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Hey Phil,
I keep on getting connection timeout, will try again later.

Take Care,
Gene

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no problem, phil. in fact, i just moved it to a www share for easier download. not everyone is as handy with ftp as we may be...
http://basstardz.dhs.org/duc/duc_mus...efe/Strive.mp3

i agree with 7 about the snare... needs a little more beef. sounds like a M-16 of a snare. make it sound more like my good friend, Mr. One-Niner-Eight ... [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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Thanks daB!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Thanks Roy! I should (finally) have a finished product in hand next week. I can't complain too loudly as they really do good work, but DiscMakers seems to be going a tad slow on this one (going on 5 weeks now). Maybe they're really backed up with orders? Hmmmm.

Once that's taken care of, I should at last have a chance to sit down and listen to a lot more of the songs everyone else has been posting. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

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Phil - Love the track. Clarity is superb. Have to agree about the snare though. It's rather woosy for my liking. I like a snare with guts [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

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Mark, Darren, is the snare low on the whole track to you or just when the "crunch" guitars are going? I had thought they needed to come up in the crunchy parts - and I was going to verb it a bit, but the drummer liked it dry and lower... that's one of the reasons we're letting people hear it - to get their impressions so we can change things now (isn't PT and total recall WONDERFUL?). Anyway, thanks for listening - all comments welcomed - it's only going to help us make it better overall.

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Phil,
Great mix... on the snare, to me, more than anything, it's a touch too tinty, or thin sounding...and could come up a touch. I 'hear' a little fatter, yet still, percussive snare... but using this one, I would try to fatten it up, perhaps with EQ...
Everyone's an expert [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] , I know...but that's my honest opinion.
I do say this only to bring it up to the quality of the rest of this fine mix... [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

-Roy

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i just listened again and i think the snare sounds ok after all. its actually the toms and kick that i don't like. they're very boomy and they overpower the snare.

i changed my mind. i do like the snare. its a bit low, volume wise, still.

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Hey Phil,

I really like the vocal arrangement on the chorus, great job ! I also really like the transitions within the song you have really handled them well !!!

daB,

I just have not been able to get to your ftp site through a browser, maybe one of my settings ??? I usually get a server down or busy, try again later. I know I can hit ftp other sites. Thank you for moving it for http access. I also want to thank you for your tips page, it is extremely helpful !!!

Take Care,
Gene

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I'm with Roy in that the tone is the problem rather than the volume. It needs to come forward, not up, so I think that reverb would probably hurt it more.
I also agree with Brian in that the boomy toms and kick probably aren't helping.

My taste only [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

Mark