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Try different mic positions with that same mic when you track each part. I tend to sit closer to it when finger picking, and further away when strumming, but I generally use two different guitars for that. Mic position alone will give you some tonal variation beyond just your fingers vs. the...

Finally getting to hear this... The mix sounds great. I'm listening through my tracking phones (HD280's), and the bass Is quite fat and strong, but I like it that way, and these phones tend to be sort of dark anyway... I like the panning of the hand percussion...it's pretty pronounced through...

I'm afraid I can't recommend any specific models to you nola, but I am generally a fan of Yamaha products and have been very happy with anything of theirs I've ever bought. My guess is that no matter what speakers you buy, in a smaller, untreated room, they are going to be inaccurate to some...

Yes. That is my understanding as well. And for the record, I am not a fluffer. That is a part of my past that I am not proud of, but in my defense, I was young and impressionable.

Well, to be fair, he never really said that people capture cymbals only, just that they use them for cymbals only. I suppose he could be referring to someone who captured the whole kit, but tried to hi pass everything but the cymbals? I'm sure someone does that or has done it, but I don't think...

I think we should assume that in past discussions and any future ones, anyone referring to overheads, is referring to overheads that captured the full kit. If, in some bizarro future world someone manages to capture just the cymbals with their OHs, then I believe the burden would be upon them...

Cheers rob. Yes, although I do sometimes try to create a realistic band sound, I often don't. I figure there are so many millions and millions of possible sound combinations, why just try to recreate certain known ones? Really, we can do whatever we want as long as it sounds cool...well, even if...

Sadly...no more Hammond. I moved a few months ago and that, along with the drum kit, couldn't come with me. Even when I had it I didn't have a leslie cabinet, just a big external speaker cab with no rotation. I found some 16 yr. old kid to take it off my hands. He was so excited! It felt good to...

Ooh...I'm really looking forward to this one, but can't listen now. Having a hard time picturing you doing a country track, which has me intrigued.

Oh yeah...I caught the first few tracks on that one and it was very nice. I've got it in a youtube rotation now so I can play it through the stereo from my phone via Bluetooth. Thanks!

No, I love hearing about shit like that. The more unusual the sound, or the method used to capture that sound, the better. Yeah, I guess fishers sound a good bit creepier, don't they? Freaks me right out sometimes. Might be an owl then. You definitely did the wind chimes on that track, and the...

This is sounding pretty good I think. You do have everything here sounding more or less in the same space and the levels seem good. My only thought was that the vocals seemed to have the same treatment throughout, and I found myself wondering if the more scream-like parts towards the end of...

None at all...just googling them...looks interesting. I'll check it out - thanks. EDIT: Listening to Take Me Somewhere Nice right now...really nice. Super sad, but I like it. Great textures.

lol - thanks on the soundtrack thing - that was fun! Yeah, people seem split on the drum sound. It's mostly intentional the contrast there spatially, as I wasn't going for a realistic sound of a band playing together per se, but maybe I do need to dial back the roominess at least somewhat to...

Why just the right one?

Aw, c'mon. :) I've got one more cover just completed that I think might be pretty good, then I think I'll do some more experimental, instrumental stuff, and then...we'll see. I'm glad you enjoyed this one though. I was fairly happy with it, especially the instrumental sections. I agree the...

It's a really cool part though. It makes the track imo. If I could find that other track I might find that they aren't that similar actually. There's only so many different sounds you can squeeze out of a piano.

Two bass tracks? Wow, I wouldn't have guessed. I wonder what that animal call is though? Kind of spooky...like a cross between an owl and a fisher. Are those the same chimes we used on dark star? They sound familiar, but then when you've heard one wind chime... Hmmm. I have a steel...

Cool! I enjoyed this immensely. I stumbled upon this last night on soundcloud, probably shortly after you posted it. Listening through a few more times now. The piano parts sound very familiar to me for some reason. I kind of feel like I know some track from the '90's that had very similar...

Thanks for that man. Pretty sure I'm always tense, so that's out. lol I do typically make some EQ cuts where I hear harshness, but I pretty much always compress it too...not to tame peaks or control the level, but because I like how it brings out detail, and I find that it combats what I...