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Okay, here's another one from Arizona...

This one was actually kind of interesting. Just a nice excuse to play, really, but then, do you need more from a song?

Obviously the tape hiss was no fun, nor was the ground hum from the synth but that's what noise cancelation algorithms are for. I also found it fun that the tape master was so soft that I had to boost every channel by about 10 dB just to get usable levels. I'm surprised everything came out so lean after that. That kick drum was also a problem. Sounded like the beater was rebounding against the drum or something. In the mix it sounds fine but by itself, it was all I could do to try to clean it up.

Oh, and the volume changes from one phrase to another and occassionally one bar to another within the parts made maintaining levels a joy too.

Anyway, tell me what you think...

Oh, and yes, I know the slate is not part of the recording. I left it on the lead vox as a marker for absolute start of track and the more I played it, the more it seemed to fit the recording, kinda helping to set the mood, so I left it in. It just seemed to work...

(03-06-2014, 07:19 AM)azwayne Wrote: [ -> ]Okay, here's another one from Arizona...

This one was actually kind of interesting. Just a nice excuse to play, really, but then, do you need more from a song?

Obviously the tape hiss was no fun, nor was the ground hum from the synth but that's what noise cancelation algorithms are for. I also found it fun that the tape master was so soft that I had to boost every channel by about 10 dB just to get usable levels. I'm surprised everything came out so lean after that. That kick drum was also a problem. Sounded like the beater was rebounding against the drum or something. In the mix it sounds fine but by itself, it was all I could do to try to clean it up.

Oh, and the volume changes from one phrase to another and occassionally one bar to another within the parts made maintaining levels a joy too.

Anyway, tell me what you think...

Nice warm sounding mix ,maybe the top end of the snare could cut through a touch more ,Don't tell anyone but I ended up replacing the kick lol .

mate, the sound is so dull, i can't hear high frequencies... a bit of tape noise followed by some hi end wasn't a bad idea

i forgot to tell you that your "noise killer" is amazing!!
your overall balance is good, just try to enhance high frequencies (between 10khz and 12khz) a bit (maybe +2 db at maximum), then try cut -2 db on 300 or 500 hz , bass volume is a bit low, percussions are too high in comparison to drums, vocals are a bit high, try cut 2 or 3 db.
cheers,
Sardhouse

Yeah, I've found a few things about this mix since I posted it that I'm reconsidering. Every tune I mix from here goes into my regular rotation on my music player and you know, I gotta say, it's kinda cool when a song you assembled comes up for play. So listening to it in that sort of context has helped me to see a few of the shortcomings.

Like I said, I'm going to have to take a fresh whack at it one of these days and see how it comes out.