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funkgypsy,
Man, I like it...wanna hear more of the song, and more of your stuff...
-Roy

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Wow....congratulations on making the 4000th post on your thread, Roy.

Thanks for that. Glad you liked the song. The solo is too loud, the timing is ragged in places and the drums are off, but yes it is a rough mix. I'm sorting things out bit by bit, nudging drums and cutting and pasting a bit, and having some fun. I'll get there eventually. At least this time the overall balance isn't too muddy, I think. Maybe I'm getting the hang of eqing the guitar parts so they don't end up fighting each other. Thanks for listening.

Voideco, thanks to you for listening too. LC was a revelation to me when I first heard his music, so I guess the influence is there. And no I can't play the drums and shouldn't try. It's always good to hear feedback. Thanks.

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yogev-sam,
Finally got a chance to listen...these songs are really good, and I love her voice. As Inteldoc mentioned, the guitars do sound out of tune in places, for whatever reason, but it sounds very good overall. Who is the singer, and are you producing her as a solo artist?
thanks, Roy

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Roy Howell
first thanks a lot
the singer is sharon and shes my girlfrind for the last 2 years
she write and composed
i produce and arrange the whole album {this is the first one recording with only 001 and behringer console
today thing are much more pro }
we are kind of a band of 3 people sharon - me - and yossi hazan { drumer and guitar player }
thanks

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yogev-sam,
Sharon is an excellent writer and singer, in my opinion, and you're very lucky...I think you're doing a great job overall. Post some more when you can...
-Roy

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JonM you mean to say you didn't drum this live? It sure doesn't sound like midi anyway. Then who did the drums? Or am I completely lost in some error ......

Yogev-sam to be honest I don't know so much if there is a market for your music in the Netherlans. I'd say why not, I'm most likely not the only one here who would like it. But I have a feeling about the market in the Netherlands that you make the most change if you make the music cheesy and dummy it down, what you don't wanna do. When I look at my changes here I always have a feeling that I should try to market my stuff in say Great Britain or so (in America I don't make the slightest change I suppose but it's a nice dream) but that's all I know. About record deals I'm an absolute nitwit. But I think it'll be worth trying to sell your songs in the Netherlands. Maybe Bastiaan can say something about it.

Good luck all,

Voideco

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Sorry for the confusion. Reading back my comments, it wasn't particularly clear. 'I can't drum' means I'm not very good at drumming. I actually only have a snare I found in a junk shop. I played this. The kick and the hihats are me hitting pads on a Yamaha rhythm machine, so it's a mixture of live and MIDI. I haven't worked out how to trigger the drum machine from a MIDI track yet.

Cheers

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Hi guys. Check out my songs: http://home.no.net/peterdj/Music.html
Or just this song: http://home.no.net/peterdj/Mp3er/Bou...20Protools.mp3

I'm just on the beginningstadium, I know there is a lot work to do with my songs, but this gives you an impression. The only real instrument I use is a bad acoustic guitar. The rest is VST-instruments. Tell me what you think. Thanks.

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Hi Bigpit.
I listened to the 2 versions of Heal Me.
I wasn't struck by the first version, but I like much more the NEW version : slower, deeper, better sung... Good (sad) song. Melancolic. The video clip would be a slown down sequence with b&w or dull colors wouldn't it?
And surprising brutal ending.
Just maybe overall two much reverb... but it might be intended for the melancolic touch...

Cheers.

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Hi bigpit,

I like your song, and think you have good ideas for arranging as well. I listened to the Logic version of that song and i personally like that wibe better than the slowest one. It was better sung and i like the vocal harmonies on the chorus. It can be some stuff you can do to make it move a bit more forward if you decide to keep it at the tempo the song has now. You could try to add a shaker and experiment with the rhythm. you can also try to add a string pad to see what it does. I think it maybe can make the song steadyer.

Anyway, keep on working and you will get there.

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Hi.. Thanks for your replies. Majones, my brother likes the logic version also, so maybe I will do something more there. The vokalharmoni doesnt fit with the new chords tho.. So I'll see what I'll do with that. (sorry my english) I'm going in a real studio this summer, in a month or so to record that song (heal me) with som pros. I'll post my it here. Exited =) Well, see ya guys!

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Hey everybody,

I haven't been here for some time.

But I'd like to show you all a track I'm
working on with a singer.

It's called ON SUNNY DAYS:

http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~tamodeo/sunny.html

It's a pop/R&B kind of thing. A little bit of a
Gospel thing on the 2nd chorus.

Equipment used: Rode NTK, Lexicon MPX 100, Roland XP-30,
Squire Jazz Bass, MultiLoops Drum Loops, T-Racks/Mastering

Would love to hear your thoughts and/or suggestions.

The woman's name is Bonita and I am quite smitten with her voice!

Thank you!

-todd amodeo

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brb/Jackson,
I like the new songs...are you gonna put vox on em?
-Roy

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Sounds great toddamo. The synth sometimes gets in the way of the voice and there sounds like some strange sounds. Maybe...

Anyhow, very good quality and performances.

bigbbbaj

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Toddamo,
Just heard 'On Sunny Days'...nice stuff...I really like her voice...good job.
-Roy

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Toddamo
hi its very nice song and a nice thinking but
for my opinion the mix is not so good
in alot of part in the song
i fill that there is no air
the keyboard are over her vocal {2 much effect -for my opinion }
the singer is great
i think that with a new mix it will be great

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Toddamo,
I can see where your "smite" comes from. Nice job. First, some background. I am an experienced drummer but new to PTLE. Here's my two cents: I really like the vocal tone. I do think it would stand out better with either a lower level on the delay, or slightly less of it. I also feel that the bass sound is slightly dated. My personal preference would be for a more neutral sound. Again, this would let a less processed vocal really shine through. Most imporatantly (to me anyway) is how drums sit in a mix. It's not about the biggest or loudest sound, but what works best for the particular track. In this case I have a number of thoughts. Firstly, your cymbal work--especially the crashes and open hats--sounds a bit thin. Perhaps you could extend the decays a bit with some compression. An extreme version of the sound I refer to can be found on Amon Tobin's "Four Ton Mantis". I'm not suggesting anything that radical, but the cymbal effect is one I often hear in more moderate music and I like it alot. Regarding the bass drum, I beleive the song would benefit from fattening it up a bit. That being said, if you bring up the bass drum, you'll have to make it less busy or it will compete with other stuff in the mix. The snare drum also sounds a little buried to me, although I think bringing up the snare drum would expose its artificial quality. Maybe search for a more open sound. That would prevent you from having to fatten it up with reverb--too 80's!. In fact, I would suggest that a cleaner sound overall would allow all that good stuff to shine through even better than it does now. This song has "soundtrack" written all over it man.

C.

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Some great stuff here,


stanonbass, I especially liked yours. How did you get the bass sound?

BRB, rogerio, great stuff as always.

The porn contest had some great stuff, maybe you could redo the soundtrack to citizen kane....

spkguitar, nice tune, hope you like your new space.

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bp,
I tried again to d/l 'heatsing', and only get the beginning(656kb)...wonder why? I'de like to hear it.
-Roy

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FunkGypsy,
I know that this tune has been out for a few days, but I just got to listen to it. Gotta tell you that guy has such a CLONED voice of RUSTED ROOT it is SCARY! That is a good thing because they are a very talented band! Very cool tune too.

Good deal!

- Doc

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that's weird, I was able to get them. I have a new mix anyway, so tomorrow night I'll try to put it up. I tried nudging the drums as was reccomended here, and it sounded a lot better.

I also started on a new one.

later.

bp-

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Hello again to all,

I know, i know...it's been quite some time since I jumped up on this thread...but it's that time again.

I promise to take an hour or so tonight to lend an ear to the endless stream of great music posted here.

And while I'm doing that, could you guys/gals (are there any left now that nikki's forum is speeding up?) give me an A/B test on this tune. I tracked this friday afternoon and spent a couple hours getting familiar with the mixing for the entire album, but this tune is by far my favorite. I've been going back and forth between two alternate approaches/techniques in my mastering and just can't decide which to use...they are indeed quite different and neither is any more difficult than the other, but the differences in the end result are so unbelievably subtle to my ears that I can't really decide anymore. I've listened to these tunes about a hundred times while driving back and forth across louisiana to different studios this weekend and think I might actually be numbing myself to the differences, so, if you would please replace my own ears for a bit...

And, as usual, any suggestions, comments, questions, thoughts, criticisms, rants, raves, etc. regarding the mix are certainly welcome and appreciated.

So, without further ado:

A or B

Which do you prefer and why?

Cheers to all,
Chris

P.S.
-Since I'm aiming at a sort of mastering comparison, the files are pretty darn big for mp3's; about 7.5 megs each. Right click and save them for the best reliability. They are multiple pass variable bit rate mp3's...but should play without a problem.

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Rogerio,

Regarding The Dark Side of The Sun...I didn't even pay attention to the title and am sitting here listening thinking, "Geez, cool man, kind of Floydish" when I look up and see at the top of WMP "The Dark Side of The Sun" and give myself a quiet DOH! Very cool man, I'm diggin' it.


BRB,

Excellent work man! Those three sound great for "rough" mixes! It's quite evident that you've had a few hours under you're belt. I'd love to offer suggestions, but for "rough" mixes without vocals these are really quite superb. My personal fav is "A Psalm of David". I'd love to hear that one once some vox are laid down. I can only imagine the endless GOOD possibilities lyrically and melodically. I hope they are on par with the arrangement and instrumentation. Sounds like you've got great artists to work with.


Yogev,

Very nice. I like the mix on the second more than the first. The vocals seem a bit loud to me on the first one, but the girl has an excellent voice and it definitely shows. Great Work!


Chris/Doc,

Man...like it much man...but...probably shouldn't admit that...been listening through the whole contest. (Yep, a sucker for old school porn MUSIC, but not old porn...no need to update the vid collection... )


Funkgypsy,

AWWWW YEAH! AIN'T NOTHIN' BEAT HAVING A GOOD TIME LIKE HAVIN' SOME FUN!


Roy,

Just took a listen to Moonbeam; No need for words. You have undoubtedly been keeping your title as the one true guitar FREAK of the DUC undisputed . Have you been messing with the roland v-guitar stuff or what man....some of that stuff is just nuts . Are you using DFH for the drums?


Cheers to all and keep up the great work!

-Chris

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I'm new to this forum. I havent got a chance to go through and listen to all of your recordings yet. here are a couple of pre production scratch songs that i recorded and mixed. just thought i'd share.

http://www.soundmind.biz/bryanbailey.mp3

and

http://www.soundmind.biz/russelkai.mp3

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Chris Cavell, regarding the mix it seems that in B the piano sits somewhat easier in the mix, it sounded a bit 'stressed' in A (too high in the mix, too much pressure). Also the drums are more present in B which is a good thing. So piano & drums are more in balance now in the mix (assuming B is your latest bounce), while in the beginning of B it seemed to me that the bass was just a tad too low. But later during the song that feeling disappeared. Could it be that there is a little difference in volume throughout song B regarding the bass? My 2 cents, just crank up the bass a tiny little bit in the beginning of song B and you're set (still have to find out minutes & seconds for the bass in which the additional volume editing should be done, cannot see that in Quicktime but I'll open both songs in Media Player and see if I can be more specific later on) Maybe my ears just deceive me but this was really my impression. Gotta check the songs again to be confirm/deny that impression later today. Differences between both mixes are very small indeed, you can hear that you're almost done finishing the whole product. Pianowork is staggering, in one word. Great!

Regards,

Walther

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Chris,
Only when the piano plays its wilder parts the bass gets somewhat buried but forget my comments about the bass being too low initially and coming up later. This is tricky indeed, I can imagine you get lost in this 'finishing touch'-stage, but I stick to my opinion that B has the best balance. Improvements have to do with piano/drums volume relation, this is only my own personal taste, gotta further develop my 'producers-ear'. There seems to be more 'ease' in mix B. I better refrain from further comments, think you'll gonna need some very trained ears for this.
Walther

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Walther,

They are actually the same bounce. Just two very different ways in which I impliment mastering compression. A is what I'd typically do for a rock group and B is what I'd typically do for large ensemble and symphony classical. I have two other versions but think A and B would yield the most useful info from listeners. As you can tell, I haven't really performed any level maximization yet...and the mix isn't quite complete. I'm approaching this one a little different than I normally would for mixing. Normally for Jazz and other modern music styles, I try to mix for the end listeners ear...with classical, it's with a conductors ear...but with this one, it's with the jazz musicians' ear (emphasizing the plurality of musicians'). I'm trying to mix it so that no matter which musician listens, it sounds real from their viewpoint. Tough approach as you know the dilemma, guitarist always wants more guitar, drummer always wants more drums, producer always wants it LOUDER, so I'm mixing with that in mind and trying to make it so that each hears in this mix exactly what they were attempting to dial in with their furman headphone amps while playing. I visited my pop this weekend and let him hear it, and without describing my intentions in the mix, he said, "It's like one of those paintings where the eyes seem to follow me around...no matter which instrument I focus on, I feel like I'm right there" which I take to mean that I'm getting close with it. My only real dissapointment in the recording is that the drums could have used a different acoustic space...the hall I record in is just too live for drums...but there was no way I was going to seperate these musicians into different rooms, it's great for a live recording, but a bit wet for session work. Everything here is acoustic, mics only, with all the musicians in the same room. The bass has been really tough to get sounding right due to all the bleed into his mic from the piano and drum kit, so if you'd follow up on that comment about the bass earlier, I'd be very grateful. I'm going to shoot a few impulses of the room soon and see if I can't use a very slight amount of convolution reverb on the piano to help bring the sound of the piano and drums together a bit more. There currently is no added reverb at all, and I can't really use my normal blumlein C426 hall mic for reverb b/c of the really strange way that I positioned them in the hall to reduce bleed. Thanks for your comments Walther, and if you've got time to give any more, I'd be very appreciative.

Thanks,
Chris

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Hey bigbubbaj, yogev-sam, ire21, Roy, etc.,

Thanks for the kind words about On Sunny Days.

And even more...thanks for the criticism. Sometimes
people are a bit kind around here which is nice but
I really want to step up my game. So I appreciate hearing
your thoughts about the mix, the drums sounds, etc.

I'll try to do another...tighter mix...and share with you folks.

Thanks again!

-todd

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Hey friends,
I put up some tunes I was working on for a bit. About the only thing completed in the past...oh..3 months.

One of them is a live studio take of an old song just for fun, so its not spot on, and another track is a remix I did of a Wumpscut song. Of course, the remix was just using some of the basic layout, and the original drum samples; being that I generally like more intense music, I upped the tempo and changed the arrangement around.

Both tracks can be found here:

www.agenda-entropy.com/duc.htm

They are "Murderer Live" and "Just a Tenderness"

Thanks,
=-Ben

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Here's a new one...
Bigfoot Moon









I will be catching up on the new stuff hopefully tonight(Chris, I'll do an A/B of your mixes)...I've barely had time to post lately.
-Roy

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Hey guys - Been working on a lot of Shannons (my wife) music. Here is one of her recently finished works:
Thick Air

Its an unusual song. She has a lot of different singing voices, and this is one of them!
I like the words to it.
While I am pretty happy with the mix, piano, and keys in general are one of my weak points, so I would appreciate any hints. The song was tracked on tape originally. Recorded just before I got into PTLE - all direct with one Shure 58 on vocals and piano.

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Roy you hit the nail on the head with Bigfoot - I got a definate visual of some sonic sasquatch rocking down the forest

Hey - is that a killer whah, or are you using a voicebox?

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okay...you guys can listen to me learning PT from the ground floor up!
I just got ProTools and bought the IK Studio Bundle.

Here is a demo of some parts to a tune I hope to "really" record down the road.
Again, just one-taker vocal/guitar parts. I was more interested in actually recording/using the interface and working plugins/automation/etc...so I apologies for some flat notes on vox and some missed notes on guitar!

Unclaimed Baggage

I must say, being a previous owner of a Roland VS1680, I LOVE THE 002/PT combo!!!
I am just scratching the surface, but the learning curve is not as bad as thought it would be

I used Sampletank, T-Racks, RODE NT2, Larrivee acoustic, 002

Now...to REALLY start recording tunes!

Peace,
Keith

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keithl,
Beautiful song...great lyric concept,well done, IMO.



Still listening to more stuff...

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Thanks Kev...
I really like Shannon's song...really nice chords... I would just suggest bringing up the presence of her voice...it sounds a little buried in the keyboards. Very pretty song though, and good job overall.
-Roy

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Hi Chris,
Just listened to A and B, and given that my ears are 'tired' from mixing too ( ), I prefer A over B. The difference is very subtle, but A seems to be more alive than B in that it has slightly more 'bite' to it, especially noticeable in the dynamics of the piano. Is A the 'Rock' setup you mentioned, as opposed to B being the Symph setup?...and is it partially that B is more compressed than A? You have me curious now...
I hope my ears are being fairly true tonight, because they've been bombarded the last few days. Let me know....... by the way, what a fantastic piece.....I'm gonna take it with me to Destin in a few weeks with your permission. And thanks for the comments on 'Moonbeam Seduction' too.
-Roy

Newcomer to rolling out my tracks....
 

This is my first time posting to the 'let's hear...' thread, so here goes with some chillout stuff for you to check out:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/6/fingerwolfmusic.htm

All constructive comments welcome!

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graveleye,

very nice work on that tune, it's a very well written tune. I actually like the kind of lo-fi piano sound for this, I think it sounds better than a sampled piano would have.

Great stuff.

Roy, very nice playing as usual.

"unclaimed baggage" is very cool as well.

later.

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http://www3.telus.net/public/vicwind/breezy.mp3
this was tracked into 002 using studio projects c1
sorry about my other posts with bad links. new to html!!