andrushkiwt
Well-known member
Hey everyone, another redo of a track written and mixed last year. Since I had access to the drum MIDI here, I rewrote some of the parts. Everything was re-tracked except for the vocal takes. I didn't think I could do any better, and they sounded ok, so I kept them. New guitars, new bass, and an added synth. I actually used two synths on this one, one laying underneath the other for added texture.
There is a lot of automation, though subtle. I frequently raise guitar sets in 0.3-1db increments during each section, or lower them. The vocals were combed over intensely for words that popped out too much, or too little, so as to optimize compression and keep them rather consistent. The doubled vocal during the choruses has much more compression than the lead vocal, since it has a compressor on its individual channel that acts before the vocal bus compressor. Slow attack, quick release for vocals, at 5:1. Bass is Ampeg sim through matching cab, guitars are either Mesa Dual Rec through 4x12's or Soldano through 2x12's in Amplitube. Superior Drummer Rock Warehouse SDX with some NYA pieces.
Please share your thoughts on this mix, and thanks for listening!
Staring at the way they fold, your eyes,
I have learned a lesson here, learned a lesson here.
Quiet as the TV glows, in time
all of this will be so clear, will be so clear.
The sun lies across the sky.
In the shade it's cold, maybe your mind is old.
The sun lies for you and I.
Can't fix your broken wings, I gave up everything tonight.
Something passes by my head, I know,
it's got a hold on me, got a hold of me.
All the while the people said, you know,
"he cut you way too deep, he cut you way too deep".
Softly, I told you: "take my other hand,
and save this while you can".
So angry I made you, when I stood up and
I let this all just fade away.
There is a lot of automation, though subtle. I frequently raise guitar sets in 0.3-1db increments during each section, or lower them. The vocals were combed over intensely for words that popped out too much, or too little, so as to optimize compression and keep them rather consistent. The doubled vocal during the choruses has much more compression than the lead vocal, since it has a compressor on its individual channel that acts before the vocal bus compressor. Slow attack, quick release for vocals, at 5:1. Bass is Ampeg sim through matching cab, guitars are either Mesa Dual Rec through 4x12's or Soldano through 2x12's in Amplitube. Superior Drummer Rock Warehouse SDX with some NYA pieces.
Please share your thoughts on this mix, and thanks for listening!
Staring at the way they fold, your eyes,
I have learned a lesson here, learned a lesson here.
Quiet as the TV glows, in time
all of this will be so clear, will be so clear.
The sun lies across the sky.
In the shade it's cold, maybe your mind is old.
The sun lies for you and I.
Can't fix your broken wings, I gave up everything tonight.
Something passes by my head, I know,
it's got a hold on me, got a hold of me.
All the while the people said, you know,
"he cut you way too deep, he cut you way too deep".
Softly, I told you: "take my other hand,
and save this while you can".
So angry I made you, when I stood up and
I let this all just fade away.