MP3 Mixing clinic

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RAMI said:
Yes, but we never will....haha :)

No, you might have a point. But I think for the price we pay to get free advice and feedback, we can't complain too much if a post sinks fast. You can always bump your own post if it dies without a response.

Or just wait for True to show up...She loves bumping............................posts.
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Yeah well i suppose it is pretty good value for money. Dammnn great fekin value for money! :D
yeah the bump technique can work well and ive never seen anyone abuse the bump technique, so no complaint there.
Theres alwasy the one where you come in as a different user and big up your own stuff!! only kidin. Thats a Mystery records thingamyshite.
Fast growing thread this.
 
I'm not new to Internet forums, but I'm kinda new to this one.

All along, I thought rumbles and collaboration threads should have been in Songwriting. I was reading and writing in there a little bit, and the action is quite low. There's stuff we do in this Mp3 mixing clinic that really belongs over there.
 
I have no answers, ( big shocker to you all....), but some observations. First, I'll get another beer, back in a minute....
Ok, I'm back. I listen to almost everything posted in here, and comment on about 75% of the songs. Some I don't like, so don't want to comment on them, because they may be good tunes, just not for me. I've never thought about posting a song anywhere but in here, and that is probably the way most people think. Could be a better avenue, but I have also seen people get ripped new assholes for posting in another forum, asking if the equipement they have is getting the sound properly. I then think they are directed here, even though they are asking a mic question, but posted a song. Here, you can post a song, and ask many questions, and people will generally give some very intelligent answers. I think of the few tunes I've posted, 3 or 4 people didn't give any real advice, and the rest of you, tried to help me in some way. ( Thanks, that is most appreciated.)

I'd say ecktronic has a point, as I've had a few of my submissions leave the first page almost immediately, and only get 1 or 2 comments. I never thought of "bumping" them, but have seen several people do it, so maybe that is the answer to that portion. I have no rpoblem with that, as I don't want to miss someones tune if the page gets tons of new submissions when I can't listen.

I also think that with True starting a "JAM" thread, maybe that is heading in the right direction for those people interested in doing a collab, or asking for more specific input on things, yet maybe not a mix comment. I am going to post a portion of a collab in there later, unless people think that is not a proper place. If songwriting is a better place, then I would put it there. Don't know what's best.

Disclaimer: any stupid ramblings, rants or other offensive babblings from the idiot who posted this, are not the direct responsibilty of Henry Weinhards Jose Cuervo, or any alcohol that may have entered the morons bloodstream....

Ed
 
another reason for listening and commenting, don't over look other peoples mistakes as a learning tool, that's mostly why i comment.

me-it sounds like you're clipping the transient of your snare with that gate, i'd change the settings

you-i didn't gate the snare, you're on crack

me-ohhhhhhhh :D oops!

i use it to check my own ears, course you have to be willing to possibly be wrong in a public forum to learn from it.
 
giraffe said:
another reason for listening and commenting, don't over look other peoples mistakes as a learning tool, that's mostly why i comment.

me-it sounds like you're clipping the transient of your snare with that gate, i'd change the settings

you-i didn't gate the snare, you're on crack

me-ohhhhhhhh :D oops!

i use it to check my own ears, course you have to be willing to possibly be wrong in a public forum to learn from it.
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Dude, You're on crack... :eek:

Sorry, just wanted to say that. Good response.
Ed
 
A lot of good points made here.

On the one hand I like the idea of different genres, as long as its not like 20 of them or so; 5 or 6 really ought to cover it. On the other hand, I like the idea of 'cross pollinating'--hearing music very different than what you might be working on and learning something from it, or otherwise absorbing it. But back on the first hand again, I could always visit the other genres anytime I wanted to.

As it stands, bumping your own thread if it only got a few (or less) replies is not at all unreasonable to me.
 
Dogman said:
Dude, You're on crack... :eek:

Sorry, just wanted to say that. Good response.
Ed
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Then I must be the crack queen, because I give some pretty off the wall answers!!!

I have become fond of this part of the forum, because you get to know the musical side of members in here, along with some funnies. But I am learning from this , and enjoying the funnies!

I used to be very afraid to comment. I would listen, but never put in my 2 cents worth at the risk of sounding dumb. But now I venture to comment, and have proved my fears several times to be correct!! :D

I hope to soon post some of my work, and let ya guys rip away at it!! :eek:
My feelings don't get hurt too easy. And I want to learn, so the honest opinions will be welcome by me.

Anyway, I don't know whether it is I or DOG, whom has babbled the most in our post. Hey, a rhyhme!! :D
 
i really like the fact that there's so much music coming through this forum.. it gives me a lot to choose from. It also makes me happy to see mp3s posted that aren't either a) hard rock, or b) metal. anyhoo, i suppose i should have parked myself into the songwriting forum and not this one since i'm really not a great authority on recording quality.

maybe if we split it up between song-posting threads and rumble/mixing contest-type threads.. that might help with the extra traffic a little.
 
point I'd like to make on the genre side, is if you try and pigeon-hole some music into genre, or someone posts a song in a particular genre that may not realisticaly represent that song, some people may not listen to it, yet they might enjoy it. I've tried to come up with a genre of music that my songs fit, but have no real idea what it could be. I've posted songs, and listened to songs on garageband, and a few other sites, and to me, the experience is very dissapointing. The comments are pretty much limited to how your shit stacks up to proffesional pop music. Getting some help on how you can improve is almost non-existent. I've actually only had one guy try and really help me from that site, and he seems to help almost everyone he can. Other than that, the comments are pretty much.."the song does not fit within the po format. Intro too long, hook not played by 32 seconds, and god forbid.....does not follow verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo chorus format".

Here, I have had some really great advice given, even if I can't follow through at my end. And here, people are more receptive to music that is not "professional" sounding. I'm a home recorder, because I like music, and want to play my ideas. I have no wishes to "make it" in the music industry. I just want to play, and listen. No specific genre, of format. If I want to do, or listen to country, folk, jazz or classical, then why limit myself to a specific genre? Same with most music here. Post it, let me listen, then decide if I like it. If there was a pop catagory, and 25 Britney Spears wanna be's posted songs, I would probably not go back to listen to any pop songs, the LPC might post in there, and I could miss something really cool. Without a genre label, Casey and Incanus post a song, and you had to listen to figure out what it was like. No prejudging.

Again...Disclaimer:
Drunken rant. 5 people on the computer/over shoulder telling me what I am thinking. I am not really thinking. I don't really exist....
 
shiatzu said:
It also makes me happy to see mp3s posted that aren't either a) hard rock, or b) metal. anyhoo, i suppose i should have parked myself into the songwriting forum and not this one since i'm really not a great authority on recording quality.

maybe if we split it up between song-posting threads and rumble/mixing contest-type threads.. that might help with the extra traffic a little.
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Hey - I have a non hard rock heavy metal tune that has a crappy bass line added (that could be removed) that is dying for vocals if anyone's up to it - I even have lyrics!
 
This is a very interesting thread. Don't know about anybody else but IME really good things are few and far between and I think the mp3 clinic is one of those really good things. Maybe it's just a temporary "online community climate" that's been created by the people who've happened to be hanging out here recently, or maybe it's more permanent, dunno. It would be good to try to figure out how to get the good qualities of the place to continue as other aspects change over time.

Tim
 
Like The Dogamn says, it's hard to define or pigeonhole your own music sometimes. Often, I finish a song and couldn't tell you what genre it is, besides "rock". Even when people ask me "what kind of music do you do?" I always hesitate for 2 reasons. One is that I don't know, and the other is because if I try ro just be vague and say "rock", I don't know what that means to them.
And also, I like going to hear something I wouldn't normally listen to, whether it's Timothy's awesome guitar, or Handsome Nell, AL and other Handsome people who's names end with "L" doing beautiful acoustic stuff. Then some people come in with some thing from left field that totally blows me away, like Supercreep and Incanus's last tune. I'm leaving alot of people out, but just trying to make the point that I'd wouldn't like to see this place broken up into "genres".
 
I agree with Rami, who agrees with Dog, about the Genere seperation.
If you do that, then you will have to give me one to myself....The Yoko genere!! :eek:

I am getting all excited now about posting one myself.

I hope it basically stays the same except for maybe a sticky, or two, and possibly as someone else said earlier, an Mp3 mix for other bands recorded, and the one for self recorded.

I am sure I could have worded that better.
 
RAMI said:
Soory, I forgot the comma. I meant to say "I'm an Ass, man."
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LOL...you are good. Bet you got yourself out of incriminating messes as a kid all the time! ;)
 
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