16-10-2023, 09:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 16-10-2023, 09:27 PM by Sistomatic.)
Hi friends,
I put on the producer's and arranger's hats in addition to the mixing engineer's. Took about 2 weeks with it. The originally recorded and arranged version had a nice concept, but several things held back its full potential to be an awesome overall song with mass appeal IMO, such as:
-Some dissonant instrument notes and chord combos
-the guitar and bass playing needed tightening in spots
-the original arrangement had a few repetitive or unnecessarily long passages
-limited vocal harmonies
-limited dramatic changes
To create the flair I imagined, I:
-sliced up audio tracks to reposition them or adjust rhythms
-added some synth pads in the background during softer sparse sections
-used harmony plugins to give the chorus more sing-along power and larger impact
-Re-amped the guitars and bass using Amplitube5
-Resampled the kick/snare
-added various riser effects, pitch shift effects, dramatic track mutes, vocal throws, automated panning
My DAW is Reaper
Hope you enjoy my take! Feedback is appreciated.
I put on the producer's and arranger's hats in addition to the mixing engineer's. Took about 2 weeks with it. The originally recorded and arranged version had a nice concept, but several things held back its full potential to be an awesome overall song with mass appeal IMO, such as:
-Some dissonant instrument notes and chord combos
-the guitar and bass playing needed tightening in spots
-the original arrangement had a few repetitive or unnecessarily long passages
-limited vocal harmonies
-limited dramatic changes
To create the flair I imagined, I:
-sliced up audio tracks to reposition them or adjust rhythms
-added some synth pads in the background during softer sparse sections
-used harmony plugins to give the chorus more sing-along power and larger impact
-Re-amped the guitars and bass using Amplitube5
-Resampled the kick/snare
-added various riser effects, pitch shift effects, dramatic track mutes, vocal throws, automated panning
My DAW is Reaper
Hope you enjoy my take! Feedback is appreciated.