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Hey,

thought you guys might enjoy this thread on another forum. Hope it isn't bad form to post a link here.


A bunch of different mixes of the same song with a lot of discussion. An excellent song as well imo. I checked out her website, she's a really great songwriter.

Awhile back I submitted a tune for people to mix. It was a pretty so-so instrumental, but it would cool to see more of that stuff here if people were into it. I learned a lot reading that other thread.

bp

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Hey Roy,


For some reason i can't download your song... Is your server down?

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Rogerio,
Yes, the server seems to be down right now. Should be back up soon though, hopefully tonight.
-Roy

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Thanks GORILLA !!!

It was truly a wonderful night. On that piece there were 75 singers, and they were that tight the entire night !!! I still have chills. It is really something to watch your children enjoy music !!!

Thanks again !!!

Let's keep the music coming !!!

Take Care,
Gene

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Hey guys, I recently graduated from a recording school, and my first project is for a band called The Things out of Baltimore, MD. They cover classic 60s psychedelic songs, and have asked me to mix their album. They recorded 15 songs, and so far I have mixed 8. I would love some feedback if you care to listen.

The Things!

They gave me a few albums to listen to including such bands as The Electric Prunes and The Small Faces to get a feel for what they wanted. So keep this 'sound' in mind when listening to my mixes. Thanks!

P.S. The songs were recorded 24/44.1 and the MP3s are 256kbps

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Server's back, so here's 'Fa's Garden'...I'll be listening myself a little later...
~Roy




Fa's Garden

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Minmax....."Copycat" has a good drive to it! And YEP..had the music already, but -28 days later- really inspired that tune!

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minmax, Thanks for listening. The kids are from 15 - 18. The piano was a bit up front due to the size of the room and location of the piano. I had mics isolated on the piano, but the room mics picked up a lot of it also. I used Neumann 184's in ORTF and the piano was VERY close to the kids.

The 184's are not mine, so I am not familiar with their characteristics, so I have a question. Periodically the mics emitted a rumbling-popping noise. I had 25 feet of Mogami cable directly into my 002. I had other mics going into the 002 and they did not have this noise. Any ideas on why the noise ? At one point it almost sounded like fluttering. Is it possible both have problems, or did I do something wrong ?

Thanks again !!!

Take Care,
Gene

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Here's a fresh track to add to your playlist. We did all the recording with 001 of course. The drums were done in the same room.

Drums/Electric Guitar/Electric Bass/Rhodes Electric Piano

Destiny's Way - Download Now

For best results right click then save to your harddrive and then play.

Enjoy!

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Hi Gene, well the kids did a great job. I'm no pro but I heard that fluttering effect and this is what I think: it's the room not the cables or the mics. When distant miking large ensembles or any sound source the room sound gets mixed in. I'm thinking the stage was wood and elevated and the reflections from the floor caused some phasing issues. The room sound we hear in your recording has that fluttering sound, not the direct piano sound or the choir's initial sound. So I think it was the acoustics of the room that caused that unwanted effect. Maybe you could mute one channel at a time to check phasing issues. Don't get me wrong there isn't huge phasing issues in the recording, I'm just saying maybe you could improve it, or it may be too late because once you get the room sound in you can't get it out. But I'm sure everyone appreciated the recording. Once again the kids were awesome!
Take care, Tuvan

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Hi Darren the song sounds great, recording and mixing-good job. Only thing I would have done -this is personal taste- add some ambience to the drums. Little reverb on the snare and maybe bus the whole kit and add a touch of reverb to the whole kit to make it sit better in the mix. You might like that tight sound tho... Like I said just a matter of taste.

Fa's Garden- What can I say? Pro-fessional. Great musicianship, great recording, great arrangement. I'll get to that level one day-Hopefully!

Tuvan

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Tuvan,

You may not be a pro, but I do believe you know your stuff. You described the room to a tee ! This was my first choral recording a learning process indeed.

Thank you so much !

Take Care,
Gene

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minmax, thanks for listening. My first mix was so heavy with verb that I may have gone too far the other way, but yes I am going for that tighter sound just didn't want to wash it out. Drums are so hard to get the way it is in one's head but I just got a box of new mics including a d112 for the kick (was using a md421) so I going to try on some other tracks.

The more critical the feedback the more I can improve. thanks!

for more songs we've done in the studio with 001 go to : www.cyberdreamstudios.com/mp3.htm

I'm going to take and post photos today.

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I'm posting this song for valeri until he finds a server (courtesy of Brian/DaBasstard). I just listened and it's an excellent song and overall production, IMO.
~Roy


It Was You

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WOAH... man you weren't kidding. That reminds me of several mid-late 80's songs.... just very very nice indeed!

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Hard rock biker anthem song I've been working on with the help of some talented musicians from the
Chicago, IL USA area. This song is being posted on the Outlaws Motorcycle Club national web site. The singer and backup singer are with a band called Holy Moses. Outlaw biker Perry Schober wrote the song played the guitars. I played bass and engineered the recording on my Digi 002 system. Outlaws Forever

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minimax,
'Separation Anxiety' is killer...I like the guitar sounds. All I would suggest, is that I wanted to hear more bottom end (and drums), especially on the overdrive guitar chord parts. Maybe the guitars are up a tad too much there... but the song kicks, and I really did enjoy it.
-Roy

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GORILLA,
'Infected with Rage' lives up to it's title... Sheesh, I was almost scared about halfway through...It could've been on the '28 Days' soundtrack.(great movie, wasn't it?). Good job...very creative.
-Roy

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Mr.Seven/Darren,
A very nice production on 'Goodbye'. Good blend of instruments throughout, and the song builds well. Good job on the mix too. Thanks for the listen...
-Roy

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Gene Backlin,
I tell you, I really enjoyed 'Hallelujah'. The singers really sang this well (including your daughter, huh?... ). They were very tight as a choral group, and even the accompanyist (pianist) was impressive. Good performance by all, including your recording of it.
thanks for letting me listen, Gene...
-Roy


Tito,
'Slamzuki' is cool...you never know what's coming next... ...Reason is great, isn't it?


jj,
I finally heard 'get away'... great presence and dynamics on those guitars...strong mix... I think I like '?????' best of these 3 songs, though. I definitely like that title...
~Roy

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Man....there's some awesome sounding tunes here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who needs an TDM or HD system when we got our trusty LE's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously!
Thanks for listening Roy!!! Hey I heard one GraceJames' latest....that guy can RIP!!!!!!!!!

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Losttime that tune reminds me of .38 Special!!!!!! Pretty cool!
I'm gonna kick back and listen to more Mac Mixes this morning!!!

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RIDE (Blue Flame Cruisin)

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Haven't you posted this before?.... I still like it.... I can just see ya ridin that hog.......


zzZZZZZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmm........... ....

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Yep, Jeff...I posted it once unfinished, then went back and added some solo stuff yesterday...remixed, and got it out of my system.

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Hi Gorilla,

Checked out the "Lost Time Studio" song "OutLaws Forever." It rocks! But, now i have a question that you might be able to help me with, please. As I listen to submitted mixes I notice that some are louder than others. When I do a mix in PTLE I can apply a limiter on the Master fader before bounce down and raise the quiter sounds up to the point that all dynamic range is gone. This will make the mix much louder (like OutLaws Forever). If I do not use a Limiter and just bounce the mix as it is(with all tracks recorded as hot as possible and the master fader up as much as possible without clipping) the result is a quiter (not as loud at the same setting on the volume knob), but dynamics are intact. It seems the difference is the unLimited mix causes the listener to have to turn up there stereo player more to match the volume of a song like Outlaws.. Is this so bad? When all tracks are loud, hard driving guitar, bass and drums it may not be such a big concern for dynamic range and the applied limiting (or whatever else is used to boost the db). It also appears to be the "trend" to make mixes as loud as possible for the "Radio Wars." I just want to make sure I am not overlooking something in my procedures. If it can be louder and preserve the dynamic range i would like to know how. Thanks for your time and opinion!
See "RUNAWAY" @ http://www.theevolutionband.com/thee...musicpage.html

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yeah Roy

I thought I was hearing more stuff than last time I heard it.

you da man

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Hey there, Sir archtop...haven't heard from you in a while...those boys keeping you busy?

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Hey Ping Pong your tune "Runaway" sounds great!!! I wouldn't worry about your MP3's volume, if you take your mixes to a Mastering engineer I know they can give you more volume and keep most of those dynamics!! It's kinda like a trade-off ....more volume less dynamics..more dynamics...less volume. I guess many of us are trying to find the ultimate middle spot ...LOUD and DYNAMIC!!
There's many ways to raise up volumes than just the limiter...>.>..comps/EQ's....



The "Outlaws Forever" tune was done by Perry and Losttime Studios

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Gorilla and others -- Thanks for the comments about the Outlaws Forever song. Gorilla -- I am interested in how you do your drums, I am looking for a new way to do them. I previously used a Boss DR 770 drum machine, but am limited by a stereo mix and unbalanced outs. I have recently been playing with loops and one hit samples in Live 3.0. I am looking for other options where I can ultimately put the bass and snare on seperate tracks etc. Battery doesn't seem as viable as it could be since it a pain in the butt to get individuals outs. Thanks.

As far as the mix loudness on Oulaws Forever. First, you want to get the signals as hot as possible "on tape" without distorting. When recording, be sure you see a plenty of yellow on the faders. When mixing, get the drums as loud as possible w/o distorting even if you go over 0 db and then balance the rest of the instruments accordingly. Don't look at the numbers on the faders go by ear as to what sounds right. I put a Bombfactory 1176 compressor (it came with my original Digi 001 factory) on the singer's voice to get it to cut above the mix. Finally, I strapped, across the master faders, a Waves C4 (3b setting) and then a Waves L2 with the limiter set a -1db and the threshold set at about 7.

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GORILLA- one word; Counseling, it does wonders. I'm pretty sure they have medicine for that, too. Nice production... freaky song, but nice production.

Valeri- good stuff

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Eddie Hulse,
I listened to some of 'Norelco Girls' and then the 'Sea of Green' song 'Everywhere she goes'...it's a good song, nice and raw. I like the singer too...I do suggest that you convert the 'Sea of Green' songs from WAV(29mb) to MP3s, for downloading sake.
thanks for posting... -Roy

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Yes Roy have been very busy, am anxious to hear your new stuff,I'll try to
stop by more often.

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he he he.....thanks for listening

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Thanks for the input Roy.

I had forgotten the Sea Of Green stuff was not MP3'd, will have to take care of that ASAP. I was having some weird "effects" happening to tunes that I converted, have different conversion software now, hopefully this will take care of the problem.

Ed


Barefoot Studio

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I was messing around with and INTRO to a song today,its not very long and this is my first post in here.Just wanted some comments you can get the song here ftp://66.190.204.254:21

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tito: i'm diggin' what i'm hearin'... please post more. its "ipod-worthy".

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ok, here's one I just wrapped up on a great singer. the track is pretty A.Franklin...horns were cut live in the garage...bela fleck's sax man jeff coffin leads the charge!

Glory - Elizabeth Montgomery to check her out go to her site

Hope you dig it!

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Hi Marko,

Nice groove on that tune! Love the drums and bass. What mic did you use to capture her voice?

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Here's one for ya...

http://www.iamjen.com/homesickalien.html