Recent content by banjo71

I'm doing a lot of self-taught and trial and error on learning how to master so that everybody will be happy. I understand the mix needs to have an average RMS between -30 dB and -18 dB, with a peak signal below -4 dB or so. So I import that HRA file into WaveLab, do some simple processing...

I recently purchased a GAP COMP-3A Audio Leveler to track vocals here in my home studio. I like the way it can be used to slightly compress vocals especially on the way into the DAW. I have a father/daughter duo coming in to record, and this will be the first time I use it, other than the...

Ok, I went and ordered the Golden Age COMP-3A audio leveler. I was planning on smoothing out vocals with it on the way into the DAW. I record folk/bluegrass music, where a clear smooth signal is desired. I thought this was going to beat all. So I built a small mixer in PT where I would...

I've got a buddy of mine who him and his daughter are super talented, and they do old time/folk/bluegrass music. Acoustic bass, guitar, mandolin and vocals. And they need me to add a banjo part, too, which I'm thrilled to do. I'm sort of a newbie at setting up templates for mixers, I used to...

I learned something from listening to some of my favorite bluegrass acoustic music. Probably everyone knows how to do this except me. Now I do, though. I noticed the higher frequency instruments were compressed differently than the vocals and differently from the bass. I used to compress the...

Thanks Mark for listening and responding. Yeah I'm often too scared to pan too far. I did have a multiband stereo band imager on, but I could have panned the mix more.

I like to go through some songs in my storage and just wipe the slate clean and remix the session. This is one of them, Love of the Father. The band I play with recorded it at least 6 years ago, and I wanted to play with a few new plugins I got over the holidays. One is a vocal plugin effect...

I sent my recorded wav files to a professional studio to get mixed, and got that back about a year ago. Tonight and for the last few nights I have been working on mixing the same song myself, and I won't tell you which is which until I get enough replies. I'd ask that you click on each link...

Several years ago I called some guys to record a tune I made up called Mainline Runner.. everybody recorded at their own place and sent files over the internet. I worked on a mix for about a year, and I may have even put a link to the song here once. But I scrapped the idea of mixing on my...

I have a single mono track of a voice and an acoustic guitar. The volume of the vocal is mixed pretty well to the volume of the guitar, unfortunately I wasn't able to get two separate tracks. There are definitely some dynamic spikes from the vocal part of the track. I'm thinking of...

I own just a couple of mics, an Equation F.20 for vocals mainly and an SM81 for instruments. I'm a home studio recorder, and don't own a whole lot of equipment but I'm looking for cheap ideas to help prevent bleed through if this situation pops up again: The lady who wanted to do a CD records...

I think my toughest problems in mixing has been to get rid of the mud on bass and guitar. I finally found an eq that works for bass, and an eq that works for guitar also. This is my original "Mainline Runner". Andy Hatfield - guitars, bass Mark Stoffel - mandolin Ron Stewart - fiddle Doug...

I'm a novice at mixing, and a clueless novice at mastering. But anyway, I have a good song I've mixed pretty well I think. At least I'm happy with it. I wanted to see what happens if I take that song and try mastering it in Pro Tools. I wanted to use the EQ - Multiband Compressor - General...

I do, I'll have to work something out. I've got a 48kHz session with Ron Stewart on fiddle, I'll have to work on that one a bit though. It's called Mainline Runner, another instrumental. I've been having problems opening 48kHz sessions but I'll try to work with it.

You're a genius, Nola.. you helped alleviate the overall clash of instrument eqs. I did what you told me to do, and I really like the mandolin now. And you were right about the energy loss at 2:10... At 2:10 I was punching in on the banjo to end the song dozens of times, and (I'll never do...