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UHT 01-04-2006 09:33 PM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here *DELETED* *DELETED*
 
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Eric Maia 01-04-2006 10:42 PM

Re: Mac Mixes!!!!!!!!
 
OK, It's been quite a while since I've posted anything in here. If y'all want to check out something a little different, I have some ambient-industrial tracks posted on my Web site.

One of my newest is I Move Unseen Through Your World - http://www.maia-arts.com/music/music/i_move_unseen.mp3

Let me know what you think! Pretty much all various found sounds and little guitar samples, composed in Live and then mixed in PT LE 6.9.2

Thanks - celadon

tempest18 01-05-2006 12:54 PM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Some good tunes folks!

fredsparky 01-05-2006 04:55 PM

Re: Ok.. a little heavy side of things
 
Nice song Madcow!!

fredsparky 01-05-2006 05:05 PM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Hey penguino!


Nice stuff! Tell me about CD Baby. Looks like a cool site.


fredsparky 01-05-2006 05:13 PM

Re: Almost 2 year tooling
 
Hi Roy.

Happy New Year!!

It's been too long. I hanen't been on the DUC in a long time. Carol and I bought a cabin in north Georgia and I've been picking my Martin in the mountains. In a couple of months we'll be going to China to pick up our new daughter! I checked out your new web site and it's great. I'll listen to all the songs soon. I checked out Burn and it's like Fripp meets Commander Cody- real cool!. Hope all is well and best of luck.

Mike

protein 01-06-2006 07:16 AM

Re: Almost 2 year tooling
 
I haven't done a dance track for so long I thought I'd have a go. It's not strictly pro tools aided but I used Reason and the pro tools wavedriver.

http://www.loudmedicine.net/be/hoomp.mp3
(play loud to annoy your neighbours)

If there are any good rappers amongst you or girls with sexy voices I wouldn't mind doing a collaboration.

Roy Howell 01-07-2006 11:38 AM

Re: Almost 2 year tooling
 
Quote:

Hi Roy.

Happy New Year!!

It's been too long. I hanen't been on the DUC in a long time. Carol and I bought a cabin in north Georgia and I've been picking my Martin in the mountains. In a couple of months we'll be going to China to pick up our new daughter! I checked out your new web site and it's great. I'll listen to all the songs soon. I checked out Burn and it's like Fripp meets Commander Cody- real cool!. Hope all is well and best of luck.

Mike



Hi Michael....great news about your new daughter...and the cabin sounds incredible. Good to hear from you.

-Roy

Roy Howell 01-07-2006 12:15 PM

Re: Up and running.
 
Jack Rabbit-
Quote:


Saddog

Much songwriting over the holidays, so stand by you lot.



Jack Rabbit,
Good to hear from you...very interesting new one here...I like your production vision on this...a departure from your usual style, but still very engaging. Nice creative job.

-Roy

Roy Howell 01-07-2006 07:32 PM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Shawn Ames-
[QUOTE]

GIVE ME YOUR UN-RESTRAINED OPION of everything regarding this music...



http://www.purevolume.com/corbanartist





Rip me apart:
Shawn Ames
Corban Artist[QUOTE]



Hi Shawn...I'de say you've done a very good job mixing these...(I mainly listened to 'Cry' and 'Don't Go')...my only suggestion is that the vocal volume on 'Cry' seems a little too hot and in-your-face present... as a result, it feels a bit 'separated' from the band...maybe just a touch of verb and less vol would give it the same distance as the band.

But everything else sounds great, and again, I think you're doing a great job. Post more when you can.

-Roy

markreimer 01-09-2006 10:11 PM

Re: Mac Mixes!!!!!!!!
 
check this out, its the first project i've done start to finish and also performed drums on. i recorded using an 002, some t-racks plugins and mastering suite, just the plain ol' 002 pre's. sadly right after it was released a presonus digimax and waves plugins were added, but oh well. the primary mic was a Audio Technica 4050 condenser. i don't really have what most of you would call a studio space, just my jam space with a TINY room off the side that i use as my control room, its say... 12 feet long and 4 feet wide.


www.myspace.com/dolphinstriker

Rick Akoni 01-10-2006 07:04 PM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Newbie here. Go to: http://www.myspace.com/shakabrahrecords

3 tunes:

1) My Everything
2) Cannibal 4Luv
3) By the Light of the Radio

Mixes? Production? Digi002R, PTLE7.0. AT4033, Seagull acoustic, Fender Big Apple Strat, Gibson SG, National Steel 1929, Marshall/Bogner/Fender amps, Drumagog, Schecter bass, Guitar Rig 2, Reason 3, bunch of plugins....

wrote 'em, engineered 'em, produced 'em, all bkgd vox, played all instruments,.....lead vox are not mine! Thanks.

Shawn Ames 01-10-2006 10:32 PM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Rick...

I checked out Everything... Good tune over all. The tones are all together and pretty "fat". That lead vocal is pretty hot. I really like the mix over all. The cymbal I kept hearing on the left side sound a little tacky. Reminded me of a sound I used to get out of my boss drum machine. yuck. Lowering the volume of that cymbal would help. You might also consider bringing down the bg vox a touch. Or maybe swell into them... so they don't have such a boo effect, unless that's what your looking for.

On the Cannibal song I'd un-freak the vox. can't say I'm a fan of the lyrics... unless it's suposed to be a joke. please no offense. the guitar tone on this song seems a touch boomy...

Anyway, good stuff. Really the tunes are pretty good...

Shawn

http://www.myspace.com/corbanartist

Rick Akoni 01-10-2006 11:20 PM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Shawn, I just reloaded "By the Light of the Radio" - should be up at myspace by tommorrow (Wednesday) - can you go ahead and listen to that one too and get back to me? Thanks! RA

http://www.myspace.com/shakabrahrecords

Jack Rabbit 01-12-2006 08:53 AM

Vision?
 
Quote:

...your production vision...

Roy,

Thanks for checking out Saddog. I don't know about production vision, though. I start with a song, record scratch guitar and vocal tracks to a click, then start following my fancy, building around it. Eventually I re-record the guitar and vocals under the influence of the new (often MIDI) elements. Very often a song ends up quite different than I originally imagined.

I have to confess a real insecurity about my continued use of MIDI synths. Nine times out of ten, friends will say "I liked that song before you put all that crap on it". But it's really fun to at least have a sketch of a more ornate conception of a song. To me, as an amateur songwriter, this is the real value of PTLE and the Mbox.

Blah blah blah. Anyway, thanks for your diligent attention to all who post on this thread.

superpenguin79 01-13-2006 01:37 PM

Re: Vision?
 
Hey guys, long time no chat. How's everyone been? Looking to get some feedback on my newest batch please. here All the new ones have NEW next to them. been experimenting with depth placement, different writing styles, and a couple new instruments on this end lately. Also put everything up for download that I have jammed on in various projects for the past 15 years sort of to commemorate an archive of stuff. I would suggest numbers: 5, 6, 17, 40, 65, 68, 75, 79, and 80 if you don't have time for anything else. I look forward to getting some opinions on stuff I could do to make this more surf friendly also. Someone suggested I could label the styles on there so far and post my fav reccomendations. Thanks and hope everyone is well. peace

Charlie

davec 01-14-2006 06:33 AM

Re: Vision?
 
Here's another from Charlie Naebeck I mastered with the Harmonizer.

Original

Charlie Naebeck - Embrace

Mastered with Harmonizer -- You really have to try this on headphones to get the full effect.

Charlie Naebeck - Embrace - Mastered

Rick Akoni 01-14-2006 10:51 AM

Re: Vision?
 
Wow! With all those songs you should hit LA or Nashville, don't you think? Then you could put them all up against theirs......
with that amount of writing, you HAVE to do it.

Listened to #5 - mix seems good. I dunno about your vox, don't get pissed but it sounds like a guy who can't sing, singing. You know, the "composer" vox. Maybe get someone who has done demo work b4 to do it? Just my $.02 worth.

#6, the intro was way too long so I went to the next one. Don't get mad, I do what all publishers do.....you can tell in the first 20 seconds if a song is good or not.

#17 has real good potential, production is really nice. Nice intro and A/B sections.

#40 - key too basic and intro too long, verse, we've heard it all b4. Try throwing in more chords and a better melody, it's too "one notey" - has potential though. Bring in the gtr in sooner in, fact, cut everything by at least half. The gtr sounds nice but you need to get a "player" in there, it sounds too vanilla. Again, my $.02 worth.

Haven't listened to any others, I wish I had more time for it. Do you have any songs in a radio pop format? Meaning bang, bang, and then more bang - all within the first minute. I'd love to hear 'em. Thanks!

Grey 01-14-2006 05:52 PM

Re: Mac Mixes!!!!!!!!
 
www.greymoore.com

also avalible Soul Angel on iTunes

davec 01-15-2006 04:08 AM

Re: Vision?
 
Quote:

Here's another from Charlie Naebeck I mastered with the Harmonizer.

Original

Charlie Naebeck - Embrace

Mastered with Harmonizer -- You really have to try this on headphones to get the full effect.

Charlie Naebeck - Embrace - Mastered

And here's a completely recompilated version.

Embrace 2

Andi 01-15-2006 08:29 AM

live mix
 
here's a mix of a live recording I recently did. Live signals were split @FOH & tracked with a Mackie SDR 2496.

fwtbt_150106_3.mp3

It's a rather quick mix & I'm still a novice, so I'm sure you'll find something to comment on
(other than the kick being too loud , or the strange lyrics)

thanks,
Andi

Finne 01-15-2006 09:29 AM

Re: live mix
 
Andi:

Very strange indeed. 2 minutes intro and then totally different song. But I like it.

superpenguin79 01-16-2006 11:09 PM

Re: Vision?
 
Dave: Didn't know that was your handy work when I got the e-mail man! lol Thanks for the remix man, I appreciate it and glad it is an inspiration.

Rick: Thanks for the words of wisdom also, yeah I've thought about heading into a career as a writer, but have been through enough label work outside of this that I haven't gotten around to it just yet. I know I am not much of a vocalist. I am actually just doing these for demo purposes at the moment to gain feedback on my best works and have a couple of session vocalists lined up for the long term to work on a project. As for Radio Format, I believe you would dig tracks 55, 58, 65, 68, 75, and 78. If you only check out 3, I would suggest 65, 68, and 78 as some of my highlights. 78 is not "radio ready" but I would consider it some of my best as far as writing/arrangement goes.

just a side note guys, the lower the number in the list on there the older the song... Some of those old ones I wrote ages ago when I was around 14 years old... lol

well, thanks again for the words of wisdom guys, I appreciate the honest opinions. peace

davec 01-17-2006 01:45 AM

Re: Vision?
 
Charlie, I can send you a stereo left right of the mix so you can overlay your guitar vocals over the beat and add flow to the song. Then send me your bounced vocal and guitar tracks and I'll make the final mix down for you. I've changed it a bit since the last hour. Let me know...

davec 01-17-2006 03:20 AM

Re: Vision?
 
Here's another... does it show I'm having fun

BTW this is straight from Charlie's MP3 on his web site. So excuse the mastering imperfections.

Life Is So Short

the new one is here still in development.

Life Is So Short


superpenguin79 01-17-2006 12:58 PM

Re: Vision?
 
Yo Dave, check your e-mail man.

Jsswtpmp182 01-18-2006 03:25 PM

Does anyone agree with this statement?!?
 
I think that a lot of amatuer engineers like to suck the mid out of just about everything. I'm guilty of this too (I'm getting better), and I realized what might be the problem. I think that people are EQ'ing when a track is solo'd. This is a very dangerous thing to do. I basically force myself to do most (if not all) of my EQ'ing when the whole mix is playing. There are so many factors going into the changing of a sound when its played in the whole mix like phase cancellations, frequency responses with one another, etc... So what sounds awesome when in solo, sounds like crap in the mix. I won't go on considering I know we have heard this all before.

What I'm trying to say is that I think with some mid to upper mid pushing, some mixes on this thread would be not only clearer, but way more defined.

Again I'm not putting myself on a pedistal because I am just as much an amatuer as anyone here (afterall I am only 17 years old...). I really have a tendency to EQ (which an amatuer terms means suck the mids!) when a track is in solo, but this is just something I've been noticing and trying to help myself!

superpenguin79 01-18-2006 04:41 PM

Re: Does anyone agree with this statement?!?
 
Jsswtpmp182: Welcome to the boards, over the years I have seen and run across this on countless occasions. As a guitarist by trade (even though I play other instruments), I used to be quite guilty of scooping out all the mids on my rig when I would play in groups just to attempt to get that fat tone that I heard when I was playing on my practice rig. However, when you mix a group and you get the highs of the drum cymbals, and bass guitar in the mix, your guitar simply turns to fuzz which can work for some tunes, but not everything.

The real secret that I learned over a long time from hanging out around people that blow circles around me as far as engineering skills and music wise is to learn what situations merit certain types of EQ. Notch filtering is a big one when it comes to mixing and mastering that I think a lot of folks, including myself are still baffled on a little. Only time, practice, and lots of encouragement from friends and peers is the secret to a good mix imho.

The biggest trick in recording otherwise, is that there are no rules... only what sounds good to the ears, and you have to really know what target audience you are mixing for when you think about it also... for example someone that digs a metal band isn't really going to care for country, and a techno artist might hate folk..etc.. bottom line... just have fun with it!

davec 01-18-2006 09:35 PM

Re: Does anyone agree with this statement?!?
 
Another point in the mastering process above everything that have said about the process, one must never forget that going from your PT to say a PC, car stereo, and home sound system there is reamplification and a signal processing which goes on. So basically in the mastering process it is as important for the masterers to receive the engineered tracks as flat as possible, but also the mastering process must bring all frequencies out in a balanced power (gain) such that when hearing things through other amplified sources, the signals are balanced. Once this is achieved you will have good sound on any source as well as at any power level, low or loud.

My 0.02 cents...

GORILLA 01-19-2006 08:40 AM

Re: Mac Mixes!!!!!!!!
 
Quote:

Wow... it's been almost 2 years since I've posted anything under this topic... I'm starting a studio and I'm going to try to start making some extra cash with it. I bought all my stuff a couple years ago mainly for hobby and personal use but I've been recording some stuff for some local people and they are all loving it. I'm trying to decide how much charge... a band I worked with this week had done a previous demo at a studio that charged $70 per hour and it turned out like junk... I'm getting some pretty fat tones and I just want to know what to charge...

GIVE ME YOUR UN-RESTRAINED OPION of everything regarding this music...

As for the music...

The songs "Cry" and "Don't Go" are by the same band wich is like a screamo/post hardcore kinda group... On the two songs, we spent 12 hours total.

"King Arthur..." is a song by a local Metalcore band so if that will make your ears bleed, don't listen to it... Just for reference, we spent 8 hours on this song...

December 14 clips are live which would be an example of the "$199" 3 song demo I'm promoting... We spent 30 minutes tracking and 2 hours mixing...

I'm wanting to charge $30 and hour and I've got people already knocking my door down for that so I just wanted to see if that's fair...

Sorry for the huge post... here is the link:

http://www.purevolume.com/corbanartist

Please also take into account the awful Purevolume bit rate...

Alright, I'm done...

Rip me apart:
Shawn Ames
Corban Artist

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My Stuff: AMD Athlon 1800, 1.5 gb ddr ram, 1 WD 80 gig hard drive, 1 100 gig hard drive, Digi 001 Protools LE 6.4, Behringer ADA, tons of mics and junk... If you care I'll tell you later, just ask.

Not bad,
the Metal core band spent $240.00 for the (clicky kick ) one tune and the other band got 3 for $199? Hope the Metal core band doesn't catch wind of that !!! Ha hahaha....
The """""screamo/post hardcore kinda group """" band has a bigger sound.

Ohhhh, I can't wait to start recording full bands again

IntelDoc 01-19-2006 10:08 AM

TBR Stuff
 
All,
Have not posted a song on here in god knows how long. This is something that has been on here a long time ago, but was in the works at the time. We retracked the guitars... added some solo stuff and then tracked drums. I am happy with the drums for the most part. Very acoustic sounding and all my kit for once. No sound replacer stuff. Floor tom is a tad low for my taste but he liked it. The vocals need to be retracked completely as he is out of tune a lot on the holds, but that is typical on his style. This is a stem mix as I am awaiting the bass parts from my session player. Should be a few days. Then I will dive into it heavy and tweek some parts, get rid of the click on one part that comes through ever so slightly.

The guitars were all through the Apex 435's and mixed in with the TLM-103 some too. I think? Cannot remember. All into the API 3124 though. Here was the setup:

Guitar - Seagull Signature series - great guitar!!!
Apex 435 mics
Nuemann TLM 103
API 3124 preamp

Vocals
Rode NTK - Vintech 1272 - 1176 - Apogee - Pro Tools

Drums: 1985 Gretsch 7 ply mahogany
Kick - Audix D6 - Vintech X73i
Kick 2 - Yamaha Subkick - Vintech 1272
Tom 1 - 421 - API 3124
Floor - 421 - API 3124
Overhead Ride - APEX 435 - API - Distressor - APOGEE
Overhead Hat - APEX 435 - API - Distressor - APOGEE
Hat - Oktava 012 - Trident S20
Ride - Oktava 012 - Trident S20
Snare Top - SM 57 - Vintech X73i
Snare Bottom - SM 57 - Vintech 1272

EFFECTS:
Used Trueverb with custom setting across the mix

Lexicon PCM-90 with custom setting for drums and vocals
Eventide H-3000 on analog delays for vocals and guitars with custom sends each

All and all I like the sounds, hate the vocals for now but like the rest.

Enjoy,

Ocean Thoughts - New TBR mix

Doc

superpenguin79 01-19-2006 11:47 AM

Re: TBR Stuff
 
Hey Doc, good to see ya back man! Mix sounds great, I forgot about the Apex 435's and mine is stuck away in my mic cab at the moment. I have been using an Oktava MK219 for most acoustic stuff which comes out very warm sounding. Wanna do the grill mod one of these days. I should mix it with the 435 and see what I get. hehe Anyways man, nice work on the new mix of the Herrington track man! I am digging the all acoustic sound for sure. Drop me an e-mail and give me a shout sometime man! peace

IntelDoc 01-19-2006 12:09 PM

Re: TBR Stuff
 
I lurk on here.

Have not used the 219's but have a pair of 319's that I rarely use anymore. The 435's just do it for me.

Thanks for the listen. Will get in touch soon.

Doc

badperson 01-19-2006 12:19 PM

Re: TBR Stuff
 
hey doc,


great sound. I like the arrangement a lot. Great crisp, clear sound. I'm pining to update my converters this year...but you have a great sounding room as well. The drums sound really good.

great job.
bp

IntelDoc 01-19-2006 12:28 PM

Re: TBR Stuff
 
Thanks BP. Once the vocals are tracked AGAIN and the bass is in there I think it will flow nice. We did the drums in pieces. Some parts are good, the march is kinda cheese, but it fits I guess. If he could hit the notes on his voice it will gel, but I have some ideas for that to work that I will try later. Reheaded the drums with clear Evans G2's on tops and G1's on the bottoms and love it. This was a stem mixed session, but pretty close to the real full mix. Very simply mastered to get levels. I am hoping to convince him to have it professionally mastered to really make it sing.

Thanks though! I am really happy with the kit sound. Used the 421 for the longest time, but then all of a sudden one day I threw the D6 back in and it just worked. I think that and the old 1992 Lalapalooza shirt in the kick is what did it. Gotta have the relic in the kick.

Doc

Gene Backlin 01-19-2006 05:34 PM

Re: TBR Stuff
 
Good stuff Doc !!

Thanks for the detail too

Take Care,
Gene

IntelDoc 01-19-2006 07:15 PM

Re: TBR Stuff
 
Quote:

Thanks for the detail too


Do that for you bud... you know it!

Doc

Shawn Ames 01-20-2006 01:14 AM

New song...
 
Hey guys... I dug out some stuff I recorded back when I first got my 001 2 years ago, re-worked it a bit and posted it online... let me know what you think...

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/corbanartist">Corban Artist</a>

It's the second song in the list... Diligence - Absent Seeking

Yea... be mean.

You GUYS ROCK!
Shawn Ames
corban artist

Dee Mac 01-20-2006 03:49 AM

Re: Let\'s hear your latest stuff....right here
 
Hi guys,
Updated the website with all Hi-res MP3's recently (with broadband's coverage decided to ditch the dumbed down versions allowing more samples). Go to Audio section/samples page for a listen. Constructive comments most welcome.

See: www.studiograff.co.uk

Duncan

Gene Backlin 01-20-2006 04:58 AM

Re: TBR Stuff
 
Quote:

Quote:

Thanks for the detail too


Do that for you bud... you know it!

Doc

I know Doc, and it is greatly appreciated !!!!!

Without it I would be as confused as someone, let say..... uhmmmmm..... all bent over by a you know what

Take Care,
Gene


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