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Thought it was time to put something new on www.nowhereradio.com/jonlenin/singles so here is New Year Song, a kind of english folk song with a few rough harmonies left in because everything is far too slick these days.
Please feel free to savage, or even like.
 
Okay, I'll like it and savage a little at the same time, how's that?

I hate the reverbs you're using on the vocals so much, that I just typed the word "hate." Especially the backups.

On the positive side, really really like the acoustic sounds... what kind of guitar is it? I have a guess, but I'll see if you answer, then I'll just go "thought so."

I'd really like this a lot better I think if everything was as dry as the acoustics, but I mean, we're talking about a kind of subjective thing with plate reverbs and stuff, lol.

Tell me everything you can remember about how the git was recorded, okay? thanks
 
Chris - does everyone on this forum hate reverb? I'm not really a singer so I'm just trying to tart it up any way I can given the limitations of a Fostex mr8. I was aiming at a kind of ethereal sound but never mind.
A lot of people comment on the guitar sound I get - that's just luck I think. I use a Tanglewood Earth 200, which many seem to think is the best guitar you can buy for £300 (UK prices). That's recorded through a Shure B32 (about 9 inches away) into the MR8. That's all, really. I double tracked it and panned it both ways.
 
Yeah... I gotta agree. Really nice guitar sound. Really bad vocal sound. :p

You didn't sound like you were hitting a bunch of sour notes or anything, so I don't see why you'd have to "cover up" your vocal performance with so much 'verb.

Take the plate on that BGV way back and take the 'verb on the lead vox(s) down a bit. Compress a little more, maybe try a spooky delay off to one side (low dB).


WATYF
 
Thanks WATYF - I'll try that. At the risk of sounding ignorant, how do I compress the vocal?
 
Wow, baby. Now that's a lotta reverb.

I'll add my voice to those who'd like to hear this without all the crappy verb. Sounds like a nice song under all that.

Oh yeah: nice guitar sound!

Chris
 
vocal reverb is scarry.

it sounds like a really bad cathedral plug-in. i'll go with the majority consensuse on this one.

i also don't like the doubled and/or delayed second guitar. that may be personal taste, but i feel like this is a simple song and the mix should be very simple as well.
 
I really liked the guitar(s). Liked the layers, but maybe don't pan them quite so hard? On headphones the wide spread is very apparant. Nice parts though and nice sound to them. Real pretty.

The wet/dry mix on the vocal verb is... shall we say... a bit wet? That predelay is pretty long too - consonant sounds at the begining of words can be heard twice. That's not always a bad thing, but here I think it is. It's a verb that becomes distracting rather than enhancing.

Little pitchiness in the vox at about 2:23. Other than that, I think the vocal parts (if not swimming in verb) are pretty nice.

Maybe get rid of the fret noise at the very end?

Just thoughts...
 
Thanks all. Yes, I think I've got the message about the reverb by now.
A slight problem I have in judging the panning/mix generally is that I have neither decent headphones or stereo - will try to rectify when have £££.
If anyone's got the time to listen to any of the other stuff on www.nowhereradio/jonlenin/singles I'd appreciate further comments as I didn't have that many first time round.
 
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