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I personally use and love voxengo... what do you guys use?

I know what you mean. I should have pointed out that fact straight away. I put Miss Cleo in there as kind of a reminder of the comedic nature of our culture's tendency to imitate the Jamaican culture. (If you recall, Miss Cleo was actually an actress from Los Angeles faking a Jamaican...

Gave the vox some presence: http://www.ilstu.edu/~sdickso/gus2.mp3 Both the original and the edited versions are up.

Sorry I should have mentioned also this is a comedic track and the rapper is my friend who was well aware of his inability to fake a jamaican accent before recording. We decided to go with it anyway--since this is more of a light hearted production. As for the vocals--I think you're right on...

My ear is quite fatigued at this point... can someone please tell me if the vocals are sitting ok in this mix? If you're feeling ambitious feel free to pick apart anything else as well. Oh and a little background info: it's a reggae-rap style song about my friend's Pomeranian/Picanese dog...

Indeed the guitar sounds a little behind the drums. Also, could use another take on the drums ;). Overall doesn't sound as tight as it could be. Nothing really snaps together--as it stands it's a little sloppy sounding. I think a more careful take on the drums could solve a lot. Nice work...

Well I agree overall it sounds good... but really it's hard to tell at this quality. The kick sounds too beefy--and I know the cymbals sound the way the do because of the quality, but like I said it's hard to tell. If you could upload a better quality mp3 somewhere we could probably give a...

Revised version's up if anyone's interested: http://www.ilstu.edu/~sdickso/i_see_no_heart.mp3 (same url)

I take it hip hop isn't your cup of tea? BTW, I've taken your suggestions into consideration and am working on a few tweaks with some verb on polishing the whole mix up--and changing up the drums because that's something I've always paid little attention to... I'll bump when I upload the...

Speaking from a musical perspective I think your stuff is too simple. Not that there isn't good stuff there, but I think technominds hit the nail on the head when he said you need to spend more time with them. Most of what I heard sounded very "naked" for lack of a better word. There were...

Cool stuff you got going there, reminds me of a mixture of late pink floyd and some krokus. As far as the technical aspects, I would personally recommend completely getting rid of the sax solo... it's obvious it's not a real sax and that section (in my opinion) diminishes the quality of the...

Hi, music major just looking for some advice on the mixing... and someone to rap! If you'd like to give it a try, I may end up using it and putting it on my site. (Giving credit where due of course). http://www.ilstu.edu/~sdickso/i_see_no_heart.mp3

Thanks for the comments bro, appreciated. As for the drums, I originally wanted the effect of really harsh sounding, distorted drums to kick in (you know the part in the song). I recorded the drums at 2x the original speed, then slowed the recording down to half, and applied some tape...

Yeah I have all the uncompressed tracks--the only problem is I lost one of the sounds I originally used, which is why I haven't made a new mix yet.--It's the big swell sound a few moments before the chorus. I accidentally deleted some of my refills, it was off abstract atmosphere and I can't...

Sorry if you couldn't get to the song, here's the correct link: http://www.ilstu.edu/~sdickso/inovermyhead.mp3

Alright, I have a second revision of the song, taking some of your feedback into consideration; and the song is also finished now (minus vocals). I did one vocal take but I'm not happy with my voice right now so I'm holding off to release that. Also, the song is in the more vocal-friendly key...

Well as far as the actual recording itself, it sounds like the voice is in an aluminum can. I'd take off that weird reverb. I like your quote by the way... but mitch actually says "them fellas didn't grow shit"... not "those little guys"

I've been kinda thinking the guitar could be set back, too. I don't want to add too much reverb, but I think I'll try a little delay.

Mix critique, DESPERATE FOR VOCALS Another mix--feel free to post opinions and criticisms. May be a bit over compressed for some but I don't feel like it's pumping and I tried to make it as powerful as possible, which is really what I'm trying to make the listener feel; especially at the very...

More bass? Really?