JimmyS1969
MOODerator
Have the tracks in a project already. I'll spend some time myself and see what happens.
Have the tracks in a project already. I'll spend some time myself and see what happens.
...it's about learning how you guys mix, what you'd do differently, how you build your chains, what plugins you use and why, how you "think" and how you approach a project like this.
Jonathan,
Just listened to your mix. I absolutely love what you did especially on the drums and bass. They sparkle. Your mix on the bass is sweet. The nuances of the strings on the frets even come thru. My mix didn't get any of that. The drums are quite powerful. The kick has more umph, the snare more presence and snap. You also softened the harshness of the ride and omitted it altogether in parts (e.g., verses). I'm eager to see your project files to understand how you did that. Any comments here on that? That foundation makes a huge difference to my ears.
I'm curious about the guitar parts that were unsalvageable. I'll PM you to try to figure that out. I downloaded it from the links at post 52 and opened it in REAPER and all worked. Also, they would be in the other link that has the tracks (e.g., the Lead Guitar).
TB
Yeah... that wasn't gonna happen lol.IOW...I simply wouldn't want to mix those tracks as they were...
That's what I thought too... surprise surprise lol.I was mostly going to just fix your vocal track so it would not upset the dynamic range of your mix...and then let you get on with it.
I copy pasted the bass line into the verses, and tweaked the drum settings. I used his midi track.I understand why jkuehlin re-recorded parts, and redid the drums,
The delete button went a long way.and tossed out things that weren't working...
Sure you do... go ahead and give it a shotI have nothing to add to this since I don't use Reaper or have the same plugins as you two guys.
WOW...I'M AMAZED!!!!!!!!!!
NO OTHER DAW CAN DO THAT!!!!!!!!!
You still have to decide on one or the other rate...or does Reaper read your mind and make the decision for you.
Samplitude does. Asks if you want to convert to project rate.
I think if you want to learn how other people do things and compare mixes and all that...go hang out in the MP3 Clinic forum, or get involved in the Mix This! forum here on HR.
Hey Tesgin, I was pretty booked today, I still haven't had a chance to go in and consolidate those files. I'll try to get them sent back to you tomorrow. Just letting ya know I haven't forgotten about this.
No Reaper doesn't have any kind of "bundle" function. As long as you're sure that all of the necessary audio and/or midi files are in the project folder, just zip it up. While this is a form of file compression, it is completely different from audio file compression like MP3/AAC etc. It is completely lossless and actually doesn't usually end up compressing audio files much if at all. So the folder won't get much smaller, but it will be more portable.How do I pack a Reaper file to send the thing back. Do I just zip the entire folder Amazing Grace Amazing Love folder and deliver the whole thing? Or is there a cleaner way to do it from inside Reaper?
Ok... I have this thing ready to send this back to you.
How do I pack a Reaper file to send the thing back. Do I just zip the entire folder Amazing Grace Amazing Love folder and deliver the whole thing? Or is there a cleaner way to do it from inside Reaper?
Tesgin, you'll have a few plugins that won't load like the Anteres Autotune Pro and the UAD David Eden cab, but for anything that's not Scheps, Classics Comps, and stock Reaper etc... I have a duplicate track printed with the audio stems. You might not be able to study this in depth until you have those Waves, but let me send it to you anyway so you'll have it ready when they pop up on sale at Waves.
I would say pay close attention to how certain parameters were tweaked in XLN. A few quick notes, when you multi-out your kit pieces, you have to NOT include a split to the master. You want to be completely bypassing that XLN master for organizational purposes. You were actually sending a redundant parallel signal through your master chain. You do this by clicking the yellow arrow and at the bottom of the XLN mixer and saying pre fader not pre fader + master.
Link additional kicks and snares into flex 1, flex 2, and flex 3 slots by using the chain icon next to the kit piece picture. You click drag the little sideways figure 8 chain icon and drop it on the piece you want to link to. This is how you stack several kicks and snares. You may choose to route all linked snares to the same reaper channel. I didn't I sent the two different snare to two different reaper channels, but its perfectly acceptable to sum them.
When you look through addictive, I modded the pitch and envelope filters for the kick drum, and I tuned the balance of the kick through the overheads and room mics. To me thats a pretty important part of making it sound bigger.