Short Sound Demo

[anywhither]

Hello.here is my sound demo.
and it's cover song.
pls give me some opinion about my recording and mixing
(but I sang bad.......)

http://www.geocities.com/anywhither/...In_a_Layby.mp3

[TripleM]

I liked the heavy reverb on the vox. Ordinarily I don't like that much, but I thought it fit the "feel" of this one. I didn't think the singing was all that bad. You hit all the high notes. If you double or trip the vocals, I think it would sound fantastic.

I thought the guitar and (to a lesser extent the strings) were a little tough to hear. The vocals kind of covered them. Oh there's a bass there... So it got covered too.

I heard some small pops during the the song.

Not too bad overall IMO.

[groovejunkie]

yeah, voc is too loud - covers all!

[quattro_xxph]

Nice vocals. Could have more room for the instrument section, but maybe its just the crappy speakers Im using right now.

[anywhither]

Originally posted by TripleM
I liked the heavy reverb on the vox. Ordinarily I don't like that much, but I thought it fit the "feel" of this one. I didn't think the singing was all that bad. You hit all the high notes. If you double or trip the vocals, I think it would sound fantastic.

I thought the guitar and (to a lesser extent the strings) were a little tough to hear. The vocals kind of covered them. Oh there's a bass there... So it got covered too.

I heard some small pops during the the song.

Not too bad overall IMO.

How can I make guitar and string tracks abit soft?you mean add more reverb?or Eqing?
and I always want to make the string wide,but I can't do that?!
anything to make it wide?

[anywhither]

thank you all for the opinion!

[anywhither]

Originally posted by TripleM


I heard some small pops during the the song.

Not too bad overall IMO.

about the small pops.I already used a DIY pop filter.
or I sang too close?it's about 3inch

[TripleM]

As for the balance between the vocals and instruments... You might want to EQ out some mids from the vocals, pull back the fader a bit on them, boost the fader on the instrument tracks, and CAREFULLY give an EQ boost to the instruments in low-mid area (300-550hz or so). These are only rough guesses - not meant to be exact.

As for the pops... They weren't plosives I heard. I think your pop filter is probably working fine. These were more of a "crackle" sound. Try burning the song on CD and listen on a small car stereo and see if you hear them. If you have a pair of Walkman headphones and can plug them into your PC listen there as well. You might be able to better hear them.

[Toki987]

really nice work. I like the transparent verb and definition on the vocals. they already said the backing is a little soft in comparison. Nice mood piece.

On the tune that autoplays, I liked the tones of the instruments and the mix was good, needina little more meat on the lows of the kit and bass for me. I use that bass tone myself sometimes. I heard some clipping, it must have been cut pretty hot.

[participant]

Hunting High And Low... aha...

Airy synth music... from Scandinavia? Some falsetto? Aight.

"to-gedder"... heh... get "regebro" in here NOW

The womens would prolly pay ya some $$ for a lapdance... if ya wear a silk shirt and hot pink bell bottoms

Guessing you're looking for a female audience... and sorry... can't help ya there As far as tracking/mixing goes... it could be a bit cleaner... but the depth and width were better than par.

*pat pat pat* on the back


Chad