First go- Acoustic

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This is my first go at recording what can nearly be considered a song. Its a song i wrote ages ago, i managed to convince my girlfriend to sing with me. Lots of stuff needs worked on, comments/suggestions etc welcome.

http://www.garageband.com/artist/chamelious

Songs called "Dreaming", its the only one on there.
 
Sounds pretty good. Is that the first thing you've recorded?
 
Thanks. No i've been dabbling for quite some time now its my first proper go with my new gear (Delta 44+ Cubase as opposed to my old 4 track) so im just getting used to not having everything mix well automatically as was the case with the 4 track. By the way forgot to add its me playing/singing, the female vocals are my gf.
 
Your guitars sound awesome!!

Your girlfriend had a really good voice!

Did I hear a keyboard in there too?

The problem I hear with the tune is that everything is muddied up togather and fighting for space. I am new to recording myself and am not sure how to give them the space they need, so all I can do at this point is tell ya what I hear.

Someone with more knowledge will have a listen soon.

Great sounds you have though. They just need to be put togather with a bit more knowledge.

I would love to hear this, when you have it polished.

True :) :) :)
 
Sounds good.

I just think the vocals are a bit "on top of the mix" they arn't mixing well. You might try to add some guitar in the center? That might help since the guitars are panned hard left/right and the vocals are dead center now and it makes them a bit seperated.

Nice guitar sound. Nice job
 
Thanks for the comments, i agree on the vocals they're the weakest link i'd say. Probanly due to the fact the pre im using is in a behringer (ugh) mixer. Hoping to upgrade to a soundcraft mixer with the ghosts in soon, hopefully that will sound a little nicer.

And yeah theres a keyboard at the end, just wanted lots of layers.
 
I love the song, guitar riffs sound catchy

Imaging is the only problem

chamelious said:
Probanly due to the fact the pre im using is in a behringer (ugh) mixer. Hoping to upgrade to a soundcraft mixer with the ghosts in soon, hopefully that will sound a little nicer.
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The problem isn't the quality of the pre's, the biggest prob with behr stuff is that is sucks for long term use, it's fine for you now their sutff doesn't sound bad at all....when it works. The best thing you can do for the vox IMHO is to pan the backround vox a little, to the left or right. EQ a little, not too much, but just enough so that you can hear her and understand her, but she's background vox. Fiddle with delays for the background vox too, but be careful. If you use the right compression your vox will sit down better sometimes. Anyway that's my 2.
 
oh, and the guitar was recorded very well, I love the tone, what mic did you use? What kind of guitar, where did you point it?
 
I think having the harmony throughout the whole sound is to much she should have the wOOOO oohhhh part during the chorus.
 
guitarfreak12 said:
oh, and the guitar was recorded very well, I love the tone, what mic did you use? What kind of guitar, where did you point it?
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The guitars my girlfriends Yamaha F-310 recorded with a midnight blues condenser pointed at the end of the neck/start of the soundhole, nothing fancy- recorded twice and panned hard left right, compressed slightly. Background vocals are already doubletracked+ panned hard left right. Only stuff in the middle is lead vocals + piano...And bass. (Incedently also through a behringer pre)

DAS19 Thanks for the comment. Theres only a harmony in 2 or 3 lines at most though. Most of the song is either doubled or song at octaves.
 
Nice sound of acoustic guitars. Good recording. I can hear some extreme panning which I like and use often myself. Mix can be improved but I can’t really tell you right now what exactly to do. Maybe vocals are fighting against each other in some parts. Vox’s volume is a little too low as well.
Try to experiment with your mix and post new versions of the song.
Overall: good!
 
Needs some eqing to pull everything apart a little.

I thought you guys sounded good singing together but you guys both need to back off the mic a little. Little too much proximity effect going, not to mention some popping.

Sweet song and your guys' harmonies are sweet.
 
VSpaceBoy said:
Needs some eqing to pull everything apart a little.

I thought you guys sounded good singing together but you guys both need to back off the mic a little. Little too much proximity effect going, not to mention some popping.

Sweet song and your guys' harmonies are sweet.
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Thanks dude, i should have known better but to be fair it was my girlfriends first time using a mic ever. Gonna get me a pop shield which will hopefully help with that. I dont have much experience in EQ so im gonna have to look into that, thanks for the advice and your compliments much appreciated.

I'll get round to having a fiddle around see if i cant improve on it a bit within the next few days. If anyone can give any advice on EQ needed would be much appreciated.
 
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