I know the Joz and Adam jones is god is involved in this... your ganna have to wait tell their online....

Ken, I have already done several bass tracks, and AJIG is supposed to do some guitaring, I believe. Dunno who's doing vocals.

Ok cool, we doing Stinkfist first? If so I'll get my mics and mic my kit. Im game for about any Tool song with the exception of some of Careys monster pieces like The Grudge and Ticks and Leeches. I could get through them but nothing that I would be proud of.

We should probably do it like this. I'll put the drum tracks down, send them to you, you put the bass line on it then send it to AJIG. Then well get the VOX in it.

Where do you think would be a good part of the forum to find someone to sing?

I believe Kage was going to sing.

Right here, Ken. I think Kage mentioned putting vox to Stinkfist. I'll find a quote.

never mind. He did say it though.

[QUOTE=SonorKen]Ok cool, we doing Stinkfist first? If so I'll get my mics and mic my kit. Im game for about any Tool song with the exception of some of Careys monster pieces like The Grudge and Ticks and Leeches. I could get through them but nothing that I would be proud of.

We should probably do it like this. I'll put the drum tracks down, send them to you, you put the bass line on it then send it to AJIG. Then well get the VOX in it.

Where do you think would be a good part of the forum to find someone to sing?[/QUOTE]

Stinkfist can be done first, I do believe. It's relatively easy...

It's a shame you can't do The Grudge, cause that would be super cool :p

How are you going to do this?

I know this might be looking ahead a little too far, but after Stinkfist sometime, do any of you lesser talented Toolophiles want to record a shorter/simpler Tool song? (I know Stinkfist is relatively short, but it's a fairly long song for me) Something maybe like Hush or Part of Me would be perfect. I could do something longer, but I probably couldn't do it with as much success as I would like. :D

Just keep this on the back burner for now though, guys.

[size=1]I still would like some input though[/size]

EDIT: Ken, you have AIM, right? Add me, plz-DrJakeDestructo is my name. Anyone else, feel free to add me as well. :)

NP: Part of Me

hahaha I could do The Grudge but to be totally honest I don't have the time to put into the song when I have so much other drum work to do.

I was planning on recording the song on my Roland VS-1680 then email or send it via chat to you.

What does DC play for the intro of the Grudge? is it something like this?

[FONT=Courier New]
|-----oo---|
|-oo-----oo|
|----------|
|oo-oo--oo-|
|o--o-o--o-| first then:

|-----oo---|
|-oo-----oo|
|-------oo-|
|oo-oo-----|
|o--o-o--o-| [/FONT]
Or something like that? im not sure... that's what I hear.

Hmm the best way to work this thing is for ken and JoZ to decide what song to do and record...then post what you have, then guitarists and vocalists can have a go. Because just letting one or two guitarists take a song is a bit unfair i think :) Teh aim of the project should be to give people the feleing of playing tool songs in a band, and not just an oppurtunity for people to show us how good they are at guitar, as this is not the guitar forum :)

It'd be good if we could also get tracks of all the songs as backing tracks for all the instruments too... so there's the same song, just a copy without drums, bass, guitar, vocals, etc. I could do with some tool backing tracks :)

[QUOTE=SonorKen]hahaha I could do The Grudge but to be totally honest I don't have the time to put into the song when I have so much other drum work to do.

I was planning on recording the song on my Roland VS-1680 then email or send it via chat to you.[/QUOTE]
46&2 w/ the solo.

It sounded like Ken was going to do Stinkfist first...

Let me know.

Are you going to play along with the song, or do it from memory, or what?

[QUOTE=The JoZ]It sounded like Ken was going to do Stinkfist first...

Let me know.

Are you going to play along with the song, or do it from memory, or what?[/QUOTE]

So Joz when will you have the next song up?

Since the idea of the online Tool tribute band has taken off, why don't I start a soundclick account? That seems like a good idea to me. All of your guys' ideas are great.

So far on the list, we have Stinkfist, and then I'd like to do Part of Me. If you guys want to do another song, just mention it, and I'll add it to my mental list. :thumb:

JoZ-do you already have Stinkfist recorded? You made it sound like you had some stuff already down. If so, what do you have so far?

1) I do have Stinkfist done already, but might re-record it. I might re-record anything after Ken does it, I'm not sure yet

2) I will have some more Tool up sometime today, I don't know when, or what, however. It still won't be Schism or Lateralus, cause I keep forgetting to bring my pedal home :upset:

If your doing lateralus do you know how to do the end zoomy bit?

I really don't know how, actually. I am going to have to mess with it a bit.

Ah I would say your able for that and thanks so much for those other backing tracks they were very handy for everything.

[QUOTE=letmypeopleho]46&2 w/ the solo.[/QUOTE]
thats no big deal, 46&2, Aenema, and Stinkfist are all regular songs we play in live shows.

I'll start miccin the kit today.

Are you going to play along with these songs Ken? Or record from memory? Or what?

I can do both. I know them by heart. I may play along to the cd just to make sure that they are accurate because when we play live we change a few minor things at times.

Whichever way Im sure you won't have any problems putting the tracks over it.

[QUOTE=SonorKen]Ok, so who all is involved with this MX project? Who is doing what? Who is coordinating everything?[/QUOTE]

Im quite happy to mix together people's tracks before I can get recording capabilities of my own.

(although i found THE amp today, this may increase in soon-ness factor).

Ken may just be ranking up with JoZ as personal hero.

AJIG-So, currently can't record? If not, then should we have a different guitarist record Stinkfist, or would you like to still do it? How soon will it be until you'll be able to record?

[QUOTE=Adam Jones is GOD]Im quite happy to mix together people's tracks before I can get recording capabilities of my own.

(although i found THE amp today, this may increase in soon-ness factor).

Ken may just be ranking up with JoZ as personal hero.[/QUOTE]
Out of curiosity, what did THE amp turn out to be?

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]AJIG-So, currently can't record? If not, then should we have a different guitarist record Stinkfist, or would you like to still do it? How soon will it be until you'll be able to record?[/QUOTE]

Ill like to have a go personally at some point in any case, so dont worry about song permissions. As long as Ken makes his drum tracks available to us all then im fine with it.

(although may need some non midi drum ones from JoZ, god im demanding)

[url]http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/options.php?id=268[/url] is the amp n question, perfect for my growing needs, and I got a demonstartion which was sweet. Though the price at my store is a bit more than that.

And recording time could be anytime, with a seriously ****ty mic and crappy tone. But a proper job, a while yet. So dont worry about reserving a place for me.

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]Distortion+delay=my typical heavy tone

The drum machine sucks though. :-/

Anyways, what do you people use for acheiving Jones' tone?[/QUOTE]


I use a flashback fuzz box for a somewhat vintage sound (some people say he uses fuzz)
Delay
Flange
wah
and finally, a LP classic through a bass amp on high gain with my wannabe vintage pedal board
I keep the bass and treble about equal at 5 and he uses only his bridge pickup, which ever model that maybe. i use the neck pickup as a kill switch which helps with cutting in and out of feedback and from heavy riffage to beautiful silence.

any of you guys like the mars volta? they are my favourite, but tool come very close. Lateralus is a masterpiece!

I think what I'll do is upload each seperate track to the soundclick I made for this project. (Or have someone mix together the drum, bass, and vox tracks) I am seeing a greater number of guitarists that want to do this, but it seems like Ken is the only drummer, JoZ is the only bassist, and Kage is the only vocalist.

Kage- I got AIM. DrJakeDestructo. Add me. :)

/AIM whoring

Don't worry about the drum tracks, they will be available to you all. I will post up a link with them.

There are some concerns of mine, when I play this live I play the electronic drum intro to it but in the middle I play a cross between the same electronic sounds and the acoustic drums. I can't isolate the actual electronic drum tones that Carey uses in this part. I'll record it and see if you guys think it will be OK. This is the way I play it with Crutch.

If not then well work on trying to isolate those electronic sounds and editing them out. I can do it, it would just take quite a bit of time to get it done.

Im not fussed on quality at first. im jsut looking for natural drums to play to, instead of midi. JoZ's bass lines have made it more fun, but there are some drum cues that I rely on when playing some songs.

[QUOTE=Pubehead]any of you guys like the mars volta? they are my favourite, but tool come very close. Lateralus is a masterpiece![/QUOTE]
I'm thinking of getting De-loused in the Comatorium.

mars volta
 

they are also one of my favorite bands. I own all of their albums.

For those of you recording-What program do you record through? I assume that you're recording into your computer, so what do you guys do? I use Goldwave. It's similair to Cool Edit Pro, but it's smaller, and probably of lesser quality. :(

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]For those of you recording-What program do you record through? I assume that you're recording into your computer, so what do you guys do? I use Goldwave. It's similair to Cool Edit Pro, but it's smaller, and probably of lesser quality. :([/QUOTE]
I used to use Goldwave, but I used a crappy mic and the quality was terrible. Nowadays, I usually use Garageband whenever my friend's willing to bring over his mac computer. Otherwise, you can use a program called Cakewalk Home Studio that's pretty good.

So...on the tracks are we just going to all use Ken's drum tracks, and we each record our parts and we'll see whose sounds the best or what? Like I've said, I can do guitars and most likely vocals.

You can have votes on whose is best if you want....should probably let JoZ and Ken lay down backing then just do what ya want over the top...unless any other drummers/bassists want a go...

For sure, you're doing vox, right? From what I can tell, you're the only Toolophile that can sing. : - / As for the guitar parts, I think that Ken and JoZ are going to upload their tracks. (and your vox, if that is the plan) Then, AJIG is going to mix em together, and upload them for us guitarists to record over. Or, it could work out like this: Ken uploads his, then you and JoZ work off that, then AJIG mixes em, and it's the same from there. I really don't know right now. If I could get all of you guys on at the same time, and start an AIM chat or something, that would be great. My AIM is up about 5 or so posts. Just add me so we can work out the logistics.

Clearvision- I looked into finding some more bassists/drummers, but I failed. I asked Med, and he said that he neither had the recording capabilities or the ability to play most of Carey's tracks. I would really like to find some more drummers/bassits/vocalists so that JoZ, Ken, and Kage aren't obligated to do every song.

[QUOTE=Dr. Jake Destructo]For sure, you're doing vox, right? From what I can tell, you're the only Toolophile that can sing. : - / As for the guitar parts, I think that Ken and JoZ are going to upload their tracks. (and your vox, if that is the plan) Then, AJIG is going to mix em together, and upload them for us guitarists to record over. Or, it could work out like this: Ken uploads his, then you and JoZ work off that, then AJIG mixes em, and it's the same from there. I really don't know right now. If I could get all of you guys on at the same time, and start an AIM chat or something, that would be great. My AIM is up about 5 or so posts. Just add me so we can work out the logistics.

Clearvision- I looked into finding some more bassists/drummers, but I failed. I asked Med, and he said that he neither had the recording capabilities or the ability to play most of Carey's tracks. I would really like to find some more drummers/bassits/vocalists so that JoZ, Ken, and Kage aren't obligated to do every song.[/QUOTE]
Well... I COULD do bass parts, but which songs are you doing agian? And I would have to borrow my friends bass, which isn't really a problem.
I play bass pretty decent I guess, its kinda what I started out on.

Well, The JoZ is already doing Stinkfist, and I am kind of pushing for Part of Me next. It shouldn't be too hard

Add me, we'll talk in further detail [email]spiralout7@gmail.com[/email] is my msn DrJakeDestructo is my AIM.

I could attempt some bass parts in a week or so when I get my bass back from being repaired.
I'm not sure I'm good enough for any of this stuff however. And the quality might be rather crap.