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Salabim, Lookatme... I'm dancin'. I dig this. Had a somewhat "live" sound to it. I use an SM-57 for vox... Two of them came free with my old analog 8-track I bought about 10 years ago... Anyway, I agree with Rob... I want to hear the vocals more up front in the mix. I'm serious.... Let me...

dobro, hello friend. I'm probably going to keep both versions. I kind of get a kick out of listening to both versions back-to-back - audible contrasts I guess. I'm going to have both versions on the CD when I finally release it. Separated by other tracks. Kind of like the Sublime thing with the...

Automaton, thanks! I wonder if I can run my keys through a roto-leslie effect or something... Lemme try stuff.

gibs, thank you bro. drstawl, hey friend. Yeah, this one has really given me troubles. "Thunder on the Mountain" gave me the same type of troubles and the way the chorus is in both songs is very similar. I can't help but think I'm over compensating or undercompensating for something due to the...

Jags and HomeRec, thanks for the listens and the advice. I think this might be the last mix on this one... Although (uh), Bucky1962 asked me to send him the vox tracks. He's got this cool thing called an Envoice (spelling?)... He's gonna try to breathe some life into the vocals... So I'm...

Hey HR buds, I've been curious about a couple of keyboard sounds. I'm not sure if you're familiar with these songs, but I'm interested to find out what the keyboard sounds are to these: 6th Avenue Heartache - WallFlowers and then there's some funky keyboard sound in a Beaty Boys song that I...

Hi HR buds, I created an unplugged version of "Conformity" if anyone's interested. I just killed all the other instruments except the acoustics and vocals. It's interesting for me to hear it like this. The song is called "Conformity (Unplugged)" and It's here: http://mp3.com/smartapple...

HomeRec, thanks for listening. I totallly agree with you on the bass. When I listened to the song in my wife's car, in fact, the bass was painful. I think I toned it down to a good level on this next mix... I think. On the vocals, I'm not really sure what you meant by "muted" but I did use some...

gnarled, actually the drums are canned. The floor tom is a bit left... although I think it might have been the freq I upped that caused the distraction... (maybe). The floor tom is loud loud if I don't tweak the freqs back down on it after trying to get the kick to stand out and thump. I think I...

Okay, I updated it again. I upped the vocals a little bit. fixed the low frequency overload on the lowest tom-tom. Upped the level on that little riding lead in the main chorus. Tried to fix the dissonance on that one pre-chorus vocal... and did some little tweaks here and there. The 3rd...

lanac, thanks for listening again. I think I've got one more remix in me :) I'll try to bring up those vocals a little more, I think you're right - just a tad more though. (glad you stuck around by the way). MAC2, ah, good ear... I didn't notice the level lower on that lead... I'll fix that...

JimH, hey there. Thanks for the kind words. On that acoustic guitar question; actually the strings I'm playing on that very end verse are the same strings I'm playing on the regular verses throughout the song... except for the very last "strum" which was a suggestion by Buck. I played the last...

New version of "Unread". Remixed based on your advice and comments. Let me know. Hi folks, The new version is up: "Unread" http://mp3.com/smartapple If you have the old version on your hard drive, do a before and after comparison... There's a huge difference (in my opinion) sonically... Let...

NEW VERSION IS UP. CMiller, hey bro... yah, I killed the old one last night so I could put the new version up in the queue. MrLip, check it out bro..... The new version is up: "Unread" http://mp3.com/smartapple If you have the old version on your hard drive, do a before and after...

gnarled, yes! You're absolutely right about the kick drum... I'll be fixing that... Thanks for the comments. I'm going to spread the guits out a little more. Probably not too much in the pre-chorus, but much more in the main chorus. Thanks again. MrLip, that part at 0:39 where the harmony...

Dobro, oh, no my fault. I read what you typed up there again and I realize what you were asking. Nope, I didn't compress the final mix... I did however raise the level of the stereo mix after I merged all the tracks to stereo... I brought the two resulting tracks back into my multitracker and...

bassman, thank ya bro... I'm glad you liked it. I use AudioCatalyst for encoding. It's the old version. I'm sure there have been a few upgrades since the one I'm using... I tested a whole whole bunch of encoders before I settled down with AC. dobro, thanks for the input... Definitely will move...

Yah, and you can usual find a free one out there. But remember, there are differences in quality from encoder to encoder... After you rip, you may want to try different encoders to make the mp3 to evaluate which one gives the best results. Listen for the cymbals especially after encoding.

Hey HR Buds, This is regarding my new song “Conformity” which you can find here: http://mp3.com/smartapple. I received some really negative comments about this song from a friend of mine. I really kinda like this song and how it turned out, even right after doing it, so it concerns me that my...

Hey Buck. I've always liked this song musically. The rhythm reminds me of Skynyrd... a good thing to my ears. The vocals, you've already stated the sub par mics you were using. It'd be interesting if you could get her to sing in that big ass tube mic that you have now... What was it again...