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I used a demo of a plugin called Voice of God on the master, and it just expired. I think that's where the meat went. I've got a freeware version of it called Bark of Dog, but it's not set up the same. So I hope I was successful in getting it back to where it was, but I've had to use headphones...

So the first mix I posted was my worst one, and now thanks to all the great input I've gotten here it's almost where it needs to be. I just have to wait until daylight to listen to it on my monitors to make sure my headphones didn't lead me astray tonight. The first song I recorded when I got my...

It is a lot closer. Really good. I do think you should do a more serious keyboard part, as you say, and make it somewhat more prominent. Personally, I'm not really a fan of pads. If you're going with an organ, I think it would sound great with a real organ sound, like a Hammond or something. I...

Hmm. I did bring up the drums a good bit. I never wanted drums to be a huge part of the sound of this, even when I wrote it years ago. The first time I recorded it when I was 19, with my 4-track cassette recorder (I feel old saying that), my drummer had these sticks that were like bundles of...

I'm a little late to this party, but here are my thoughts on this. I have a cheap electronic drumset, and great sampled kits on my computer. I've never even used the sounds that come with the drumset. The cons: While my set is velocity sensitive, it's not that great at it. And it misses some...

This is really good. Really tight, great vocals. Personally, I would like the rhythm guitar to be more "in your face", more raw. I'm not sure how to describe it other than that it sounds too contained, restrained, smooth, something like that. It's played perfectly, it just seems like the tone is...

The whole thing sounds very thin. Kind of like when I used to use a Walkman to record a band rehearsal. A little better than that, but kind of along those lines. The singer sounds pretty good, and I agree with Robus that her occasional pitchiness could be due to the band, which brings me to the...

Very nice sound, and you guys did nail the groove. I'm jealous that you have each other to play with. For me it can be really hard to pull a groove together by myself, especially a swing groove at 69 bpm. I agree that it needs some ambience, but the overall sound is great. As far as adding...

It might be the Studer tape plugin. I got it after I recorded this song, and added it to each track separately and bounced them. I probably forgot to turn off the tape noise on one of them. Now I use the Studer live during tracking, on everything, then an Ampex tape plugin for mastering. I do...

Reworked mix Okay, this one is better. Still some work to be done, but it's probably best if I get some feedback on where it's at now before I go any further. I retracked the lead guitar. It sounds better as far as not having the popping and crackling, but I don't think I'm happy with the...

Thanks TripleM. I'll definitely repost after I do some work on it. Should be a slow night at work tonight, so maybe I'll have the energy to track new lead guitar and work on the mix when I get home.

This is really nice. I love the full, textured sound. It's possible the highs could be a little (I mean just a little) much, but I'm only saying that because I'm listening on my cheap headphones that tend to dull things, and I feel like if I were listening on my monitors or my good headphones...

Okay, I've got a lot of people saying I need to bring up the drums. I guess I'll have to work on that. When they were louder, they were kind of distracting, I think mainly due to the dynamic inconsistency in my drumming (and to some extent the insensitivity of my cheap drum pads). I may have to...

I love your voice, the way you sing this. I can hear what easlern is talking about with the backing vocals, though I'm not sure how to describe it. I want to say it's kind of a phaser-like sound. In any case, great cover!

I love the warm clarity of the vocal on this. It's what I strive for, but I haven't achieved anything like this. You mentioned flanging effects with the double too loud, so I assume you artificially double tracked it. Manual double tracking might be worth experimenting with. I have a feeling it...

I love it for what it captures. The problem for me is that I have a hard time toning it down, because I just don't know how to target the right frequencies yet. There is one song I've recorded where I'm totally happy with the vocal, had no problems with sibilance or anything, and I'm not sure...

Good thoughts, thank you. I may come back to it with some of those things in mind after recording some other songs. I've been focusing so hard on this one and the four others I've recorded so far that I really need to get into some others to get my mind fresh. I'm sick of this one right now, to...

Yeah, I've been struggling with those pops, and I have edited the waveform. But it seems like every time I add plugins and bounce they come back. I'm not sure why they're there in the first place. I should probably just re-track the guitar, as I've learned more about how to properly track with...

Not harsh at all, Nola. That's the great thing about having people who don't know you telling you what they think. You get honesty. I wrote this 21 years ago, when I was 18. It's naive because I was naive, and it just kind of is what it is, which is who I was at the time. I have other, newer...

Awesome! Thank you. I've been struggling with the mids. I had them better on an earlier master, but after going back into the mix to make some adjustments somehow I got the mids back up. All the bouncing I have to do to get around DSP limitations can get confusing, so I may have missed a step in...