars and remove the vocals and you will find that "Señorita" is done by a single voice only.
This was applied on every chorus of this vocal track version,and its the same effect from Ice Cream Man to Panama ..which sounds terrible "Don't you know she's comin home with me " with a terrible effect !

Of course they summed up the lead vocals and the backing vocals...

Audio tracks, in their rawest format (ie. NOT mp3 or FLAC), take up a lot of space on a hard drive.

It's painfully obvious that some of these tracks have been doctored for the sake of the game. Check out a clip of "Spanish Fly" at Youtube. After the first fast run, as the harmonics are picked, you hear a whammy bar depression. A vibrato effect, on an acoustic guitar!

If you're talking about an in-game clip, that's just some dumbass jerking around with that plastic whammy bar...

[chefcraig]

If you're talking about an in-game clip, that's just some dumbass jerking around with that plastic whammy bar...

Does the controller manipulate the video? I really have no idea how the thing works. The cartoon Edward puts his right hand to the bridge and bends an imaginary whammy bar on his acoustic. It really looks and sounds odd.

[Coyote]

Does the controller manipulate the video? I really have no idea how the thing works. The cartoon Edward puts his right hand to the bridge and bends an imaginary whammy bar on his acoustic. It really looks and sounds odd.

A design flaw, apparently.

And if some schmuck claims "artistic license" on that... Pity tha foo'...