another song from nick the man

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everything is first take here, he actually just taught me the song so the drums will probably be different if you do a better copy in the future
 
Sounds like a cool tune Nick, but it's pretty quiet. You should try and bring teh whole thing up a bit. I ran it through the TLS maximizer, and boosted it quite a bit. Pretty cool tune. He has a pretty good voice. Are you helping with the vocals also? The harmony vocals sound good also. Your drums came through pretty nicely also.
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Dogman said:
Sounds like a cool tune Nick, but it's pretty quiet. You should try and bring teh whole thing up a bit. I ran it through the TLS maximizer, and boosted it quite a bit. Pretty cool tune. He has a pretty good voice. Are you helping with the vocals also? The harmony vocals sound good also. Your drums came through pretty nicely also.
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thanks yeah i will turn that up i see what your saying

no thats just his voice doubled at the end im just on drums
 
Vocals could a little higher. I can't understand them as is. Especially during the verses.

Overall sound is just too low. I mean the home theater and the windows media player are turned all the way up, and it's still not loud enough.

Song itself sounds good. :) Has a raw 70s rock feel as much as I've heard of the 70s rock bands. :)
 
i think lightning mp3 quiets things down becuase it is a perfect volume ......
 
there we go that worked i dont know what happened before
 
Ditto what Dogman says. There is a fight against over compressing, over producing and searching for the greatest LOUDNESS without clipping. You have no fear of coming close to that, and need to push your levels MORE. Great song, Nick, I love it. I can't remember, but do you play/record an acoustic kit? If so, I have to talk to you about a favor. Drumming was EXCELLENT. Guitar was good too. Singing was decent, but doubled the vocals and one track to the other was not on key. This happens to me and everyone else too. The key when doubling is to keep one vocal in front, one about half the level of the original. You get the true double effect, but any stray keys are usually lost in the mix with a decent second track.
Again, great tune, boost your levels starting from the initial input levels, and you will get a PM from me soon about my drum favor, if you have time of course.
You da man!
 
Seeker of Rock said:
Ditto what Dogman says. There is a fight against over compressing, over producing and searching for the greatest LOUDNESS without clipping. You have no fear of coming close to that, and need to push your levels MORE. Great song, Nick, I love it. I can't remember, but do you play/record an acoustic kit? If so, I have to talk to you about a favor. Drumming was EXCELLENT. Guitar was good too. Singing was decent, but doubled the vocals and one track to the other was not on key. This happens to me and everyone else too. The key when doubling is to keep one vocal in front, one about half the level of the original. You get the true double effect, but any stray keys are usually lost in the mix with a decent second track.
Again, great tune, boost your levels starting from the initial input levels, and you will get a PM from me soon about my drum favor, if you have time of course.
You da man!
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thanks for all the nice words

yeah its a acoustic kit ( pacific FS all birch shells)

the vocals were pushed right to the point of clipping but the guitar and drums were not so ill give that a shot next time

surprisingly all the mics used on the drums were ridiculusly cheap

1 overhead MXL 990
.... lol 1 nady starpower (8 bucks) on the bottom on the bottom of the snare
and the piece of shit bass drum mic that comes with the nady DMK-7 drumkit



but ive gotten new stuff since then

57 on snare
D112 on kick

but im not satestfied at all yet
 
I'm completely analog, but from what I know of Lexicon products they are very decent. Of course my reel deck is TASCAM, so I can't say anything about them either. So you are pegging in the 0dbs when inputing? Just trying to figure out where your loss of signal is and starting from the beginning working towards the end.
 
Nick my man, I had a listen and you guys have a nice tune in the making. This is the first time I have been able to listen to anyones tune in a long while. It is good to be back in the clinic again!

It has a catchy beat. Reminds me of Lindsey Buckinghams rhythm.
I have no input, it has been said well I think already. Good luck! :)
 
true-eurt said:
Nick my man, I had a listen and you guys have a nice tune in the making. This is the first time I have been able to listen to anyones tune in a long while. It is good to be back in the clinic again!

It has a catchy beat. Reminds me of Lindsey Buckinghams rhythm.
I have no input, it has been said well I think already. Good luck! :)
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thanks true!
 
pretty catchy tune...

mix-wise...the acoustic is pretty flat...and alot of that annoying-no one wants it-typa sound on acoustic...maybe too low of string gauges?

the drums are barely heard.....acoustic overpowers it
also the snare and the bass are flabby sounding.

what kind of cymbals?
those arent zildjian zbts are they?
 
Seeker of Rock said:
I'm completely analog, but from what I know of Lexicon products they are very decent. Of course my reel deck is TASCAM, so I can't say anything about them either. So you are pegging in the 0dbs when inputing? Just trying to figure out where your loss of signal is and starting from the beginning working towards the end.
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I think it's in the mixdown somewhere. The file is chopped off flat, but so quiet. Did he simply mix it at a quiet level after tracking?
 
btw...dogman where did you find that TLS maximizer?
I've been lookin for days for that thing online.....RAWrr
 
Nice tune nick.
I dont know it it is the speakers in my monitor but the panning on the vocals sounds strange to me.
 
systmovadown said:
pretty catchy tune...

mix-wise...the acoustic is pretty flat...and alot of that annoying-no one wants it-typa sound on acoustic...maybe too low of string gauges?

the drums are barely heard.....acoustic overpowers it
also the snare and the bass are flabby sounding.

what kind of cymbals?
those arent zildjian zbts are they?
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uhhhh no those are some great cymbals

Paiste dark crisp hi hats
Zildjian 16" a custom crash
paiste 17" full crash
Zildjian 21" A ping ride

ill turn the drums up

and yes there is alot of buzzing in the acoustic





the panning is only chaned during the double tracked voice at the end

hard L and hard R
 
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