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jvox,
I love it...both refreshing and strange (a great mixture to me)... as far as the visualizations not responding much, the piece is fairly level and soft in general, so maybe that's why. I don't care much for WinAmp in general myself, preferring Quicktime 6.3 or higher for the truest audio playback (definitely over WinMedPlayer too).
Very creative piece done very well, IMO, and I really enjoyed it. Please keep em coming.
thanks, Roy

LTRAIN and archtop.....looking forward to hearing yours next.

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nice work guys! i havent found one mp3 so far that i havent liked(despite some of the unusual ones on here). cant wait to hear more of your stuff.

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http://www.northernlightssoftware.co...%20scratch.mp3

scratch song, havent put vocals on there, but if you listen close theres some whispering ....any suggestions would be appreciated as to how i should mix this song and what could be done with it. thanks!
p.s. the little techno'ey riff is a bit high as ive been hearing it.

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Hey archtop...
Now, that must've been fun to do... Very cool piece, especially the improv stuff toward the end. What did you play on this, and how did you record the horns, mike setup-wise?
thanks, Roy

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Thanks Roy

It was fun, I'm playin' drums,

I am sort of bringing the wrong style to the table on this one,overplaying, too loud, too much, etc. and you can kinda tell I've only learned the song about 10 minutes earlier, but still fun

Tracked live :drums, flute,and guitar,
but now that the bass is there, I believe I would play totally different on the drums,
but the lack of total isolation is meaning ,guitar and flute would need to be redone also.

Nothin' special on the horns, 414 cardiod, close.

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NightshadeCrisis- cool song, I really like it. The drums need a lot of brightening I think.

Archtop- cool piece nice melody

jvox- sounds good very bright and in your face mix which I like.

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cool, thanks for the advice. ill boost the highs a bit, and also on the master, i think i have to add more low end...any other thoughts anyone?

thanks!
ev

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Hi Evan,
I really like the synth line/groove of this, and it has the makings of a really good piece. I know this is a 'scratch' mix, so here's just a couple of suggestions you might consider.

I agree about the drums. The snare sounds really muffled.....I would just use a different snare sample altogether (still fairly deep, but percussive). Possibly the same with the kick...

Also, I would break up the arrangement some, so the 'synth line' doesn't feel too monotonous after a while. The ending 'breakdown' would work well in the middle, for example...maybe even twice(just a few measures of it each time). It would feel good each time it comes back in kick-ass.
But it's a very cool piece (like all your stuff is)...

thanks, Roy

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Here's one - recorded on a TDM system, but mixed all within PT on an LE system. One of my first mixes.

http://www.musicianspost.net/liftedculture

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great, thanks for the advice, i think im gonna do that, cause when i was arranging that, i just looped that little thing, which i originally was only going to play on guitar using the synth line as reference for when i put down the track, but i had no idea what i was going to play on the guitar when recording(which is part of the fun of it ), so i stuck very simple with the song arrangement.

so for putting in a new sample, i would need to get SoundReplacer correct? is this pretty easy to use? ive been contemplating buying it for some time now? better yet...is there something like this in the Waves Native Gold Package? I think i'll fool around a bit with the arrangement and figure out something, i was thinking of putting a "chemical" style fast snare hit beat using ReDrum in the middle where it stops and have it build up for a big finish...

by the way, would anyone want to do vocals for this song? i'm having a total mental block and would love to hear this song with someone's vocals on it. thanks for the replies!!

-ev