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Compression was one of the things I was worried about because it's not a particularly well set up bass so I was concerned about some notes coming through louder than others. Good to know it's alright on that front though. I see that there's a big spike on the drum track at around 160hz every...

Well the samples are already processed so I don't need a huge degree of control to get the drums to sit right in the mix. There are only three tracks anyway and most of the sound of the kit is coming through the overheads. I'm only really using the EQ to add preamp saturation and for broad...

Thanks for the feedback! I think the drums sound dark because it's a vintage kit recorded with an old-fashioned 4 mic setup but I'm actually going for a warm, dry, vintage-type sound so that's perfect. I'm definitely not looking for a bright, modern sounding mix. I agree that the snare sounds...

There's a huge hump at around 50-60hz on the kick so rather than try to eq that out, I've let that cover the low end and I've high passed the bass at 80hz to try to get that to sit on top. I just thought it'd be easier to fit the bass around the kick rather than the other way around. Maybe I...

Thanks for your comments! I'm currently using Ableton's groove feature to add a bit of randomisation to the timing of the drum hits. I have it at around 15% at the moment but I'll look into adjusting that upwards. My main concern is that the drums are sounding slightly thin in comparison to...

I've been producing on an amateur level for a few years but I've always struggled with mixing my rhythm section, particularly when it comes to getting my drums and bass to lock together and sound like one cohesive unit. I'm currently working on a new project and I'd like to tackle these issues...

Apart from all the crippling debt! I'm not made of money!

Yeah I have different parts. I'm not double tracking anything, I'm treating the two tracks almost like two separate guitarists. I'm just finding that even when playing different parts on different pickups, it all sounds somewhat similar because it's the same guitar going through the same pedals...

I think maybe the problem is I know how I want my guitar to sound and I've spent quite while tweaking knobs to get all my gear to play nicely together and sound 'right'. Any drastically different settings just don't sound as good to me.

So I'm recording some songs at the moment and the current plan is to have two guitars in each song, hard panned left and right. The problem is I've only got one decent guitar, one decent amp, one decent mic, and one pedlaboard. This is fine for one of the guitar tracks but if I use that setup...

I'm a bit ignorant when it comes to theory but how would the Bb be different to an A#?

Yeah that actually makes sense. Maybe I'll have to use a combination of both methods. The 8-5-0-0-0-0 chord definitely sounds like a Gm. Edit: Although now that I think about it, it only sounds like a Gm in the progression where it goes from that to a D. There's another progression later on...

Yeah I'll include diagrams as well somewhere so I can remember how I play each chord. But I do also need to write a name that clearly indicates the root note and the tonality so that when I'm composing additional parts, I'll know what to play. Beagle's chord names are probably technically...

Thanks for figuring those out! The issue I'm having though is that the main melody of the song follows the descending pattern on the low D string so I'd naturally want to see those low notes as the root of each chord. So in the first example, those chords could well be called D11/C, Gadd9/B...

I'm working on a couple of songs at the moment in DADGAD tuning and I've decided to keep track of the chord progressions, melodies, and arrangements by writing everything down in a book. The problem is, I'm using a lot of chords with only 2 fretted notes and then playing the rest of the strings...

My girlfriend and I just released our second self-produced EP, 'Portrait with Teeth'. This forum helped me a lot during the mixing process so thank you for that! You can check out the finished piece here: https://soundcloud.com/thewolfandtheweather/sets/portrait-with-teeth And if you fancy...

Thanks! But as for copyright, I thought all music was automatically copyrighted as soon as it is created?

I'm currently part of a two-piece alternative rock band and we're gearing up to release our second self-produced EP (our first since our re-branding). I've been thinking about releasing it on our own independent label, mainly because there's a possibility that I'll be producing works by other...

I just managed to pick up a second-hand pair of the Yamahas for £120 so thanks for your suggestions everyone!

But the best price I've found for the JBLs in the UK is £200 and that's more money than I have to spend. This is going to be an absurdly low budget studio, I know, but it's still going to be a huge improvement on what I have been using! Ibleedyburgundy, what genre were you working in with the...