DOOM | Plutonia MIDI Pack - Plugged In [Cover By DAR] - MAP14

Been really looking forward to this song, always really dug the vibe of this track!
I was in a more noodly mood this time around and decided to make a few changes and additions to the song.
Structure is mostly the same, aside from shortening the beginning by 2 measures, and the "DAR-style" extended outro/final-chorus.
I also slightly changed up the power-chord arpeggio part when the guitars first come in. I also decided to keep the guitars going, this time without palm muting. Initially, I hadn't planned on making up a lead part during this section. I wound up adding it after I had made the leads for the outro.
Speaking of which, I absolutely loved noodling around for the outro! Those last two measures from the original MIDI were awesome and I was vibing along with it!... but then it was only just 2 measures, and thus the MIDI restarts! So for this rendition, I knew I definitely had to find a way to extend that part.
Also, I'm glad that I decided to throw in a little white-noise riser effect to lead into the solo. I usually reach for one of my cymbal samples and reverse them, but I was feeling a bit "adventurous" and ran some filtered white-noise through one of my flangers. I don't typically use risers like this since I usually associate them with EDM-type stuff, or [insert any movie-trailer from the past like 10 years]. But it worked out quite nicely here, if I do say so myself!
On the topic of feeling a little adventurous and experimental, I decided to roll back the gain on my amp quite a bit. Now, while I will do this for my rhythms at times, I usually always keep my leads nice and saturated/distorted. However, doing my leads with lower gain/drive just wound up really having the right kind of "texture" for the track. I definitely need to not shy away from rolling back the gain dial in the future.
However, I did bring the gain back up to my usual amount for one of the rhythm guitar recordings during the outro. I still had the lower-gain tracks playing, panned hard-left and hard-right. However, the 3rd rhythm recording was panned over about 25% to the left and really added a little extra oomph to the outro's rhythm section!
Of course, even more oomph was added through the use of a synth and a simple choir part. The synth wound up playing the same thing as the string section. Then the choir part is just simply sustaining an F, and then quickly going up to a G every couple of measures. Subtle, simple, but definitely effective!
In the section leading up to the solo, I decided to throw in some french horns to add to the dramatic and hopeful tone of the song.
Lastly, I just added some tom drums during the outro for a little more impact. That, and I added a few more subtle ride cymbal parts in the sections preceding the solo.
At first, when I sat down to work on this one, I was pretty nervous that I'd have a creative block. Most of the time when I'm in "work-mode" I can hear the cover in my head when just listening to the original. Though, every once in a while, I'm unable to "hear" the idea for the rendition in my head. Thankfully, everything just kinda fell into place through the course of recording and messing around!
Anyways, I hope you all enjoy my take on this lovely track! ~DAR
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[@MrBertieDastard]

I am so so glad you came back to this project, you churn out banger after banger and I can't wait to hear the next one especially.

[@floopar7930]

your music helps me chug through sucky days - never stop making these man!!

[@s.s.r.s2641]

The video gets me every time , it's mere eyecandy

[@Vilison]

Wow, another cover this soon! Didn't expect to wake up to this. Great track as always. You always make leads seem so easy, very jealous...

[@MaksFerstappen]

Nice! Morning starting well!

[@c0s1t05]

i love u cool doom song cover maker guy

[@NTAD]

Oh damn 3 uploads in 4 weeks...are we finally in it to finish it!? Done by 7/31 maybe?!
Only been 5 years since the start! :D

[@DAR-Davester2296]

Hell yeah! I think I'm getting back in the swing of things over here. I'm sure I can finally wrap up this marathon sometime before the end of Summer. Certainly been a very long time coming!

[@NTAD]

​@@DAR-Davester2296 Bro it would be super poetic because not only do you have that special TNT track planned for 7/31 but you uploaded Trigger on 7/31/18 too. Would be exactly 6 years. Slow burn lol.

[@DAR-Davester2296]

Oh wow, I had totally forgotten that the Trigger cover was uploaded on 07/31 back in 2018. Now I definitely need to aim for that as my completion date (unless I manage to crank these out at a faster pace than I'm currently anticipating). In any case, its gonna be a great send off for Final Doom!

[@NuruddinPlays]

Can't wait for the next level!

[@EiX99.5]

Este midi me recuerda a la musica de Duke Nukem 3D