It is done.
So, it's fairly roughshod at this stage. I did the noise and vocals at the same time through my mixer, which seemed like a clever idea were it not for how difficult it is to judge the volume of your own voice through an external source. Between the low mix on the recorded track, the echo, filter, and overdrive on the mic, the cheapness of said mic to begin with (a radioshack microcassette recorder mic with two adapters stacked on it to get it into my shitty Zoom bass multi-effect), and the low mixing of the track itself with the drone and bass layer, it's all but impossible to understand or even really hear the words. I also bungled my chain, putting the MS-70CDR at the front for reverb into the dirt when I had planned to set off a deep slow flanger near the end, which ended up being completely inaudible by the time it hit the Death Metal. I did learn how to use Automation in my DAW, so that at least is a bonus. If I do a proper EP with this project, this track will likely be entirely rerecorded.
As a bonus, here's the guitar rig I used to complete this:
And the vocal rig (patch is cocked wah/"pedal vox" around 5 + low gain ODB-3 50% wet/dry + Ensemble w/ max rate and level + short delay):
And the objects I used for guitar mangling (the electric toothbrush is a real winner, both using it to agitate strings/preparations and using the motor to create interference):
The guitar itself, rigged up with some tool I don't know the name of and a giant-ass screw twisted through the lowest two strings. The mysterious tool ended up being quite useful for making bass rumbles, while the screw was useful because it transferred vibrations straight through the strings like a contact mic I could scrape and scratch:
Guitar was tuned (low to high) CAAEDD.
Thoughts?
Even if you took a few years and learned all the chords you'd still have a limited number of options. If you ignore the chords your options are infinite and you can master guitar playing in one day. - David Fair