paulman77
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You've got a bit of noise in the background. I didn't notice it until it stopped abruptly at the very end. Sounds like you've got a preamp set too high somewhere. Not a big deal. This and the clipping on the previous guitar track makes me think you might be tracking too hot. With digital, you can track at lower input levels than you would do with analog tape.
It might be the Studer tape plugin. I got it after I recorded this song, and added it to each track separately and bounced them. I probably forgot to turn off the tape noise on one of them. Now I use the Studer live during tracking, on everything, then an Ampex tape plugin for mastering. I do always try to track as hot as I can without overloading, so that could be it as well, like you said. So I guess I'll stop doing that.
Yeah, the vocal does need a little more sparkle. I was listening to it on the way home from work just now, and the main thing that stuck out to me was that the vocal doesn't stick out. The problem is that whenever I try to make my vocal sparkle, it ends up harsh and sibilant. I'll figure something out. The Avantone gives me the sparkle, I just have to learn how to handle it right.