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    Bad Dreams II

    I basically feel guilty at this point commenting on others' music, because I'm sure they go listen to one of my songs and say, "Who the **** are YOU to be telling me what's wrong with MY song?" LOL! I've always loved your stuff for the creative compositions and uniqueness of it. And I'm a...
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    Running Slow - Cover of my song by Luke Fitzpatrick

    Cool! Probably just me, but I feel like the vox could use a little more "punch." Not volume, necessarily, but they sound a little flat. Is that over-compression? I don't know. Don't have the mixing skills to really say. I hear a weird, intermittent low hum in one or two spots. Not sure where...
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    Reptile Humanoide Dub

    Very clean! Bass thumps nicely without being too muddy. Lots of space in the instruments. This is what I haven't been DOING, but I can HEAR it when I hear it and know it's what I SHOULD be doing -- even if it's a different style of music from mine. I'm definitely not qualified to nit-pick them...
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    Newbie... first new post -- Smother Me

    Thanks, Trip. Lots of lessons learned on these songs. Time to find a new recording process/method. I did some research last night, and everyone's saying "set your levels at -18" or something like that. I put everything at 0 all the time and try to get the hottest input signal possible. And if...
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    Newbie... second song -- Mother Nature Is a Serial Killer

    Also, I was duped by the Cubase preset EQs. I was leery of the curve on that, because it boosted many FQs over -0, but I assumed they knew better than I. I think if I just changed the master-output EQ on all the songs on this album (I used the same EQ on all of them) to CUT FQs instead of BOOST...
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    Newbie... second song -- Mother Nature Is a Serial Killer

    Studying gain staging now. Some of it makes sense, some of it (like pads -- what?) not so much. But this hit home: Conversely, the switchable highpass filter cuts out low-frequency information that you probably don’t want to hear anyway. To put it into perspective, this is the frequency range...
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    Newbie... second song -- Mother Nature Is a Serial Killer

    Thanks, Ujn. Yes, it does help. ALL the comments have been helpful. If I decide to keep doing this, I'll definitely crank back the SD2 levels, keep my raw tracks lower and get a mix I like before trying to squeeze the volume into it (though I have no idea how to do that if all the tracks are so...
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    Newbie... first new post -- Smother Me

    I didn't take any of the comments as anything but positive. I put the negativity in there myself. I'm my own worst critic and a bit of an insecure drama queen. I know that. I've said it several times, but it's not that I think you people are being "mean" and I'm going to take my ball and go...
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    Something I've been working on

    I was listening to the YouTube version, 'cause I wasn't sure what to listen to. Sounds VERY Nirvana. LOL! That's not a bad thing. It has a lot of potential. But, yeah... everything sounds like it was recorded under a blanket. And nothing... happens. If this started as an intro and then a huge...
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    Newbie... first new post -- Smother Me

    Scary thing is, I actually did that on some of these songs. You should've heard the early mixes. LOL! I've been pursuing that "professionally produced" volume above all else, due to complaints from my tiny cadre of fans, and I need to get over that. Funny thing is, the people here who listen to...
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    In Your House - The Cure cover version.

    I couldn't manage to totally isolate any instruments to their own output so I recorded each drum separately into the DAW by sending only one thing to the output at a time. Repeat until finished! The cymbal effect was done using a real 18" crash cymbal. I recorded all the hits twice then...
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    The Last One In The Room - alternative pop rock

    I assume the "new guy who wanted to walk right out" is me. :-) I haven't walked out. Just re-evaluated my skill set and wondering if I can really get to the point I want to get with my limited time, talent, equipment and technical abilites. I still enjoy listening to all your people's stuff and...
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    Newbie... first new post -- Smother Me

    Thanks! I do my best to keep everything <0db. But there are so many tracks and so many effects that influence that, I guess I'm missing something. Gonna work on it.
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    In Your House - The Cure cover version.

    OMG. The Alesis HR-16. I used that on so many of my early songs. It was tits back in the day. "Real" sounding drums. LOL! It sounds great in this tune. You're using it way better than I ever did. I like the weird, swishy effect on the cymbals. Not sure how you're doing that. Cool, laid-back...
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    Newbie... second song -- Mother Nature Is a Serial Killer

    I'm sure there are a hundred ways I could better route my tracks and master them. I'm not denying that at all. It's a question of time. I have MAYBE an hour or two each week to spare to learn the software and techniques -- not to mention actually record some music. As much as all the advice...
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