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Its a cover of the classic "Cars" tune. This one exposed a problem I had with my hard drives. It had alot of tracks and my system started to studder alot. Well my cache size in Tracktion (DAW) was very low. I maxed it out and all is fine. I had problems with the vocals. The lyrics "Let The" is...

I use Tracktion 3 as my DAW and I love the layout and feel of it. Well I recorded 24 tracks today and with only 8 plugins I started to get the stutters. I running Windows XP Pro (32Bit), with an AMD X2-4800 cpu (dual core) and 4 gigs of memory. My hard drives are all 7200rpm WD. And all...

I spent a few hours recording and this is what came out. Another simple little jam. I was experimented with delay and verb (so its kinda hollow) and it was born. Its called "Stomper", a work in progress. May brighten it up a little. Needs some more lovin. Anyway here is the link...

My daughter and her friend did the vocals for All American Rejects, "Swing Swing". It a rough mix and needs work. Vocals are too loud. I need to put in the intro (organ and synth parts). And I need to add the lead guitar track and retrack the drums. Basically whole thing :). I didnt know...

Been trying to get her to sing for a while. Its a cover of Weezers, "Say it aint so". She wanted to do it. I didnt know it and spent a few hours learning (somewhat) the song and laying down the tracks. She giggled through the song at points and the vocals are priceless. I'll keep this one...

I came across this while listening to various artist on garageband.com and other sites. It is so cool. Some may not like it. Its raw, but sounds good that way. But it is very original and just sticks in your head. The band is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the tune is Art Star. Here is a link. The...

I went through and remixed some more of my older tunes. Still learning. I imagine a few months from now I'll go back and redo them again. The first is a short original called "The Mower" (I need to develope it further). The others are covers of Alice Coopers "Second Coming/Dwight Frye" (an...

Well hear we go with that Sears mic question again. I went out to my studio to do some more work on the plug in thing I posted earlier. But decided to give it a rest. I went back and remixed the "Old School Country" practice tunes I recorded a few weeks ago for some friends. I went back and...

Need some of those good ears to listen and tell me which mix sounds better. I been beating my head against the wall with this remix. Each was finalized with different plugins. Its an older cover I did and I have been messing with it for a few days now. But I am trying some new plugins and I...

Had a classic country trio come out and do some recording. I work with two of the members (long time friends). Anyway the first is Texas Plains, which has some very good yodal in it. Second is Jingle Jangle Jingle. They are wanting that classic Gene Autry vibe and I hope its there. The...

Just a little jam to get some recording time in. Its called "Worm Hole". Kind of simple, but fun. Was done in a few hours, so I didnt have much time to mix it. Let me know what it needs. I think the bass drum and snare are too loud. But it may be Im tired. Next tune will be a cover and...

Ok. I put up acoustic panels in my control room and the sound is really different now. I know, its suppose to be. I mixed this tune in the new environment. I stuggled with the drums as usual, maybe worse this time. I had not played them in a while. Or guitar for that matter. Been workin...

Ok. Finally got all the panels up. When you walk into the room now, it feels like its sucking all the air out of you ears. Ive listened to some music in there, but have not had a chance to record and mix something new. I trashed my studio putting them up, but its now the cleanest its been in...

My daughters boyfriend and his trio came out to practice last week for an open mic night at a local coffee house. They are young kids (15 to 16), and do covers, ranging from The Beatles to John Cougar. All acoustic (except bass). Anyway I hit record and left the studio. The song linked here...

Didnt take long at all. Maybe and hour. Next ones will be quicker. I will assembly line them. Im using 2" Roxul 60 panels (2' x 4'). For the lumber I used 1x3 premium furing strips (Lowes). I cut those at 4' for the sides and 25 1/2" for the top and bottom. I joined those by utilizing a...

Finally ordered 3 cases of Roxul 2" mineral wool. Gonna make some panels for my control room. Been using an untreated room for the past 2 years. See if it helps !!!!!

Did a cover of the classic Starz tune "Over and Over". The lead vocals I squished the hell out of them. Let me know what you think. I did another take without so much comp. on the vocals, but I sort of like the effect on this tune. Here is the link...

I recorded my cousins band last year (a rough demo for their new singer to learn songs by). Anyway the drummer (high school kid) was very good with a double bass pedal. Well in my opinion. Im easily impressed because I suck on the drums. Anyway here is the drum track from one of the tunes...

Been going through some old recordings and remixing them. But you can only polish a turd so much. This was done when I first got my recording gear. My son was just starting to play drums and I recorded live the drums and one guitar track. I then added other tracks. We are off in a few...

So I had this cover of an "Angel" tune I did a while back and the drums were weak. So I used my new Steven Slate drum samples. I replaced the original kick and snare. There is a hell of alot of samples to choose from. Pretty cool. Saves alot of time messing with eq's and various plugins to...