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Okay guys,

It's been a while since I've put up any of my work, so here are a few tunes for you to rip on:

www.cavellstudios.com

(You'll see in the page that I can't design web pages...period! If anyone would like to help me put together something simple and easy for me to maintain in exchange for some mastering, just shoot me an e-mail.)

-Chris Cavell
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Chris,
Just heard Concert 1 Track06.......I love it....killer recording job... I will listen to the others later.
thanks, Roy

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gYs,

Don't know if you've ever done this before, but...one cool thing I like to do with auto tune is to pull it up as audiosuite and just fix the beginning and ends of phrases where singers often have a tendency to slide. You can track their natural pitch and grab the tail and bend it up. Check it out, it's pretty cool and very subtle if done right.

-Chris

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Micah,
Thanks for the listen and feedback.The choir was done using my wife and 3 kids all singing the choir part twice into 1 sm58 then panned L & R.I added some hall verb and reduced the wetness alot so it would go better with the verses which are very dry.I'll check out your site tonight and give a listen. Later Stu

Ben,
Long time no here.I have'n't heard anything new from the Captain in a while.I did just listen to Congestion.Your drum tracks in the chorus doing the halftime are cool sounding.I think you no your forte very well and are very accomplished in this genre.Good Song Ben.Hey don't sweat it on the serial Killer thing I ended up sampling some parts from The Green Mile which worked out allright.
Later Ben
Roy ,Thanks for taking the time to listen to Serial Killer again.I really appreciate you comments.I'll have to check out your site and see whats new
Later Stu

Nightshade
Interesting analogy.and thanks for listening.The vocs were done using an sm 58 and some effects from the waves bundle.I believe I used a very dry delay/reverb and the broadcast track slammer compressor I think. I 'll check out your tune tonight.
Later Stu

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Chris,

Very good stuff man... I'm impressed with the recording and perfomance of the musicians... A++

Here is some stuff that i'm working on . Its a super rough mix yet, but i would like to make this preview available for the DUC evaluation and because of that, the volume its not right yet. Here we go : No Name


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Very cool, Rogerio...the low guitars are tuff...good production. Post the final mix too...
-Roy

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Hey Chris,

I mostly use the 'Make Curve' function of Autotune and change whatever is needed with that. I think you are talking about the same thing here. It sounds more natural than using the line tool most of the times, though I use that as well. I will certainly play around with the beginnings and endings of the phrases and leave the rest as it is, the way you said. Thanks for the idea!

I also listened to some of the songs on your website. Just curious: did you use a lot of outboard (while tracking or mixing)? Just wondering....it all sounds very cool!

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Zero outboard gear other than pre's (and my outboard pre's for those were pretty darn cruddy too!). I don't like to comp or eq going in at 24 bit, especially with jazz. If something doesn't sound completely natural to me when soloed, I'll switch mics, placement, pres...even occasionally the brand of cable, but I usually shoot for a completely uncolored natural sound during tracking for jazz. For me personally, it seems to offer the most versatility during mixdown.

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Rogerio,

'No Name' sounds pretty good to me. The primary low rhythm guitar that carries the tune sounds like an amp simulator to me. It may be the real thing, but it just comes across that way to me. Low driving guitars like that can be real tough to get to portray a truly gutteral sound without turning to mud. Right now it's almost like something I'd be racing to in a video game, good and crisp and very much in its place. The part is doubled, you may want to experiment with a different amp or distortion for one of the two and use a third just like the first that comes in only to emphasize the rise and fall of the tune as it progresses. (I hope that isn't coming across as harsh, it's not meant to.) Are there plans for any vocals for this one? For some reason I'm picturing something maynard style, almost whispering at the beginning and then full on vox box by the end. Sounds good man, keep it up!

-Chris

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Hey Guys,

Thanks for listening... I appreciate I kinds of feedback.
Chris, all the guitars are scratch yet. I’m planning to use a Mesa Boogie to record the good tracks. I will try to finish it up this week and I will post the final mix here. It's hard to record guitars that low... I'm using some Bass strings to make it more solid and playable. I don’t have any vocals ideas yet… I will wait until I finish it up.
Thank you for your time.

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