Recent content by slazenger

So, I think this version is finally pretty close to acceptable (for me). I actually went to a mixing engineer to help and educate me. The various changes included (among several other things): - a high pass at 40Hz for the bass and kick - a boost in levels for the bass and kick between 100Hz...

I went to a professional mixer/mastering guy and he fixed everything in a few hours and, more importantly, taught me a bunch of things. I'll post the result at some point once it's got a final master. He actually thought the landr master (after he re-mixed it) sounded pretty good - not as good...

Thanks for the responses but, it was none of the issues mentioned above. In fact, after several hours of internet research (and several fruitless rabbit holes) - and learning that sometimes it's just that you've got too many plug-ins going at the same time (which slows down GarageBand's inner...

I'm getting a slap echo in my monitors when I record instruments in GarageBand. The recorded signal is fine - no problems, sounds normal. But while I'm recording, or listening while playing with the channel "active", I'm getting this slap echo (even if there are no effects employed). If I...

Many thanks for this. One thing I've found difficult is coming to a firm opinion about a mix. It will sound just about right in my studio and through my smartphone headphones (most things sound like butter through smartphone headphones), but in the car the guitars will sound a bit loud (and/or...

Good advice, thanks again. I won't touch the reverby vocals... as that's a stylistic choice (also, it's part-and-parcel of the genre), but digging further into the bass and kick are great suggestions. I agree that there's something going on down there in the low end. In a way it's a bit...

I *think* that click you're hearing on the bass drum is the interaction of the bass drum and the high hat... might need to reduce the high end on the high hat. Might need to beef up the mid-range on the snare as well. Thanks!

Agreed. I *think* I've corrected most of that issue in the updated version (above). True, although that's kind of by design (although not completely). I like the vocals fighting for space, like they're just another instrument (kind of like Michael Stipe on Murmur) - it's a retro stylistic...

Thanks a lot for your help. One of the mistakes I made that I can't undo (well, I'm too lazy to undo) is that when I recorded this (and several other songs) I was thinking of my analog days and I recorded the signals around -5db, which I discovered is unnecessarily hot for digital. But I don't...

I just started recording again after a 25-year hiatus (my last home recordings were done on a 4-track Tascam tape machine) and I've made every dumb mistake in the book. A lot of those I've fixed. The biggest challenge I'm having is with mixing. I'm fine with setting relative instrument levels...

I owned one of these 30 years ago... good little machine... then I didn't record or play for 25 years, woke up like Rip Van Winkle and... DAWs. Truly unbelievable what you can do these days.

Yup, agreed. My thoughts exactly.

It's a little rumbly on the low end. The whole mix could use some high end... I think. (My ears often deceive me.)

First song... vocals sound really good. Guitar might be a bit high in the mix, drowning out the drums and bass. Bass might need some high end for definition... I think.