The Cold West Project 

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The Cold West project is an experimental musical project. We have always wanted to make music but haven’t had the equipment or skills to do it until we started this project.
The fun thing about this project is how far we have gotten in the 5 years we’ve been doing this.
The tunes keep getting better and we’re getting closer to the sound we are searching for.
Hopefully, someday we’ll get somewhere serious with our music...


Latest songs


Older songs


Tributes

Cold West - The Heart Collector (Nevermore cover)


Something in a totally different style with virtual instruments

Project X (trance instrumental)


		Equipment used:		Equipment Schematic overview
		Computer:			Intel i7 920, 6GB RAM, RAID0 SSD
		Operating system:		Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
		Monitor:			Dual Dell 24" monitors
		
Audio HW:
		MOTU 896mk3 firewire			Audiointerface
		M-Audio Midisport 2x2 Aniversary		MIDI interface
		TC Electronic Powercore X8			DSP audioprocessor
		ART PRO MPA-II				Microphone Preamp
		ART PRO VLA II				Compressor
		STK VH-6					Amplifier for multiple headphones
		Behringer Tube Ultragain MIC100		Microphone tube preamp
		Shure SM-58					Microphone
		Behringer B2-Pro				Microphone
		Frontier Tranzport				Wireless DAW controller
		THX-audio MT80A				Active audio monitors
		Yamaha YST-SW300				Active 12" Subwoofer
		Beyerdynamic DT770				Headphones
		POD X3 Live					Guitar/Bass FX processor
		CME UF-6					MIDI keyboard
Audio SW:
		Cakewalk Sonar 8.5.3			Sequencer software
		Toontrack Drumkit from hell Superior	Drumsamples plugin software
		Toontrack Superior Drummer 2		Drumsample software
		The Metal Foundry SDX			Drumsamples expansion
		New York Studios Vol.2 SDX			Drumsamples expansion
		Audacity					Audio  editing software
Drums:
		Roland V-Drums TD-6KV			Digital drums
Guitars:
		Ibanez S-540					With modified pickups (EMG 81/85)
		Ibanez S-7320					With modified pickups (Seymour Duncan Blackouts)
		Ibanez RG2020 XTLB 				With modified pickups (EMG 81/85)
		Fender Squire Stratocaster 
		Takamine PT05EC				Acoustic guitar
Bass:
		ESP B-105					5 string bass

System status:

Operating system:

  • Windows 7 is a godsend! XP is dead and buried!
  • Sonar 8.5 Producer has been installed and I am very impressed with the improved performance.
  • Drumkit From Hell Superior 2 x64 puplic beta is now installed. It works great! Thanks Toontrack!

Hardware:

  • New CPU, motherboard and memory. Increased performance but unfortunately decreased stability. Might be a driver issue..
    I have orderet a new kick dum from Hart Dynamics. I hope this has better playability and more silent operation than the cheap Roland modell.
    The TC Electronic Powercore x8 is now back in business! The Danish bastards have finally done their job with the drivers. Version 4 release candidate is working in Windows 7 64 bits!!
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Notem Ipsum

The songs are as to be listened to as demos. They are no way near a final product! With that being said: The songs are NOT to be used for any other purpose but your own listening experience. Anything else needs our approval!

Members of the Band
Jens       Guitars, synth, mixing
Anders   Vocals, drums, bass

Guest Performances
Thomas Kalleberg        Drums
Vidar Skoland               Drums
Kai David Engejordet  Keyboard



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