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krd wrote: »

Well, that's how lots of people listen to music these days; on laptops and I-pods. If it sounds great and well balanced through decent speakers - but something is wrong when they go through laptop speakers - like the hi-hats coming out too much - then you could say, that maybe, you just might have a problem.

Laptop speakers are most definitely not suited to evaluating a mix, particularly the bass content of a mix, that is my point. I was just surprised that someone could make such an emphatic call on the drums (i.e. that the rest of the drums were fine except for the hi-hat) having just listened through laptop speakers

krd wrote: »

It's just my opinion - I'm not bitching you out. I'm sure lots of the production took time. It just would be my opinion that more time should be devoted to making the vocal sound good over getting the snare just right.

Compromises had to be made, most of the day was spent on the mix for the other song (which you have said nothing about, so I presume you think its alright). Time was the issue here, it wasn't the case that loads of time was spent massaging the snare sound while neglecting the vocal. The aim was to get a functioning mix up and running, and that is what it is for the most part. And by functioning I mean exactly that and not finished.

krd wrote: »

And outside of people who know stuff about audio recording - the general public are completely unaware of things like automation. They know nothing of, or even care, about the techniques used.

But this is the music production forum, everybody knows how automation works, why would they need an explanation of it? That was my question.

krd wrote: »

Ok, right, you don't know about dodgy pitching. I suppose, if you were recording say a blues guitar player, the minute they bent a string you'd jump out of your chair and chastise them for playing out of tune.

Singing or playing out - is a long established style. Used by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Ian Dury. Too much it sounds awful - too little the recording sounds boring.

As I said I have heard of a good performance trumping pitching, I haven't heard of using detuning to improve a performance, which as I understand it is what you were suggesting?

Rockshamrover

Hi folks,

New track up on Soundcloud. Have a listen if you have 5 mins to spare.

Cheers

Rock.

http://soundcloud.com/rockshamrover/electric-sky

thecraic

Hey everyone, if you've got a few minutes check us out and see what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLEvRgEcseU

goatboy1000

http://soundcloud.com/salad-circus/liberated

Our latest.
It's a bit rougher than the last one because I didn't have as much time to mix.
But it'll do for now.

ogy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_0s5Ak_HA

Check our new video/single!

bassist needed

ogy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU_0s5Ak_HA

Check our new video/single!

Hate to break it to you, but:

Baron = a member of the lowest grade of nobility. 2. (in Britain). a. a feudal vassal holding his lands under a direct grant from the king.

What you meant was (probably):

Barren - Unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable: barren efforts.

--

Go fix your intertitles.

ogy

Ha, noticed that alright, too much hassle too change it now though.

Rockshamrover

Hi folks,

New track up on Soundcloud. Check it out if you have a few minutes to spare.

Cheers.


Rock.

http://soundcloud.com/rockshamrover/pandora-free-download

rcaz

ogy wrote: »

Ha, noticed that alright, too much hassle too change it now though.

Too much hassle to make your release perfect before it gets out? :rolleyes:

ogy

awful sticklers round here:)
more like too much hassle to hassle the guy who spent 3 weeks shooting, editing and uploading the entire video for free and now has other work on!

it has actually been fixed after all:)

11811

Hey guys, wouldn't mind a bit of feedback here, kinda my first major effort at mixing as such... Could probably do with a few pointers! I've put stuff up from the band before - but this is new stuff.

http://soundcloud.com/beastmen/el-maniaco-contra-el-monstruo


cheers.

galwaybabe

Hi all. 3 new tracks up on soundcloud

Ballyshannon Bends

Friend of Mine

Jack the Buck

Look forward to your comments.

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11811 wrote: »

Hey guys, wouldn't mind a bit of feedback here, kinda my first major effort at mixing as such... Could probably do with a few pointers! I've put stuff up from the band before - but this is new stuff.

http://soundcloud.com/beastmen/el-maniaco-contra-el-monstruo


cheers.

Lower the high hat a bit, though presuming that most of the hat is coming through the overheads this might mean having to rejig your drum levels.

Otherwise, seeing as its instrumental you might try getting a bit more movement happening, some panning on the whammy bar chords for example could be cool.

Side-chaining compressing the bass off the kick drum could be cool as well (though you might already be doing that a bit?)

Obi-Jim

http://soundcloud.com/jimmy-mc

Just to throw something into the hat really. Worked on this for a while.

Band: TKO

I merely recorded and mixed them. How do you reckon it holds up :-P

11811

Seziertisch wrote: »

Lower the high hat a bit, though presuming that most of the hat is coming through the overheads this might mean having to rejig your drum levels.

Otherwise, seeing as its instrumental you might try getting a bit more movement happening, some panning on the whammy bar chords for example could be cool.

Side-chaining compressing the bass off the kick drum could be cool as well (though you might already be doing that a bit?)

Thanks for the feedback,
yeah I'll have a look at those hats, tis mainly from the Overheads alright so might have to do that rejig!

Good point about the panning, I'll have play about with that.

grandslamsmith

http://soundcloud.com/grand-slam-smith/super-8

http://soundcloud.com/grand-slam-smith/let-me-talk-to-jimmy

Hey all - coupel of new tracks on - interested in what you think


Slam

all the stars

I've a new sound up

'Dangerous' :www.myspace.com/oraclemusicofficial

greengravel

Hello all.

This is shameless self-promotion but aside from that this is also a demo/mini-essay about the kind of quality available to people out there willing to to record themselves can achieve with relatively cheap gear.

These two recordings were both done with a Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 Firewire interface (430 new), Yamaha HSM50 monitors (190 second hand with cable on Adverts), a Rode NT1, Behringer C1, SM 57 and a cheap set of Shure Drum dynamics. My DAW was Reaper for the band Plinth

www.soundcloud.com/plinthband

And I used Cubase 5 for my own band, Agitate the Gravel's, track:

www.soundcloud.com/agitate-the-gravel

Both tracks were mastered, the first by WAV and the second by Fergal Davis in Sonochord studios for 65 and 95 each.

It's a tough time to be in the studio business and after assembling a bottom of the ring home recording kit I can see why studios demand such "high" prices. But I was more than happy with the quality I got with my own set up and the next track will sound better again, possibly because my mixes wont be rushed this time and I've learned from past mistakes.

Young bands step into a studio with intermediate gear and backline, underehearsed for the demands of recording on the clock and usually expect to come out with a huge sounding record, but at the end of the day the engineers in these studios are working a job not unlike any other job filled was dissatisfaction and boredom, you have to work with them and help them help you. Self recording is a great way to hone your craft in terms of writing songs and it allows to be better prepared when you walk into studio time that's on your dime. Recording yourself or others is something you can do for the rest of your life so it's an investment in it's own way and a great hobby.

My two cents, take it or leave it.

DamagedTrax

first of all that band plinth are mental (in a likeable way!) seriously, what the hell was that song all about? nuts...

recordings sound a hell of a lot better than i was expecting, and the mixes sound good too. great job with the gear you have. impressed

greengravel

Danke. It's about Chinese food. They're an incredible band. All that was done without a clicktrack. It was a co-production effort that took a good while to do. www.myspace.com/plinthband and they're on Facebook.

Their musicianship is ridiculous, 6/8 then a bar of 5 then god know what.

goatboy1000

Here's track three from our recent batch


http://soundcloud.com/salad-circus/pretend-im-dead

meallat

hey, here's my youtube channel, would love feedback on my latest original 'nothing matters' , it automatically plays once you hit the link. Planning on recording it in a studio soon as part of my EP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CmlGWA3gvM

-Mealla

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meallat wrote: »

hey, here's my youtube channel, would love feedback on my latest original 'nothing matters' , it automatically plays once you hit the link. Planning on recording it in a studio soon as part of my EP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CmlGWA3gvM

-Mealla

It is something I would never listen to personally, but I could see other people liking it a lot

Good stuff, you've got some vibe happening.

z0oT

Here's a collection of instrumentals I put together over the summer.

http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/77539

trackmixstudio

Just finished an album for Valediction.
Symphonic metal would describe them best.
Complicated mix to make space for the orchestration yet still have a big sound on the drums, bass, guitars.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/04%20Track%2004.mp3

trackmixstudio

Female fronted pop rock from the Riptorns.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2133088/02%20One%20In%20Ten.mp3
We did 2 songs from scratch today, tracked and mixed.
Lots of parallel compression on the kit. Tiny bit of triggered kick but fully live snare/toms.
Was a nice change for me after 3 consecutive metal albums and another one starting next week:D

raindog.promo

I’ve gathered together 8 tunes for an EP I've to produce for my college year. The songs are in demo form and various stages of completion here (http://listn.to/TheDogPonyShowDemos) or here (http://soundcloud.com/dermotbohan/sets/rootmusic-bandpage).

Just looking for general comments, and also what people think of the tracklisting as I think how it is arranged at the moment will be the final tracklisting. I kind of had it in mind of a record with 2 sides, 4 tunes per side.

(Incidentally, I'm looking for people to help play the tracks live and hopefully get a band together from it, more info here: http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056096110)

Cheers

jebuz

Instrumental track, kind of chillout piece I guess l : http://www.conormccauley.com?song=107

**Vai**

Bit of old school instrumental guitar rock. Feedback/criticism appreciated.

http://soundcloud.com/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=derekballesty

baldshin

http://www.indabamusic.com/asset/show/1303005#!/asset/show/1351098

Here's my very first song done using Ableton, imagine it playing alongside Streets of Rage or something!
I'm a complete noob at this stuff so take it easy! Need to fix the end though, cuts out too fast.