Recent content by markmann

Ive been recording and mixing at low levels for several years now after experiencing ear fatigue. My issue is that I lose my tonal perspective after a while.

I went and watched them working an event.

I record a very basic scratch drum track to play along with and also to get an idea of what the other tracks sound like with drums. I really like playing drums with the other instruments so recording drums as one of the last things isn't an issue. The more you do it the better you get at playing...

I tried that with one of my songs and it didn't work. I searched the song title and then picked the Playlist option and not one list showed up and I know that song is on at least 4 or 5 playlists.

I have quite a few Kiloheart plugins and I really like some but not all. One thing I actually love is the simple UI and are very easy to use. On the downside some just don't sound as good as other plugins of the same type that I have. For example, I have a compressor that I use a lot that is...

Just curious, how do you decide when to or when not to do a conversion on a guitar?

Don't forget John Lennon, he whistled on Real Love and that was pretty cool.

That's interesting because I'm sort of the opposite. I track with headphones but I always mix with monitors. The reason is because everything seems to sound great with headphones but when I listen back with any other speaker it never sounds as good, especially the stereo separation.

The first person that comes to mind for me is Ed Gerhard. His recordings always sound great to me.

Tunnel vision is a good term. I think about that when I think I'm done with a mix but when I listen back weeks later I hear things that I don't like.

I didn't realize fatigue could cause what you hear to change but it makes sense. Your latter comment is closer to what happens many times for me. For example, I've been working on a song and I decided that I could improve the sound of the electric guitar so I duplicated the track and muted the...

I'm jealous.

I always mix at lower volume and I'm still only good for roughly an hour. At higher volume I'm sure it would be less. If I go too long, when I come back to it there are bits that really stick out in a bad way. I can usually correct things quickly but it's still a waste of valuable time.

I've been wondering how long others can mix before they lose perspective on what good tone is? For me it seems to be about an hour before changes I make begin having a negative effect on the mix. FYI, when I mix I am usually also adjusting EQ and time based effects. How are people that work in...

I've been a song writer ever since I picked up guitar long, long ago. I bought a teac 2340 4-track R2R shortly after they came out and I was in heaven being able to overdub tracks. 10 or 12 years later I graduated to a 388 and things got interesting. The only education I had was from reading...