My new CD
 

My new double CD of electro-orchestral music is now available. Recorded entirely on Pro Tools 10, with some additional plug-ins, and scored on Sibelius 7, and using some Sibelius audio tracks.

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davidmbrown1

Here's a link to the entire Symphony:

https://soundcloud.com/kreweofsound/a-maj-symphony-copy

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Here's an album I produced and just released by Keyan Keihani
www.keyankeihani.bandcamp.com

also available on iTunes, CDBaby, Amazon, and Spotify.

Let me know your thoughts !
Thanks,
Michael

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I listened to all of your songs and I like this one the best....Production is very nice on all of them....I've got to ask how your using autotune exactly....Are you singing and pressing the keys on your keyboard in real time or are you editing after singing?.....I have Autotune Evo and I can't get the results like your doing...A little info on how your using it would be much appreciated....Thanks....Again, Great stuff....moon

Take a look, tell me what you think !
 

Hey,

I just released my new cover. I did it with Pro tools & Eleven rack. Tell me what you think about it !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O440SgfNO38



Peace !

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I think I really dig it. your enthusiasm is definitely there!
It was, however, hard to tell when you were singing, or the actual song (I'm guessing you played it to the song)

If you had the chance to do it again I would suggest either finding an instrumental of the song or just EQing the vocals out as much as possible so your voice is the only one on the track.

Ill end with saying that I couldn't compete lol.:rolleyes:

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Hi all

This is 30 sec of a mix done ,not by myself . ____One gets tired of being the arse pointing out problems . so maybe im wrong and this clip of a mix for broadcast is awesome . would appreciate some feedback

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tg455nbhgq182sd/Clip%201.wav

Thanks
Mark Buyskes

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A couple of new guitar showcase grooves:

Shuffle

and

Funk

I'm thinking the mixes might be a little TOO three dimensional? If anyone can be arsed to listen to them I'd really appreciate some feedback :-)

Touchscreen Control for ProTools (Emulator PRO)
 

One of our awesome clients, Shane Felton posted this.

Emulator PRO touchscreen control of ProTools.
http://youtu.be/e7DWmn0LhDo

New video up !
 

Hey,

This is my new cover of Let me go by Avril Lavigne & Chad Kroeger. Hope you like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h7HAoaWRWk

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Sounds good:D Just let your girl know to NOT hold the mic like that if she wants it to sound good;)

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Yeah that's true but I bet they were just doing the video like that - ;)

Can't see why anyone would want to record with that mic when they have a rode as well

That and PT wasn't moving for the video

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I made the same assumption, but I can see her jumping on stage some time and grabbing the mic like that('cuz it looks cool;)), and glaring at the sound person when it feeds back and sounds like crap:p

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Oh yeah been on both sides of that glare :)

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Here's a new tune written by a friend and myself and recorded with an Mbox 2 Pro. We then shot the video with a small Panasonic camcorder. We had just both turned 58 and wanted to have some fun and write a rocker. I drive a Beer Truck and my friend is a Produce manager so we don't do this full time so go easy on us : ) Cheers.
Jim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiXKBtPa0rQ

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Here is my new song Labor Day. My first actual real mix. Let me know what you think please. http://m.reverbnation.com/artist/765034

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Where's the low end?
And why did you use a telephone for tracking vocals? :D

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Isn't that why you have a bass control on your hi fi system? As far as the telephone thingy. I'll listen again.
Thanks Meads😊

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I was meaning to listen - but I forgot - daughters birthday today - gonna later

If u hear low end but it's not there in another room or headphones - means your monitors are too close to the wAll - and or ur room needs more correction

Ask me how I know ;)

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Thanks YYR123. Yeah, they are kinda close. About 10" away. It's a bedroom. I think you are right about the room acoustics though. Also I have always been timid towards turning up the bass. I'll work on it.
Congrats on your Daughters Birthday🎉

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Hey guys,

I've made a recording and would like some advice.

https://soundcloud.com/projectmay/test

The vocals are going to be re-recorded because they're pretty rubbish in some places and untunable (he hasn't sung inabout 10 years, haha) but whenever I compare it to a professional mix (which maybe I shouldn't be doing) it seems to be missing some sort of low/mid punch which really brings these types of tracks out but I really don't know how to achieve it.

I know that these tracks will have been recorded in studios with £millions worth of equipment in and this was recorded in my dining room but any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Guitars were recorded through a pod and the drums are Superior Drummer, pro tools 9mp.

I also think I've boosted the mids a little too much in this mix.

Thanks in advance!

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Missing the bass here listening on both my studio monitors (in treated room) and on the headphones.

Is your room treated? If not you might be compensating for hearing too much bass and it's taking the bottom out. Other wise it's really not bad, a bit more verb on the main vox and guitars to give it a bit more depth, just a tad on the guit doesn't need that much in this style. I dig the song.

Let's hear your latest stuff....right here
 

Yeah that bass needs to be home in about 80 Hz 100hz 120 Hz somewhere in that area to fill out the bottom end for sure

I like it 👍

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Yeah. I think that's the problem. No treatment in room. Just sheetrock😝 That will be my homework.
Thanks very much for your replies YYR123 and Emcha_audio. I appreciate it.

Let's hear your latest stuff....right here
 

Do my vocals really sound like a telephone?

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They sound ok b/c we don't know what you are trying to do nor what you want

I hear Leonard Cohen when I listened to it - however Leonard has much more bass frequency in his spoken/half sung vocals

Let's hear your latest stuff....right here
 

I think I put to much LP on it. I'll take a listen. Shoot, I don't even know what I want to sound like😝
But like you said, it might to do with my room acoustics.

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Are you talking about my track because YYR123 is also talking about bass on another track?

If you are replying to me, thanks for your advice.

I don't have a treated room, it's just a standard room and is pretty terrible as far as acoustics go (it's all I have available).

I put some on the guitars but will try a little more and yea, the vocals are a little too dry.

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I know what else I wanted to ask. How are my levels? To hot? Not hot enough?
Thank you so much for your thoughts😊

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I was listening on headphones

Your meters will tell you that - what were u peaking on the Mstr bus ?

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Further to this, do you mean missing bass (as in the guitar) or bass in the overall mix? If the latter what is the best way of boosting this? Is there a better way than just chucking an eq on there and boosting?

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No you should go to the source and find out what happened to it

Hopefully you can get it back on the source (ie it wasn't recorded like that) and you just re EQ and compress and put it back in the mix

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Guitars were recorded through a pod.
Bass through a Sansamp.
Drums were superior drummer.

So technically it should be fairly perfect already (if that's what you mean by source?).

I haven't done too much eq subtraction in the mix. Boosted some of the mids by about 2db in the master fader along with some harmonic exciter using ozone but that's about it.

I appreciate all the feedback so far.

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By source I mean the audio file ie your track not the 2 Chanel mix

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Short warning

I just listen to your track I really like it I would like a little bit more bass frequency (just a personal preference) and personally I really like the sound of the mix ( the guitar voice relationship) @ 1:10 and then as well @ 1:50 that's the perfect sound for me with the guitar/voice relation.

To me the 1st verse the guitars are fighting the voice too much. Listen at 1:10 section and the 1:50 section they have a better relation.

Sounds good

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If I was to treat my room. Would I put Absorption or Reflectors in corners for Bass? I'll pull my speakers off wall a little. Everything is Sheetrock except for bed and floor rug.
Thanks everyone.

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Let's hear your latest stuff....right here
 

Don't forget side reflections and the back of the room - right behind your listening station off the back wall (head level)

Look at nice studios and you can see some ideas w/o having to pay a company to come do it for you

Rode used to have a video about a guy doing the monitor placement along with reflection calculations on the net - I'm sure it's on YouTube still but I haven't looked in awhile

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Sounds good YYR123. I'll see if I can find it.
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New Middle Eastern track
 

I just finished a traditional 3 part Cabaret dance routine, Egyptian style:

https://soundcloud.com/kreweofsound/cairo-cabaret

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the shuffle one, the leads are covered up by all the backing tracks.

the funk one, the rhythm guitar is up too much, too right and distracting from the lead. I would only have that when there was no lead.

just my opinion.

Chris

One of My First Mixes
 

About 2 years ago I did this mix/mash-up for a young lady over in the UK. This was one of the first full mixes I had ever done and was still on a steep learning curve with Pro Tools and VI's and all the rest. Rebecca (the singer) was 16 at the time she recorded this and she did the vocals on the mic you see in the video in her bedroom using Garage Band. So all I had to work with was MP3 files from her. The mash up was completely her idea! She sent me individual tracks for the various parts and then I completely arranged everything. I started with a MIDI track of Dynamite I found online somewhere and about 1/3 of the parts are off of that. But the rest is stuff I added or rearranged off the original midi tracks. There's a lot I'd do differently now, but still...gotta start somewhere. Tell me what you think!

You can see the video Rebecca did here.