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I certainly agree that the acoustic guitars are unnecessarily loud and present.

Any thoughts?

Here's a song I produced. Looking for feedback on mixing/mastering. See attached. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! I know it's not perfect but I always want to learn more and get better.

So I was very discouraged by some of the information in this thread, and I had planned on not going this route or trying it at all. I ended up going with a dual-boot, but the same Windows instance can also be booted from Linux using KVM and GPU passthrough in case I want to use both at the same...

You'll never believe what worked. So my new desktop also dual boots into Fedora, from where I can run the exact same instance of Windows using KVM. I passed though an entire USB controller to the VM, plugged in the US-1800, and it immediately worked in Cubase without the above issues. Didn't...

Thanks for the reply! Tascam's website is a bit unhelpful, as the "firmware" update is actually just another driver package, and I've tried all of the x64 drivers, most of which don't seem to work even remotely as expected (the newer drivers after 2.02 seem like a complete messup, as my DAW can...

Hello all, I'm having serious issues with both of my Tascam interfaces (a US-1800 and US-200) since I built a new rig, and I am desperate for ideas on how to get them working again. The issue sounds very similar, if not identical, to the one mentioned here: Help with US-1800 | TASCAM Forums...

I'm a computer type, and thus most of my computers run some variant of GNU/Linux. One of the only reasons my desktop still runs Windows is because I do some studio stuff sometimes and am accustomed to DAWs that are Windows-only (e.g. Cubase), plus my USB audio interfaces (Tascam) have little or...

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I did the overall levels from scratch, and I attempted to give the snare more crack, not sure if it helped (I realize it is a bit loud). I also tried to free up some of the crowding. Any better?

Thanks for the feedback! Gating was actually disabled in the quiet parts since there wasn't much bleed in the snare. But I'll definitely take a look at it to see why it loses bite. You both mentioned "crowding" from the guitars; would the solution be to simply lower the volume or re-evaluate...

Hello once again! I have received some truly great advice from this forum in the past, and I'm back for more. This is a new song I've been working on with my band, and I think I've made a much better initial mix than I was able to a year ago when I did an album. This time it's even more...

Thanks so much for all your great feedback! It means a lot! Doesn't sound like lecturing at all. I never really thought about the unused space. I guess I'm too used to working with rock and having the rhythm guitars hard panned, but there's nothing like that in this genre to fill that space...

I know what you mean, but I haven't experienced that so much with this mix compared to others. It's one mic on the kick.

I made the changes you suggested. The violins have a bit more stereo balance, and the kick stands out a bit more, and reverb has been shortened and turned down for the drums. I tried to rebuild the snare EQ from scratch, but I ended up sticking with what I had previously. Unfortunately, I can't...

Thank you very much for all the input! Are there any specific EQ ranges that need changing on the snare, kick, or bass? There's already a decent amount applied but I'm pretty sure it's not right. Part of it might be due to the snare mic being muddy in general. Thanks for the reverb tip. I...