Recent content by sausy1981

Hi guys, I did a measurement of my room today using REW and I was wondering if I could get an interpretation of the graphs from people more knowledgeable than me. here are the graphs Thanks a million guys.

Hi guys, I recently completed a full mix tutorial on my youtube channel. In the series I mix a country song using only stock plugs within sonar platinum. You get to see me mix the song from start to finish covering all aspects of my workflow and how I approach different things and my decision...

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Hi guys, quick question. I have a Boss Br800 and was wondering if I could use the phones out jack and plug into my quad capture interface. The reason I'm asking is that the boss outputs are RCA also I know it connects via USB but if I go that route I have to go into the settings in my DAW and...

Hi guys I'm working on a track at the moment, I'm pretty pleased with the whole mix except for a few occasions when the bass guitar jumps out well not so much in volume but it gets muddy, I have it compressed pretty well and I'm happy with the compression it's just that when I hit a particular...

Hi guys bit of a noob question here, I'm using sonar x3 and I've always just used stereo busses as thats what you insert in sonar, I was wondering does the interleave button change it to a mono buss and if so when would I use a mono buss. I feel I might be missing out by not using mono busses...

Hi guys, I'm working on a project but I can seem to get my cymbals to sit nicely in the mix, I'm using addictive drums 2 for my drums. The cymbals sound washy and the highs are piercing. I have tried a few approaches with little success, I've tried volume level, eq, compression, multiband...

Rework Thanks for a lend of your ears chaps. Went back to basics and I think this mix is a lot better, please let me know if you guys think the low end is more even and solid and most of all present.

Hi Guys, Not sure if this is the right section to post this question but I see programming my drum sounds as part of my recording process so here goes, I've been wondering and doing some experimentation on midi velocities for kit pieces in addictive drums. I was wondering what other peoples...

Hi guys, Just looking for feedback on new material I'm working on. Always nice to get a second ear to listen to my mixes, Helps me learn a lot. This song is called 'Memory Lane'

Thanks guys, I'm delighted to get such nice replies, it's great when somebody else likes your music. I'll be posting my album for free download on my reverbnation page and my facebook page in the coming week. Here is the finished album version of 'Howth'

Hi guy's, I've been really concentrating on how I use reverb in my mixes, My go to plugin is 2caudio aether, I absolutely love this reverb. It's a true stereo reverb so what I've been doing recently is panning my sends to where the instrument is panned in the mix, For example, I have 2 mono...

I promise this will be the last of my songs I post today, from now on I'll post as and when each song is finished. This ones a little acoustic song, very basic instrumentation but was looking for an intimate type of vibe. Would love some feedback. Thanks guys. Andrew

Hope you guys don't mind me posting another one of my songs up so quickly, I'd love some feedback. Thanks. Andrew.

Ok here goes, I've 10 songs recorded to mix for an album, here's an attempt at one of the songs, Would love some feedback, Thanks in advance guys. Andrew