EQ. if you spend an hour or two eqing, you can probably solve your problem. The mud usually resides in the 250 hz range, right around there. Try cutting with a high Q around that freq range to see if it solves your problem. I would try and see first before cutting the master EQ to see if you can...
It really depends on the place where you are playing. They might have an in-house PA/mics and everything you need. They might not. You really need to call ahead and find out. Smoke machines and lighting usually are brought by you, house stuff is usually pretty basic.
If not, Check out a...
the best thing to do is to set aside an afternoon of just playing with it. Record some of the same chords/licks over and over again running direct, micing, different mic positions etc.
don't give up and find what sounds best for you!
amen to that. It's like hip hop production. People used to sell beats for like 25K. now, not so much. It's because so many little bedroom producers are selling their beats for 25 dollars a pop. people who do that are bringing down the game, you are the walmart of making music and in no way is...
I really never worry about the overall volume of the song till muchhhhh much later.
I mix first. only MIX, leaving gratuitous amounts of headroom. (keep in mind I always keep my individual faders way below unity gain).
After mixing, I bounce the project, then pull it into it's own track of a...
:laughings: Like you said though, you love it. We all love music, that's why we do it. I think we think it's hard because we want to be great at it. I want to be the best I can be at mixing so I set my standards really high.
hey man, I use a lot of sample banks, most of the time, they will include an extra folder for "apple loops" or "rex" files, for ther sequencers and daws, like Garageband/Logic. If one is working, you can probably just delete the others, make a backup just in case tho.