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kkenn
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- check this out and post something to beat it - does anyone like this kind of shit anymore ?!??
(old bastard)
Ken
(old bastard)
Ken
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kkenn
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AlChuck
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Did anyone ever?
Sorry, it just sounds like total mush to me, no definition on the guitar at all, and everything else is washed out by it as well.
Sorry, it just sounds like total mush to me, no definition on the guitar at all, and everything else is washed out by it as well.
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kkenn
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suggestion?
Thanks for listening AlChuck - do u have a minute to jot down your mixing technique, or what u consider a standard technique - I am here to learn - any tips thrown this way from experienced persons would be greatly appreciated.
Would u be able to listen to another tune for comparison? (5 posts down " my humble attempt" the tune is "Noodle ing Soup" forget the others, they are the same crappy mix - just deleted them from the site) no one listened to it yet, thats why I tried the ruder "GTR wanker bit" approach( my apologies if I come off as an idiot- in some regards, I definetly am LOL) anyway, that tune has no distortion on the guitars and I think the mix is better - maybe I'm jumping on the effects way to much and washing out the sound? I would love to get some pointers here - yes I am going through the info on the Mixing/Mastering forum but they will shit on you if post a tune there to reference questions from.
Thanks for your time (I have a busy life too, so I mean that to anyone who comments Pos or Neg)
Ken
Thanks for listening AlChuck - do u have a minute to jot down your mixing technique, or what u consider a standard technique - I am here to learn - any tips thrown this way from experienced persons would be greatly appreciated.
Would u be able to listen to another tune for comparison? (5 posts down " my humble attempt" the tune is "Noodle ing Soup" forget the others, they are the same crappy mix - just deleted them from the site) no one listened to it yet, thats why I tried the ruder "GTR wanker bit" approach( my apologies if I come off as an idiot- in some regards, I definetly am LOL) anyway, that tune has no distortion on the guitars and I think the mix is better - maybe I'm jumping on the effects way to much and washing out the sound? I would love to get some pointers here - yes I am going through the info on the Mixing/Mastering forum but they will shit on you if post a tune there to reference questions from.
Thanks for your time (I have a busy life too, so I mean that to anyone who comments Pos or Neg)
Ken
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Progger
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You're WAAAAAAY overdoing the effects, I think. Plus, in terms of guitar wankery, I would also suggest some excercises in hammer-on and pull-offs and get some serious speed. Just shredding with a pick is cool, but there should be some technical variation, I think.
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kkenn
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point taken
http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/articles12.htm
thanks for listening - I am getting the idea - I had everything backward, the above link is a wealth of info - found it on the mixing/mastering forum - it talks about techniques I never heard of, (phase inversion - u ever used that?) I will certainly be skipping the effects and working on new stuff. Do u have any music posted we could reference for disussion? What would u consider the first skill in mixing a beginner should work on - kind of looks like eq from most of the conversations
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=261495&T=58
if u have the time - there is another tune I posted on that site, ("Noodle ing Soup"which is clean and maybe a better example to critique on mixing
thanks again
...life is the quest for skills and knowledge
Ken
http://www.theprojectstudiohandbook.com/articles12.htm
thanks for listening - I am getting the idea - I had everything backward, the above link is a wealth of info - found it on the mixing/mastering forum - it talks about techniques I never heard of, (phase inversion - u ever used that?) I will certainly be skipping the effects and working on new stuff. Do u have any music posted we could reference for disussion? What would u consider the first skill in mixing a beginner should work on - kind of looks like eq from most of the conversations
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?songs=261495&T=58
if u have the time - there is another tune I posted on that site, ("Noodle ing Soup"which is clean and maybe a better example to critique on mixing
thanks again
...life is the quest for skills and knowledge
Ken
AlChuck
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kkenn, I don't really have a standard technique, I just use my ears, and if I'm close to what sounds right to me (which, I guess, comes from listening and listening all these years), that's basically all i'm after. I'm just not really interested in recording engineering, at least not the finer points of it.
The second one is far better.
I know this is a recording clinic, not a music clinic, but... uh, how to ask delicately -- how long have you been playing the guitar? I would guess not very long.
Your playing, while exhibiting some speed, has almost no other good qualities. The notes start on time but once they start streaming out they have almost no rhythmic feel at all.
The best advice I can offer is, try to play melodies -- try to play like you were singing the lines, remember to breath, play slowly with a metronome until you can feel the rhythmic subdivisions, then start speeding up the metronome a few notches until it starts to fall apart -- notch it back and work there until that feels natural.
Once you can play melodically, soulfully, at slower speeds, cranking up the speed will come easily. But without those fundamental musical elements, your playing will be uninteresting, no matter how fast the licks and how wondrous the tones and effects. The Groove is King (or it's don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, or however you want to say it.)
The second one is far better.
I know this is a recording clinic, not a music clinic, but... uh, how to ask delicately -- how long have you been playing the guitar? I would guess not very long.
Your playing, while exhibiting some speed, has almost no other good qualities. The notes start on time but once they start streaming out they have almost no rhythmic feel at all.
The best advice I can offer is, try to play melodies -- try to play like you were singing the lines, remember to breath, play slowly with a metronome until you can feel the rhythmic subdivisions, then start speeding up the metronome a few notches until it starts to fall apart -- notch it back and work there until that feels natural.
Once you can play melodically, soulfully, at slower speeds, cranking up the speed will come easily. But without those fundamental musical elements, your playing will be uninteresting, no matter how fast the licks and how wondrous the tones and effects. The Groove is King (or it's don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, or however you want to say it.)
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kkenn
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thanks
no music is complete until it is heard
thanks for taking the time - I will gain from your advice -
no music is complete until it is heard
thanks for taking the time - I will gain from your advice -