Skully - You're right - I don't think like a drummer. Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. I'm also in the midst of checking out drumbum.com. There are TONNES of lessons and resources there - all free - for almost anything drum-related that you can think of.
Doug and A1A2 - We're re-doing the lead vocal this weekend. There were a few places that she wanted to "emote" more, so we're going to try a couple of different setups and see what works. I'm still going to go with trying the vocal and room mic technique that I've been using, though, and applying my reverb on the room mic. I'm just thinking out loud - maybe some of the thin-ness may be resolved by inverting the phase of one of the two tracks. Maybe.... I considered the whole gated 'verb thing, but....
Blue Cyberia - thanks for the links. I'll check it out, but have found out since that the Fraunhofer mp3 utility included in SX is now a full version, and not a "limited use" like it was before. I'll be checking that out too.
boydrj - maybe the problem with the fills is that those are the places where I am just using one sample, instead of two layered samples like most of the rest of the samples, so it sort of "falls out" a bit. Just wondering?
CyanJaguar - so you have tonnes of suggestions that I might find helpful, then?
HangDawg - You sound like a rocker - more guitar/less keys, etc. So am I.
That's why this is really different for me. They are quantized, and I would never use that drum sound on a rock tune. Do you think they fit the song, though? Also, as I understand it, and as I hear it too, most dance-y/pop stuff is quantized to the nines, so I think it is appropriate. Do you disagree, considering the genre, or do you still think so even in light of that?
Sonic - yer on. I'll call ya.
Continued thanks, folks!
Chris
