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I get this, too. I start a song out in my head. It sounds very full and country swing sort of thing. The next thing I know, I've got the Metalhead amp out and 6 channels of kick...scrap. I've got this lovely piano piece that just needs some bass and strings and then I listen to it a couple hours...

Thank you sir. I'll play with some fade ins/outs on the trumpets. Those glissandi are actually based on a trumpet player I heard...he'd end notes occasionally by having them fall like that (the betweens, maybe not so much). Thanks for the input. Really want it to sound realistic. The pitch bend...

Yes, agreed. If lyrics were not so difficult for me that would be no problem...but I doodle...and then fill...and then redoodle...and pretty soon, I've got it done, and I'm still waiting on the lyrics... Again, I think what's best for me, maybe is to just record tra-la-la or watermelon...

Sounds excellent...the last two syllables of the first line Chris-TIAN HOME are different than anticipated, but they don't sound bad. Just different harmonies than the same line in the second part. Really need to get up to speed on Melodyne (not you, me)...hopefully our new president will turn...

The other thing about ear fatigue (and mixing in general) is sometimes it takes someone else pointing something out for me to hear it. Trip pointed out in my newest clinic entry that everything below 400 was mud. Realized I hadn't run my normal high-pass checks...missed a step and it made the...

You know what works for me. If I sit with the monitors off and listen to my mixes in the cans...with them off my head. Really makes pitch problems prominent. Yeah, I'm usually on the mix clinic as much as I'm mixing when I'm mixing. :laughings: Yes, vocal/bass/drum was suggested, and I'm going...

Chili - Great advice! Going to start working on that. With one strangeness...my music is not homogeneous. You've heard what I do. Some songs are almost 80s hair metal. Others are acoustic country swing, a few of them have elements all over the board. I don't seem to have any middle of the road...

This is this year's lesson, I guess. Last year's was don't master until your ready to master...meaning the mix is DONE. Haven't mastered ANYTHING yet this year. :) Lesson learned.

On my new track, I just added an 11:1 compressor on the vocal bus to go with the parallel compression I had in place...it does tend to make the vocal stand out better Steen: Been thinking exactly that. My last set of mixes (last year's release) I basically turned off everything, erased all the...

Thanks. Best tones I've come across so far. Thanks! I had forgot to go through and see what needed hi-passed. Kicked the 10s up and the 18 down on the bass to give it more definition. Really, thanks. My voice is my biggest headache. I've got a short echo running on highly compressed parallel...

Great! Thanks guys. Was a little afraid to open the worm can (usually stinks). Very helpful. I almost always start recording. Record some more. Then finish recording and I still don't have any idea what the words are going to be. I guess it's time to start writing a bit different...I guess it...

I write decent songs. (personal opinion) I record the tracks well. Some of my playing skills lack, and usually those parts get kind of panned and backgrounded. Everything sounds good when I put them all together. I get great instrumental tracks (personal opinion, again, but I really think I do)...

On the remix (post #9) Okay, turn down the vocals...that's what you wanted, but I'm not sure why. They sound really well balanced. Clear recordings. Everything is sharp. The end guitar solo on the right is a bit fuzzy, but that might be what you were after. Bass sounds very Rickenbacker-ish...

The bottom end kicks you in the...er...chest. The top end is crisp! Everything sounds amazing. Not my style of music, but nice production with lots of variation and movement. Awesome job.

First final mix (:laughings:) I always get a kick out of thinking how good something sounds, until I put it up for scrutiny. Funny how things jump out at you immediately after you render...first few vocal lines need retracked and the vocals are boxy/dead sounding. I don't like the way the hats...

I do believe I've derailed another thread...:spank: Yes, well...pitch correction. That means italic vs regular? Yes?

C'mon Steen, it's not like they were written in stone...er, well. :D

Point made, eh?

Using autocorrect is cheating! I type every message from my keyboard. :D

:thumbs up: I'm not going to rush you! I appreciate that you're doing this for me at all. :)