Recent content by alanarbor

Ok, so I backed off the verb, and eq'd and compressed the main vocals. i also added volume envelopes to kill the secondary vocals where they were interfering. See if this is better. http://home.comcast.net/~n3vxy/road%20song3.mp3

Good feedback guys! Thanks! I hear what you are saying on the reverb. As far as the vocals go thats about as good as I can do. Maybe some pitch correction with software. I will try the eq and compression recommendations.

http://home.comcast.net/~n3vxy/road_song2.mp3 Acoustic Guitar, Steel Guitar, and vocals. I picked up a little hiss from the tremelo effect.

Good guitar, but maybe tracked a bit hot for an acoustic sound, I'm hearing a little distortion on the lower notes. The percussion is pretty buried, and it sounds like the vocals and the music are occupying the same space. Some panning and eq might help to separate them. The vocals are nice...

Great riff, it seems to be missing a lot of punch with the guitars. That could be my listening situation, but for a scratch track, sounds damn good!

I'm not usually one for doing covers but, I really dig the UFO song "the wild one" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0tkJ5ux5WY&feature=fvsr Since I don't have the guitar chops of a Vinne Moore, I had to adapt the intro to my skill level. This is just a start, but I'm looking for some...

I was figuring that would be it. I might throw a multiband compressor at it and see what happens.

This is right up there with a bar band I heard several years ago with a song about catheters. Great song, nice mix! I think you ought to try and sell this one to Sesame Street, so Oscar the grouch can get a new pet. Slimy is getting a bit passe.

I'd say this....I'm not sure you really NEED drums on this track. I think you might be better off straying away from a traditional drum kit, and using some "world beat" type percussion instruments (congas, etc) as accents rather than a consistent beat throughout. I like it a lot as it stands.

This was one of my first recording and mixing attempts. It uses both live and electronic drums. It's short, but I have sentimental attachment to it. Listening to it now, I really wish I still had the original tracks, so I could revisit it and play with it more. Since I don't, any ideas what...

Oh crap yeah! When I tracked the lead guitar that eve, I had to de tune it because I never bothered to tune the other guitar I used. This track will never be anything other than a drunken riot.

I debated posting this track from the summer, but what the hell. This was conceived, recorded and mixed in about 2 hrs when were drinking heavily. All percussion is from found objects. (empty beer cans, the desk, hand claps etc) So sit back and enjoy a complete musical clusterfuck! Hot T Momma

Thanks! I would probably re-track everything anyway, and make more of a full longer composition out of it in the long term. However, I will try your suggestions on this, see if it takes it somewhere I want to go farther.

I would not mind hearing more thump in the bass drum. Adding some bass synth lines might thicken it up

It really needs some more low end. I might even suggest cutting some of the treble, it is almost stabbingly brittle and bright at times. That could be what I am listening on, so take that with a grain of salt. I like how the beat evolves as it goes on. Nice work overall!