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Back when the internet was more alive with curious professionals, I witnessed this first hand among guys who did it for a living. You are absolutely right. The myriad interpretations were so varied and different. That's what makes attention to a unified "sound" so important when it comes to...

Yeah - I've got it about as good as I can get it. It's millimeters gained in tweaks from here. :D

I should add that part of the homogenization process starts at the mixing level. Put simply, the collection has to sound like it was mixed to be with each other - so the STYLE of the mixing needs to be consistent. Fortunately, this no longer takes me longer than 40 or so minutes to do a mix...

Quite true. All that matters is whether you enjoy what's going on. If so, it goes faster, and if you don't, it slows to a snail's pace.

Exactly - it's not oft discussed here in depth, but it is something worth knowing. I started learning how to use compression here. Then I learned I was using WAY too much compression here. But the focus was always the mix. It's funny. I'm still remixing things (I've a reputation to...

We all started in on this board so many years ago as newbies without much a clue about even how to comment on things, so we'd say things like "snare sounds a little tubby" to help. :D Most of the players above included. We've come a long way. One of things we never really discussed was...

I always envisioned this album meant as one long stream of various passages - very much like the backside of Abbey Road. It's a prog-rock/album oriented release of 8 "not radio friendly" pieces of music - hence the title of it. This music wanders here, there, hither and yon. But - rather than...

I really like this new mastering plug. I'm getting a shitload of detail and depth out of my mixes. So much so that I'm going back and remastering everything - taking (basically) the 2 bus down to where I'm not mastering a master twice (I put limiters in my two bus). Just sharing an example of...

For instance - most of the drumming here is a live drummer: Frank Basile at Smart Loops, to be exact. That said, I didn't get to make the sonic choices for kick/snare/toms etc ... So in each track, I used Sonar's "Drum replacement" tool to take Frank's performance and identify all the various...

Many many moons ago, I started coming here to this board to learn how to record. I had just started to record this album, my first. 8 albums later and miles upon miles of travel in between, I decided to rework every album from the ground up - because I'd approached the whole process bass...

Thanks for the check-in guy!

Hmmm ... two on the bass being too prominent. Thanks bud! Funny thing - I didn't record the vocal. We used the second take. I did it in a walk in closet at the guitarist's house. HE recorded it. I sang a dummy vocal while playing the acoustic (this was live), then went back and did the vocal...

Thanks bud! Good note. There's actually only 4 instruments playing (but for the occasional keyboard part. I made the bass prominent because there's a bit of air to fill. Maybe a bit too forward.

The kit I chose was "Addictive Drums 2" Contemporary Rock Classic (setting)

4 guys making a lot of noise. Recorded live - but for overdubbed vocals in the chorus. Drums are a Roland TD-8 edrum kit.

That's two on the bass sound. I will add some "amp" sounds on a duped track and see if it improves it. I admit that it does sound direct as is. The complaint was totally valid. I'm assuming you're referring to the background vocals. I'm in agreement there as well. I'd just finished them up and...

This vocal was recorded live with me sitting in a closet full of clothes on headphones - using the guitarist's mics. So yes, everything was recorded differently.

Actually, bud, the lead vocal was recorded live at the guitarist's home during the recording. Interesting you found that the tube effect disappeared. The effect is slight phase and delay. I'm trying to get over my 70s lean towards bass - where it is not prominent. Still working on that. I've...

Nicely done! Guitar work was spot on, tone and all.

Good thoughts. Thanks for the comment!