appreciate the ears everyone!
Smokepole - I guess it's a mixture of both.. some stuff I have a clear idea of what I want, but most times I just write as I record.. The kids were a great sample I found.. I don't have any kids yet, but most of my friends do.. thanks for checking it out!
Triple M - I'm glad you got in early with the feed.. Your always there when I need ya!
thanks Triplage!!
scottboyher - thanks for checking it out man.. I was diggin' your last tunes!
SLuiCe - I'm trying to work out the vocal bugs before I do our thing.. I'm pretty confused because the vocal sounds so loud to me on this, that it doesn't sound good to me.. If someone else put this up, I think I would be saying lower the vocals.. I added more high end to the vocal on the remix, and it sounds pretty harsh to me.. Very frustrating indeed.. I notice that to get away with having the vocal this loud, you have to have a better overall vocal sound like yours. I may give up on this for now.. I don't know what to do with it anymore.. I agree with what you said about the vocals sounding seperate.. DAMN!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!
I'll send you an email later..thanks! BTW, I compared a 192 mp3 with a VBR of this tune.. The 192 is 5.79mb, and the VBR is 5.84.. I hear no artifacts at all on the VBR, but I DO hear them on the 192... What does it all mean? nothing.. nobody cares anyway!!
Pedullist - did you listen to the new mix? I agree there are serious problems here.. thanks!
sjcrts - I remixed and brightened up the vocals.. I'm sure it's too bright now! thanks for the comments man!
powderfinger - yeah the synth didn't turn out exactly how I planned.. thanks for the ears man! What does 'very food' mean?
Axe4Yahweh - I raised the vocal A LOT! Most likely too much.. thanks Axe!
David - That IS good news!!
thanks man!!
Jagular - Yeah for some reason the synth sounds very different than I originally planned.. I remixed it and made some changes though.. thanks Jag..
twist - if Sluice sang this it would have definitely sounded good.. thanks for the ears Twist!
M.Brane - I hear ya man.. sometimes it's hard to get the same vibe as when you first think of it.. I really thought this one was better despite all it's problems.. I even tried to do some things 'exactly' the same way, but with better sound.. Maybe the remix is better.. What version did you listen to? I made some adjustments on everything.. Your the first person that thought the guitar sound was lacking..
thanks Brain!
mixmkr - it's cool! I hear what your saying man.. feel free to rant at will though..
As far as the tune, I am not a good guitar player.. I am an effect abuser!
The difference is that anyone could play what I play if they purchase the same effects.. I could not buy anything that would enable me to play 'Spanish Nights.' thanks mix!
homeuser - thanks for the ears.. I just put some extra time into it.. Anyone who puts in the time could do better I'm sure..
Kramer - let me just take a moment to congratulate you on resolving the user text situation!
I may go back and revamp a few of the older ones if it seems worth it, but not all of them.. Once in awhile I come up with a tune that keeps annoying me because the original wasn't what it should have been.. I may go and resing one or two others.. I put up a new mix and I think the vocals are too loud now.. thanks for the ears man!!!
Lt. Bob - good to see you man!! I went back and raised the vocals, but I think it's too much now.. the vocals were not recorded well again.. I added a bit more highs and now I think it sounds harsh.. thanks L-T...
chardin - What station would possibly play something like this?
thanks for the comment!
ashulman - 'drunken violin'
cool description.. thanks for the ears!
Guernica - you bring up a good point about compression.. I used the Blue Max compressor
http://www.riksmusic.com/presonus/bluemax.htm and then piled on more 788 compression afterwards.. Maybe over compression is giving it that nasty sound.. damn.. There are only three voices in the stacked parts.. 1 stereo voice, and 2 mono's panned a bit.. I'm now starting to think I over compressed it.. DAMN!!!!! People kept saying the vocals were low or muffled, and now they are harsh!
No loops on this one..
I played the drums, and the samples were from a sound effects CD. thanks as always Mike!! I'll get it one frigin' day!!
Doug H - your right.. I over did it with the Ultramaximizer.. It makes my computer speakers almost crackle, but it sounded decent on the home stereo.. I will back off a bit.. thanks for the ears!
psneddon - appreciate the mix comment!
Jamal Bucket - yeah man, it sux because I can only mix 6 tracks at a time before I have to bounce.. then I bring in 6 more and keep bouncing.. I think in the end of this I used about 70 tracks.. mainly because of all the submixing and bouncing.. thanks for checking it out!
Toki987 - You said -
I agree with you though on the vocals, they sorta reach out at you in a very dominant way. Too loud for the song? probably not. They sound good, harmonies great too, but I`'m used to hearing your vocals more in the wrapper with the rest of the song, not with such an independent aura to them. there , maybe that makes some sense.
Definitely.. I have been thinking the same thing.. My vocals shouldn't be mixed as loud as the average song.. thanks for the cool response Toke!
CrankyOne - I'm not even sure what that keyboard sound is supposed to be, but it just sounded soooooo gray.. (as opposed to colorful)
I put up a mix with louder vocals.. Let me know if you think they're too loud.. I do.. Thanks Crank!!
Emeric - I'm not entirely sure how you would count it.. When I recorded the keys, I did it to a silly drum machine pattern.. It's more fun than doing it to a metronome, even if you know your not keeping the drum track.. if you heard the parts with the original drums, it wouldn't sound right because I was playing against it rather than with it.. Don't know if that makes any sense.. Thanks for checking it out man!!! Where's the Sunday tunes???
thanks again everyone.. be well!