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You get one month in the clinic to edit the OP...for a long time it was only one week, which sucked! https://homerecording.com/bbs/special-forums/homerecording-and-audiofanzine-feedback/cant-edit-mp3-mixing-clinic-post-380580/2/

I listened a couple of times quite loudly through my tracking phones - HD280's. I personally thought the acoustic guitars sounded fine, but these phones tend to run a bit on the dark side. As others have mentioned, the bass level isn't very consistent, and I too noticed in the second verse the...

Some good observations there mjb. Thanks. Yeah, the drums...I guess I'm kind of going for an extreme flaming lips, tame impala, bulls hit kind of drum sound here (which I realize I did not achieve), where the room mics and/or OHs are heavily limited and/or compressed. I like that sound, but...

Is that a common thing do you think? For a singer's range to lessen the louder they sing? I don't know, but I'm curious. If so, I wonder why that is? Never thought about that before... Yeah, I do that too with a lot of things. It's nice to have tried and true methods to fall back on, but I...

Hey - so what do you think of this one? I did this maybe a month ago. It was the first track I did in my new place and this is the first and only mix I did. At the time I was quite happy with the mix, but time has passed, and I've listened to a bunch of stuff in here, and now I'm not so sure...

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Hurt. It totally sunk my career when I tried it.

See, this is cool. We're getting into some stuff I've never thought of before. Singing over a previous take? Interesting. I would worry that the previous take would lead me astray if it wasn't up to par, but I don't see a reason not to try it. It's great that you all are offering up all of this...

Check Although I've had some good takes whilst lazily sitting in a chair. Check Check Maybe??? Never tried any of that...at the right levels with something like a 57, bleed might not be an issue. Cool ideas. Thanks.

You're welcome! I saw you sliding off the first page which is basically like a death sentence here. lol Every remix deserves some input. Interesting that you did all of that on that opening riff. It's cool that you duped it, added effects, panning, etc., because on phones, I would've...

I was drawn into this one by your mention of bourbon. Yeah, I'm hearing what some of the others are. The performances are excellent! I think your vocal on this was really nice, but the processing has made it somewhat grating in certain registers. The hiss is pretty overpowering just before the...

Geez, as partial as I am to cassettes, this just isn't fair. The original is pretty brutal objectively even from an early '90's cassette perspective. Sounds like the heads are misaligned or something. The vocals are super buried and the hiss and the warble and whatnot...still, this tune is...

Well, I think this sounds pretty good. I was reading some of the comments from the original mix while listening and I don't hear those issues here, so I'm thinking you made substantial adjustments to levels and such? Drums seem sufficiently strong, as does the bass. I like the guitar levels...

This is pretty cool paulman. Really nice vocal performance. I listened to the first minute or two of the 1st mix and then listened to the entirety of the new mix. The drums stand out now as being a bit beefier sounding which is better to my ear. The rhythm guitars have a slightly unpleasant...

Hey, thanks for offering that jimmy! I may take you up on that at some point. For now, I think I'm going to just try to stick to material that is better suited to my voice...uh...once I find that material. Oh man, 6 weeks? Sounds expensive! Sorry man.

Ah, so you do multiple takes of each verse and chorus, and then patch together the best ones at the end? And you find that typically the later takes are the better ones? I should look into that. I've always just sung the whole song all the way through and chosen the "best" take (usually the...

That is an interesting idea, as I've noticed a few tracks lately, including my own, where the vocal really doesn't settle in until further along in the song. To some extent I feel that's appropriate in terms of building up intensity towards the end, but the start still has to be strong, and it...

I've listened to both mixes even though I'm personally not a fan of the original (sorry), but just mentioning that so my feedback is in that context for you. I think it's a pretty good mix. You've definitely imparted more energy to the track with less of that mellow, super polished quality that...

Oh, that's good to hear Trip. Thank you! I'm mostly happy with the guitar sounds I get. Bass is usually in the ballpark of where I want it. Drums usually ok. Vocals are really hit or miss, mostly miss, so it's good to hear they sounded pretty good to at least some folks. That gives me something...

I've been thinking about this bit right here...I wonder why that is? I too have found that higher monitoring volume (even assuming I have the ratio of vocal to backing correct) tends to give me pitch problems, although not necessarily consistently throughout. At higher volumes, I seem to get...