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I love Black Magic Woman as much as the next guy but during his comeback and after the credit Carlos Santana gets is a bit overdone... And Michael Angelo Batio is just laughable. The dude gets all this press in Guitar World and I just don't get it. I saw him at a guitar clinic here in Vegas and...

Where 'da bass at? Yeah, that bad boy needs a pulsing 8th note bass groove! The drums are interesting: cool groove and fills but they sound a bit boxy. The snare might need a slight push in the mids and a little bass on the kick to give the kit more balls? I don't know...with the added bass...

Ahhh...Wow! That was definitely unique! Maybe a straighter drum track would help frame the arrangement and steady the boat...The bongos could work mixed lower and panned out. I mean, this is such a swampy, chaotic sound-scape! I don't mean that in a bad way! This could be a soundtrack to a...

I'll say this doll, even though you may have a few technical issues vocally on "All Of My Heart"...(hey, don't we all at some point?)...you sing with such feeling and soul! Not the James Brown variety, but straight from the heart soul. That last verse and ending were beautiful; you can tell you...

Universal Audio 6176 I'd love a Universal Audio 6176. Not only for the mic pre but for it's uses as a DI for bass.

ADT through an Echo Chamber? I'm not the biggest Floyd fan or expert but the vocals on "Breathe" sound to me like they were treated with ADT (artificial double tracking), a tool used in Abbey Road where the song was recorded in late 1972. There weren't boxes with tons of effects back then so...

The last track on your SoundClick page ("Spaghetti Western") and this are very close to the mark. I dug them. For western soundtrack music, which was your intent, it's really good. Maybe a bit more level and compression?

Awesome stuff Cory! I can't get enough of these in depth restorations you are so great at doing. Seriously, you should go into business. And you still have all of your fingers! A good sign after cutting those VU windows and doing as much work as you do period. Mine would resemble a cheese pizza...

I believe those lines are like a yellow light on a traffic light. Slow down, use caution.

Modulation effects are things like flangers, chorus and phasers. BeatPortal.com has a good primer on all things modulation. I just thought instead of 'verb on the vocal some phasing would complement the sound picture by adding some of that "swirly, washy" character some of the other elements...

Couldn't agree more about the archiving Surg'. I'm always hearing about optical media failures and low shelf life but I don't see why a DAT tape well cared for couldn't last multiple decades. And take it from me after fussing around with CD/RW's when I want to record multiple mix takes and...

I've seen Cory's (sweetbeats) posts for awhile since joining and they are always informative and great reads. Well tonight I decided to dig in to one of his inimitable "Story" threads and read this entire 17-pager tonight. What a wonderfully informative and drool inducing masterpiece! I learned...

The worst sale I ever made was unloading my Tascam DA30mkII. I got it in late 1993 and used it to do external bounces and mixes. The first time I bounced four tracks from my 424 to the DAT and back to a fresh tape on the 424 I was blown away. So much better than an internal bounce! But after I...

I dug the snare sound augmented by the claps! Very spiky and hollow in a good way. If the kick problems could be solved the drums would be cool as is. Just some vox & bass remakes along with whatever else you were gonna flesh it out with and you'll have a great palette to work with during...

Thanks for the links Shed. I love stuff recorded on the 388. It's like everything recorded on it sounds like it was cut in 1969...and that's not a bad thing, in the slightest! Warm, compressed...just beautiful. KillionSounds has a great studio band, check it out!

Man I dig what Jeff did to the arrangement! The song is great at this length and the guitar solo isn't missed because the band gets to shine during the outro. I love this tune, could be on college radio no prolly...

That did it man. Very cool.:cool:

Toad I dig the track. I'm an analog freak so a track free of brittle sounds and some warmth is cool. The only problem I have with it is the drums. If you recorded everything like most of us one man band/recordists, sometimes the instrument we are least proficient on suffers performance or sound...

The vocal verb is really bright and sounds like its distorting a bit, and the sudden gating on the vox noted before sounds weird. Other than that, very unique and ethereal song. The cello up front i wicked! Very cool. Try the mix with a dry vox with some slight phasing or chorus. Maybe a...

Very cool track, very punchy with great drums. Vocals are really interesting and sound great. If they weren't auto tuned (although I think I hear some artifacts, might be the MP3), you have really great pitch. And if they were tuned, so what? This is a record not a live gig, where I personally...