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[heatmiser]

Gimme two...
Edit - Done.

Awesome. Thank you!

Hey Heat,

You might have answered this somewhere in the thread but I don't see it.

Are those drums a loop? Real drums? I can almost jerk off to that drum track, man. It's like butter.

I do have a small Ludwig kit here that I use on a lot of my tracks, but no, unfortunately I didn't play these drums. I can't get mine to sound all big and trashy like that no matter what I do.

These are loops that I cut up and distorted, compressed and then added verb to. I like them though. They're so simple, but I could listen to them all day.

The sound effects and speech are samples, but the instruments are all real and played in real time throughout.

 

[rockexotic]

Acceptable! Yay!

This definition of "acceptable" means: More than decent, just below pro (which all home enthusiasts desire), no distractions from the music and recorded well enough to be taken seriously (Although a good tune will sound good on your voice mail).

It also requires that the overall music and mix have it "goin' on" Like your recording does.

 

[robgreen]

Yup, you've definitely taken the mix from 'tolerable', straight through 'adequate' and are now firmly tickling the underbelly of 'acceptable' with this update

I think you've nailed it with the update - the timing on the Dubya sample and then the mix coming back in works much better for me, and the solo'd bass/vocal part works fine. There's enough character and grit in the bass tone to pull that off. Nice one Heat

 

[heatmiser]

This definition of "acceptable" means: More than decent, just below pro (which all home enthusiasts desire), no distractions from the music and recorded well enough to be taken seriously (Although a good tune will sound good on your voice mail).

It also requires that the overall music and mix have it "goin' on" Like your recording does.

lol. Thanks I was just kidding before. You said a ton of encouraging things in your post and I just quoted the one lukewarm thing I could find. You edited out the part about flaws before I could reply...I can hear some mix things I'd change myself, but they aren't too glaring I don't think, so I'll leave it for now and backup the original tracks in case I want to tweak it again in the future. Thanks for all of your comments on this.

I think you've nailed it with the update - the timing on the Dubya sample and then the mix coming back in works much better for me, and the solo'd bass/vocal part works fine. There's enough character and grit in the bass tone to pull that off. Nice one Heat

That's great. Thanks rob! I'm still not sure on that last bit with just the bass. I like the idea of it and it sounds ok, but just a bit too jarring and empty right there I think? I'll leave it for now and maybe in the future I'll change my mind, or will get used to it as it is now.

I really appreciate everyone's help with this one. I think it improved as a result.

 

[rockexotic]