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John Sayers

John Sayers

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I'm always having trouble describing products because I'm an aussie and most of you are yanks. Could we start a glossary so I learn your names for products??

cheers
John
 
Be glad to help out with whatever I can. I live in Southern California. How would you like to begin?

One I noticed when looking at some electrical specs is the term "earthing". They call it "grounding" here.
 
Sure, but don't expect the average homerecor to know half these terms either. :) I don't. Aussie, american or whoever, they'll need this link as much as you do.:D

barefoot
 
John,

Do you know that commercial from Australia about
"How do you say "XXXX" in Australia......the one for Foster beer (I think its called Foster).
 
No I don't Shailat - XXXX is a beer here as is Fosters Lager - maybe it's only for export - there again I don't watch a lot of TV, why??

cheers
JOhn
 
barefoot said:
John, Shailat,

Sorry to break off the topic, but would you mind giving my first music post a listen?
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?threadid=41941
I was hoping for some pro advice on how to get more transparency in my mix.

Thanks!
barefoot
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I cant seem to download it. It tells me that I must be a member to do so (and I'm not).
I also can't play the hi fi from my computer (it's an old 133).

Tell me if I can download it from somewere else.
 
I usually have about 3 windows running. 2 to switch between mixes and one to add spontaneous loops and effects. Recently I've been working in quadraphonic, adding ambience tracks and doing spatial effects
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I'd really like to hear that. :)

I've never got into recording Trance but I always seem to like it when I hear it but to be honest, to an old recording bugger like me the idea of cutting and pasting other people's samples in a sequencer is something other than music if you know what I mean.........please no offense intended, my bad not yours.;) Funnily enough I've actually been playing some recently and enjoying it.

I heard my first drum machine when I was in my late twenties and I can remember realising how instantly infectious constant time was. I suppose the cash registers in Floyd were the first use of samples that I can remember but that was before the sequencer was invented. We used to have the drum machine playing a pattern over and over and were totally fascinated by it so I fully understand its popularity today and the music styles it spawned.

Of all of these new styles I can handle Trance the most. It does take you places for sure, and beefed up with some good drugs can get positively dangerous :)

Your track took me away and had a really nice atmophere to it… those are great drum parts, but maybe a break in the constant snare would break it up and loosen it up a bit. I noticed the snare changes around 12sec in and adds a harsh edge, is that a flanger turning over slowly or sumthin, yes it comes around again at 2,20. . I think some judicious eqing in the low end would help the openness of it, that low sound that accents the 2 and muddies it up a bit but really creates a great groove.

I'm sure your friends will love it at the party, and I'll probably play it at some of mine :):)

That prosoniq time stretch is the best albeit slow. It’s the only one that doesn’t gurgle the low end eh ;)

Cheers
John
 
...I've never got into recording Trance but I always seem to like it when I hear it but to be honest, to an old recording bugger like me the idea of cutting and pasting other people's samples in a sequencer is something other than music if you know what I mean.........please no offense intended, my bad not yours.;) Funnily enough I've actually been playing some recently and enjoying it....

John, I know exactly what you're saying. At this point I still consider myself more akin to a collage artist, rather than one who completely creates from scratch (though that's up for debate since most everyone is imitating and expanding on what already exists).

...Of all of these new styles I can handle Trance the most. It does take you places for sure, and beefed up with some good drugs can get positively dangerous....

Funny, because I tend to like Trance the least. Most of it sounds to me like bad House on meth.:) The deep, downtempo stuff by Saafi Brothers is what really influenced me on this mix. You should check them out. I'm much more into Ambient/Downtempo, Breakbeat, and Drum & Bass electronica. I can point you to some recordings of truly outstanding artists if you're interested.

....Your track took me away and had a really nice atmophere to it… those are great drum parts,....

Thanks for the very nice compliments. :D

....but maybe a break in the constant snare would break it up and loosen it up a bit. I noticed the snare changes around 12sec in and adds a harsh edge, is that a flanger turning over slowly or sumthin, yes it comes around again at 2,20. . I think some judicious eqing in the low end would help the openness of it, that low sound that accents the 2 and muddies it up a bit but really creates a great groove.....

I hear you. There are 3 basic drum variations which cycle through a few times. I'm not that happy with the one flanged part either and I'm trying to rework it. I'm also working on some breaks to spice it up a bit. The bass muddiness is really tough to solve. I guess because of how they pulse and modulate, the bass notes just look like broad three octave humps centered around 60Hz on the spectrum analyzer.

...I'm sure your friends will love it at the party, and I'll probably play it at some of mine...

Once again I'm honored by the compliment, and yes, my friends really seemed to like it. :D

...That prosoniq time stretch is the best albeit slow. It’s the only one that doesn’t gurgle the low end eh...

Exactly. There's always a price to pay for quality.

Thanks for the help John!! :D

Thomas (aka barefoot)
 
Thomas,

I listened to the first version...

I actually liked the ambience... instruments and sounds are panned nicely, but it also sounded fine in mono format. I didn't get any phase cancellation that I could see, and it sounded excellent through my 4412's and pretty good on a $500 aiwa bookshelf system. Sounded like crap on my laptop, but we'll blame the .75" speakers :)

The snare is bright and clean, though the bass drum I'd give a little more snap on the attack. Thats just me, and its a matter of preference.

Also, I'd considering varying the drum part slightly - while it is techno, and generally accepted to be rock-stable, often a little play in the high-hat timing creates an additional feel if its subtle, yet still gives the rock-stable presence.

Nice and clean, I like it.
 
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