Recent content by the kelvinator

i hope you can read this. because, wow this is great. i like it a lot. reminds a bit of nick drake, smashing pumpkins and a bit of beck (sea change) too!

some RHCP vibes you got there..

This is only to check whether my listening/mixing skills have improved over the last few years of 'trying' or NOT.

I want to know what particular albums, you guys consider as "good" reference for mixing punk and rock songs. Some says that there were alot of badly mixed (or recorded) punk albums from the 80's like Husker Du or Black Flag (not really sure about these examples actually, maybe someone here can...

I'm currently using US-100 with a dynamic mic and planning to get sm57 or 58. But I'm not sure if my interface has enough gain for sm57/58. Here's a snapshot of the US-100 manual. I read that shure dynamic mic requires 60dB. I'm not sure which value to look for in the manual? Is it the Nominal...

Thanks everyone for your comments. I am using pc speakers w/o sub woofer, maybe I was trying not to overcompensate the kick and bass.:facepalm: Noted all your comments. Will redo these songs later. Anyway, here's another I've recorded and mixed on the same weekend that I did track 01. Actually...

Please lend me your ears and headphones... Mixed these two using headphones and pc speakers. i like to know how far it is from being balanced (bass, guitars, vocals, drums). The playing is sloppy, and I used VST for the drums - not sure how real/fake they sound (tho they sound good to me...