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That sounds awesome! I miss the 70s!

Sounds like a cool piece of gear. Probably better to leave the vocals you send to me raw.

Maybe AWOL is the wrong word. I do hear bass in the verse. It's just not connecting with the kick in the way adds energy from the bottom up, if that makes any sense.

Don't know the mic, but I'm guessing it's engineered to have a very flat frequency response, while the modeler boosts or cuts to emulate various classic mics. How does the mic input sound if you turn the modeling off?

Thanks Johnny. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. There may still be some lyrics changes coming along, but meanwhile I think it's ready for the drum queue. I may push it up ahead of some other things in the queue. The acoustic guitar I used was my Taylor 414. It's got that typical...

New mix in the OP. There's a new vocal take and some scratch harmonies. Cleaned out some volume spikes and brought up the overall mix level--still no mastering.

I like it. The heavy guitars sound good and are mixed at the right level relative to bass. Kick drum could come up. The vocals seem a bit low in the mix, but maybe that's okay for the genre (my bias is always toward a pop mix). There is a harshness I'm hearing on the lead guitars, especially...

Thanks! I thought a lot about the loose timing on the acoustics in the place you mentioned and decided to leave it for the time being. I thought it added to a kind of floppy, quarter note feel that tightens up as the song goes on. But the feedback is helpful. I've heard the song a few too...

Okay thanks. I'll give the outro a listen. Mainly I dug the lead guitars there. That's the Mesa V:25 on iic+ mode there at the end (a sound I associate with Petrucci). The part is kinda-sorta doubled with a Les Paul on the left and Tele on the right. It's rare for me to use high gain tones...

That's pretty wild. I like it. What's that detuning effect? Drums need to come up. Finish it. You could make it about a werewolf but I'm pretty Gonzo-X has has that covered! .

Sounds promising. The lyrics, what I understood of them, could be developed further. There were some too-obvious rhymes. Here are some mixing issues that I noticed. First, it sounds like you have the vocals set at one level throughout the song. It's loud enough, if not too loud, during the...

Giving another listen. Still mix 1? The chorus is awesome! Really nice. You need the same energy in the verse. That stop and start rhythm on the guitars has got to be grounded in a powerful rhythm section that drives it. It's not there right now. The bass is AWOL and the drums sound lame...

Another song demo. I'm trying to kick out the songs I've been writing this summer. Here's the next up. This is my vocal demo with programmed drums using Jamstix4 samples. The final version will have real drums and a real singer. This is a mix, not a master. Natural dynamics are present...

I like the changes too. Guitar performances. The low end feels weak. Might want to look at the bass and kick drums. I'll listen again later.

Thanks for the listen. I should have mentioned in the OP that it's just a mix. No mastering at all. Same for every song I post at the Clinic. I've heard so many songs mangled by ham-fisted attempts at mastering to the point where you cannot tell if the mix was good or not, that I've gone in...

Recommended in the manual for one. But it makes sense to me to run it last, as I want the sound and feel of the vocal track settled, then use the plugin to fine tune and keep the track at the right level to hang with the backing tracks.

I've actually been running it at the end of the vocal FX chain, behind the compressors and EQ.

I wonder if a de-esser would work to tame those piercing frequencies. Just find out where they live, then set your side chain to those frequencies. I'm also thinking a plugin like the Waves Vocal Rider (which I just bought yesterday and am enjoying) might help with overall leveling. I might...

Dunno, but if you're going to practice, a $10 guitar that belongs to someone else seems an ideal place to start!

Dynamics are still pretty rough. Difficult song to mix, no doubt.