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Hey TDub,

Thanks very much for thoughts on the guitar sounds. When I get back to the studio, I'll email over some of my favorites.


Cheers,

~ J

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ahh, very cool man! I was going to be like... "you did that with amplitube seriously?!?!" lol Yeah, what ever you did to that M-1000 sounds awesome man!

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Nice job on the acoustics man! For some reason when I listened to this track, it made me want to go get some italian Spaghetti and Meatballs... hehehe One suggestion, you might want to bring up the entire mix just a hair and I think it would sound perfect.

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Straatocoaster,

Great acoustic sound! Please share what you are using, chain, etc...

Did you by chance use the ol' cardboard under the chair thingy? Curious.

I loved the song and thought the levels were pretty good overall. Nice job.


~ J

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Thanks Charlie and Joel! These are just preliminary tracks, so I wasn't overly worried about getting all the levels "just right" yet. These guys are folk jammers, so I am not planning on using much (if any) compression ... and there is a lot of room to put their three-part harmonies on top of the music.

The signal chain is pretty modest, actually. The project is supposed to be kept as uncomplicated as possible. They are doing this to make a demo -- not a releaseable pressentation -- so this is what I ran for this session:

Acoustic guitars: one SM81 about 18" off of the fretboard at the 14th fret and angled toward the soundhole, ran into a Great River MP-2NV.
Mandolin: one AKG C414-XLS about 12" away and 6" above the instrument, angled down and pointing at where the neck and body meet: ran into an API 3124+

That's it! I took some time finding a decent placement for the mics and let them have some fun playing. I'll post all of the other cuts if you guys are interested in hearing them, but they are just more of the same -- no vocals yet. They are booked to do the vox in early June.

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Hey Stan, yeah if you have any more cuts I would dig giving them a listen. yeah, the placement on the acoustics turned out really well for this deal. Sometimes I have tried micing an acoustic where the guitarist puts their ear when they play like that also. Usually musicians move around til they hear their instruments sound the best I discovered. hehe

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This is truly not what I would typically do to track acoustics: I normally use two SDC -- one on the neck, tilted toward the soundhole, and the other over the guitarist's strumming shoulder somewhere that phase issues aren't apparent (usually just over his head). I will use a LDC on the soundhole to beef up a thin sounding guitar if necessary. These guys had nice instruments to begin with: some kind of a mahogany guitar (did he call it a Larrime?) and a rosewood Martin. That helps too.

Like I said, these guys (and lady) are really taking a no-nonsense approach toward the project to keep things as un-cluttered and un-produced as possible while still getting a good representation of what they do. It is fun, because they are worrying more about the vibe than the technical issues that are usually the foremost concerns of most other projects. It is almost like a concept or a credo of theirs for this demo.

I'll bounce down the other three tunes they did and post them within the next hour. As a warning: two of the songs have bass lines are planned for re-performance, but you'll get the idea of where they are going with the music.

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This is my first real stuff. I am the songwriter, musician, engineer, everything...

If anyone cares to listen and comment, I'd really appreciate it. Be gentle..

Fade
Genre

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This is my first real stuff. I am the songwriter, musician, engineer, everything...

If anyone cares to listen and comment, I'd really appreciate it. Be gentle..

Right click to save...

Fade
Genre

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Sounds good! All midi?

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jstunner,

Nice orig instrumental('State of Refraction')...some cool chord changes in there.

-Roy

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Straatocastoer-

Straatocastoer/Stan,
Great job on this so far...very nice spread on everything...I like this version of 'summertime' too...guitar player(left) gets a little 'busy' a few times, but maybe it'll work well with the vocals. Post back your progress when they come back in, and thanks for the listen.

-Roy

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Just a quick little one that I am slowly developing on my own. Lots of ambient stuff, but kinda cool. Doing this one for the wife...

It will be longer. This was all done with ACID 5.0. Looping gets kinda cool after awhile...

SFC - TBR STUDIO

- Doc

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yeah it's all Reason, it was pre-mbox stuff from a month or 2 ago. The new songs now get written with protools and live instruments and vocals in mind.

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Nice job programming it all, Sean...some interesting stuff going...it definitely will be good to hear other things along with what you midi. Post back more stuff anytime.

-Roy

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Hi all.

We you be so gentle and tell me what you think of these two songs on
http://membres.lycos.fr/cedrik0s/songs.html
regarding the mix, and regarding the music itself?

Done at home alone with my computer.

Thanks

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hey Sean, nice job man! For feedback, I dig the panning tricks in Fade, but it sounds a little like it needs another instrument or something to fill it out just a little. For Genre, I really dig the entire track man. I like how it transitions through out the song a lot in this one.

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Hey everyone, just a little problem with my NIC on my production computer. I haven't been able to connect since yesterday evening, but I do have the files ready to go. I am running out to grab a replacement, and should have the other 3 tunes up today.

@#$& computers ... can't live with 'em, can't drop a 16 ton weight on them

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Hey Doc, nice programming work man. you adding vocals to it later also? you also doing it for your wife for a b-day, or anniversary or something man, or just for the sake of doing one? Sounds kinda like its got a dance vibe to it so far. Keep up the good work man.

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Super,
Just a song for the wife.... Kinda funny really. My B-day is in 10 days, and I just bought her a new DELL laptop. strange! No man, she loves dance stuff, (oakenfold, sasha, etc) so I have been trying to get a long self mix done for her. This is only the beginning.

Thanks for the listen. Vocals? maybe, but surely not me!


- Doc

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Chris...percussion sounds really good in it...and the little piano-ish thing is very cool. Give me a buzz tonight if you get a chance. Wanna ask you about something.

-Roy

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Roy,
That was actually a tribute to you for that section. Figured you would like that when I heard it. Decided to loop it and add it. Seemed to fit in a strange way.

Will call you later, Star Wars tonight though....

- Doc

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Very interesting stuff. It's not my normal type of music I listen to, but I like what you did with the panning effects on "Fade" and how things pick up tward the end. Nice sound.

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"Here's an older one.... I haven't posted this one before though...


Nice Dreams




~ J "

Ohh my freaking lord, wow! It's so refreshing to hear that that type of music is still being played today! Intel Doc pointed this jem out to me! I love the begging kind of "The Prisoner-ish" Maiden riff in the begging. Oh,and the lead solo, awesome. It's such a relief to actually hear a great vocal too, no "cookie monster vocals" or the when I can't sing "scream" approach that todays metal bands are plauged with. Excelent job on the prodution. Sweet! please share more of these guys! Or heck, the biggest compliment I can give is point me to a place where I can buy there music.

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BretFarewell-

BretFarewell,
Sorry it took a while to listen...(I have to redo my setup to hear 'streamer' stuff, and I've been in session non-stop for a while).........this isn't my genre of choice(mainly the vocal style), but you've done a great job with this, IMO. Guitars sound great(what guitars did he/they use?)...bass and drums too.
You done good...

-Roy

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*blushing*

Thank you jstunner. I sincerely appreciate your comments. That is an old track originally done on 2", but brought into Pro Tools and reworked ever so slightly more recently. There is some recent interest in that album and looks like it might get re-released through a different record company. If that takes place, the mixing will be updated to 2005 standards, but the performances with not be altered or "added-to".

You'd know the gent who mixed this and the rest of the songs from that album if I mentioned his name. But I will not here as this forum is pretty dedicated to "PT today" it seems and I respect that. Your kind words about my voice are really appreciated as are the rest of your comments. That CD is currently out of print, but if you would like MP3's of the record, just email me and I will send you all you can handle.

Cheers!


~ J

new Overnight Lows
 

Here's a pre-mix of a song that we rerecorded!
http://www.overnightlows.com/music/wheredowego.mp3

Joz

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Wow
Joz, did you do the recording for the band?
I really think it sounds incredible - well done man.
Ghosty

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thanks Ghostcage.
It's my own band. Thats was just a pre-mix that I did yesterday. It'll be punchier and deeper later.

http://www.overnightlows.com/music/wheredowego.mp3

If you liked that one, maybe you'll like this one:
http://www.overnightlows.com/music/thebreaks.mp3

Joz

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Joz,
I have become a huge fan of your stuff. Thanks for sharing. Great guitar tones. And consistently great songs.

Scott

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I sent you an e-mail powerjoe. I will certainly buy that album if it gets re-released. Again, great work. It will be awesome to hear the album mixed with todays technology. However, when you have a performance like that, I don't think it matters whether it's mixed in PTLE or with a bunch of K-Mart boom boxes recorded from tape to tape. A good song is a good song no matter what media it's in.

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bump

Come on, is it that bad that I deserve no feedback?
http://membres.lycos.fr/cedrik0s/songs.html

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Joz,
Good stuff as usual... again, this was not all done on the 002. You still using that SSL board?

- Doc

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Seeing as you've done this all alone at home, I can really apreciate that as I'm a one man act myself. Very nice dynamics on the song Do you remember. I like the way you brought it in with the quiet guitar in the begging. It's very remenicent of George Harrison (yes of the Beatles). The ending where it picks up is nice too, I like how it gets nice and full at the end. I'd add just a touch of a high frequncey boost to add some "air" to your vocals as I think it will bring out the natural rasp in your voice. This is by no means my normal type of music I listen too, but I found it very enjoyable.

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haha, well Happy Birthday in advance man!! Tell her you need some new gear for the studio for your b-day man. Tell her that you got the laptop for her and it is your b-day. Thats cool that it is only the beginning man. I have some old techno tunes laying around that I programmed in Acid back in the day long before I got hold of PT that I should post up here maybe. lol Look forward to hearing some more. peace

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Joz, great job on the tunes always man! I have not heard anything from you guys that I didn't dig yet honestly. I e-mailed you from your bands site a while back to see what you guys are doing lately, but had never received a reply. I figured you were busy, but if you guys ever need any bands to work with on shows, I could reccomend a couple out that way that your style would go very well with and maybe help boost your fan base a bit. take it easy

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Wonderfall: Haven't been on here since 9pm last night yet to catch the new tunes man. lol Otherwise, I dig the tracks. I think the writing on "Do you remember" is the great out of the two honestly. I really like it how the full band comes in at the 3:20 mark in the track to finish out the song. The one thing I would suggest is to bring up the mix a little bit and make it a little more punchier for the first half of the song with the acoustic and vox. I was sitting here playing with my stereo volume to bring it up and down kinda.

As for the other track, it sort of reminds me a little of the british pop kinda stuff like Cold Play/Oasis... somewhere in there. Sounds good, but I have never been much into the style honestly myself. Keep up the good work though man!

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Finally back up and fully networked. Here's the other 3 songs that we ran that session. Again, these are merely preliminary takes for a demo. One of the guitars changes to bass in songs 3 and 4, and he is definately re-performing his parts. We'll improve his tone and get rid of the hiss on the retakes. But here they are in their raw glory:

Song 2
Song 3
Song 4

and the first one that I posted (and the only one that I know the title for) is Summertime

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Hey Joz,

Quite a catchy tune, I like the verses more than chorus. You really have that polished professional sound down. What you mics you using to get those great drum sounds? Everything sounds so punchy and clear.

Good job

Chris Tempest

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Joz-

Sounds great. Although I think you guys as a band are really the "secret" behind your engineering... easy to get great sounding stuff when the performances are great!

Good job!