Critique my Wall instrumental please

uncle sixer

uncle sixer

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This is my first "finished" project in a while. I have gotten dynamics (master bus compression and limiting) under control, I think. I have improved on the sound of my drum VST (I think). I have also improved my use of reverb and echo, I think.

Thanks to anyone who gives it a listen, especially thanks for any constructive feedback.

 
INCOALMO? So you have to write another 45 minutes of original material to finish the challenge? (Also, why did they make a new version of RPM/FAWM?)

Anyway, the mix sounds fine overall. The delay seems to be throwing your guitar time off a little when you get to the outro of part 1.
 
VomitHatSteve said:
INCOALMO? So you have to write another 45 minutes of original material to finish the challenge? (Also, why did they make a new version of RPM/FAWM?)

Anyway, the mix sounds fine overall. The delay seems to be throwing your guitar time off a little when you get to the outro of part 1.
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Never heard of RPM/FAWM... I am just a recreational guitar/bass player with some fun toys and a DAW I have been teaching myself to use for about a year now. But after a quick search I might have a look at those.

The INCOALMO Challenge was started by someone I know and he though it would be good motivation for me to make.... something... but my attempt will be a partial success at best and I have already broken most of the rules (which is fine in that challenge as long as you admit to the broken rules).

But, thanks for listening... and yes, there are a couple of bits that might be worth a redo at the end. Those are the parts I was feeling most self-conscious about.
 
Overall that's a decent effort with nice playing....definitely some issue with guitar parts ending abruptly that needs editing at 1.09.

Mark
 
mcmac74 said:
Overall that's a decent effort with nice playing....definitely some issue with guitar parts ending abruptly that needs editing at 1.09.

Mark
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Thanks, I actually did part 2 first, then went back and did the other two parts and made them fit. I could have spliced that together a little better.
 
uncle sixer said:
This is my first "finished" project in a while. I have gotten dynamics (master bus compression and limiting) under control, I think. I have improved on the sound of my drum VST (I think). I have also improved my use of reverb and echo, I think.

Thanks to anyone who gives it a listen, especially thanks for any constructive feedback.

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The guitar should be brighter to me - and the bass less mid heavy.
 
Nice playing, really like that playing on the bluesy solo part of another brick in the wall, nail the guitar tone, maybe backing keys/synth pad could come up a bit? Delay sounds great, very authentic Gilmour sound.
 
Papanate said:
The guitar should be brighter to me - and the bass less mid heavy.
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I realized a certain "character compressor" I was using squashes the highs a little more than I like. Although I do like it slightly dark sounding, I see what you mean. For the bass, I was messing around with sending all the bass lines to a parallel saturation track that I mixed back in... I like that it keeps the bass popping on small speakers (laptop, cell phone), but it is a little midrangey.
 
stratmonkee said:
Nice playing, really like that playing on the bluesy solo part of another brick in the wall, nail the guitar tone, maybe backing keys/synth pad could come up a bit? Delay sounds great, very authentic Gilmour sound.
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Thanks so much. That solo was actually a scratch solo from I-don't-know-how long ago, but when I was tracked all the other stuff it just seemed to fit nicely. The level was a little low, but the tone was there. I am not sure if I could play a better take than that without driving myself a little crazy (and, knowing me, it would end up sounding rigid and rehearsed).

The delay sounds are super fun. I dialed in double delays for Run Like Hell, then level and repeats can be tweaked for different songs and the delay times just get changed proportionately for different tempos. I had never played the delay solo (part 1) before, but when I got the delay sorted, I figured I had to give it a shot! Guitar delays were in my multi effect pedal and recorded that way, bass delay at the end was recorded straight, then delayed through my daw so I could have a little more control over it.

Thanks so much, Gilmour is on of my biggest influences!
 
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