My first 2 attempts at home recording

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Covers of a Kinks tune and a CCR tune. hope to start writing some original tunes soon. Give a listen and advice is welcome thanks, Charva

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/5/1338/singles.shtml

And thanks to nowhereradio.com for the service they provide.

And btw, using AMD 500 system, 256K ram, stock ensoniq pci sound card, Cakewalk Pro Audio 9, Bheringer MXB1002 mixer, Digitech RP200 guitar processor, Shure SM58 mic, Yamaha DD55 drum pad thing, Fender 70's Stratocaster, old Epiphone acoustic and a real Hofner Beatle bass. I played all parts on all songs. Only been at it for 2 weeks with the software
 
really good for a first try.

the vocals are panned too much. and theyre a little too low.

the whole thing sounds really sparse and doesnt have much warmth to it at all. I think a little reverb on certain tracks would help.

overall though its quite good. youre well on your way.

also....you really need to eliminate the hiss.... Im not sure if cakewalk has somthing to do that. Cool edit pro does.

and one last comment.....throw away pro audio now! Go out and buy CEP. what are you thinking!!!???

I guess if youre into midi and dont really care about digital audio cakewalk is for you.
 
a well respected man....i love this song..you did well at covering it..i like the distancing of the vocals, but it may sound better if they are brought more to the foreground...the bass is a touch to loud in relation to the other instruments...there seems to be phasing artifacts, usually due to bleeding of the tracks, nothing to problematic..drums sound nice...good first attempt...try to bring the main vocal to the center and pan another back up vocal to the right channel...having the main vocal in th eright channel and the back up vocal in the left isn't a common way to mix, because it makes it hard for the listener to concentrate on the main theme of the lyrics...however, i am not picky, i like different approaches to creation...keep it coming, you have talent.. if you have time, come check out my stuff at

http://www.nowhereradio.com/artists/2/1265/singles.shtml

especially (rabbit renewed) thanks a lot
 
very good for just starting out. A couple things are unbalanced, volume wise, imo. The bass sounds good, but other tracks are a little "tinny" sounding to me. It is good to work on songs, such as the two you have picked out. You'll learn a lot, and keep on recording!!.....just don't get addicted and stay up all night!!:D
 
Nice stuff! I agree w/the others -- the vocals need to be brought up, with less echo, more growl. And lower the bass.

Thanks for sharing !:cool:
 
Thanks for the great imput! I will heed the advice given here and will keep my day job just in case my rock star plans don't pan out. Will post another tune in a few weeks hopefully.
 
The only thing that I didn't care for was some of the secondary percussion on "A Well Respected Man". The fish sticks were a bit distracting. I love the Kinks.
 
These are your first personal attmepts? @ weeks?

Wow, you'll be a pro in no time.

gotta love the tunes! .. i swear the guitar sounds like a Tele in "Don't look now". . but I know you're using a strat.

I like the way you captured the guitar on "well respected man".
 
Being a huge Kinks fan, glad to see someone cover this one..

First thing: KILL THE PERCUSSION!

As a drummer, I would be a little more "Loose" with the high-hats, play them a little more sloppily.

The vocals should be panned dead-center, and with less compression.

You've got a good vioce for this song, so show it off.

And I agree that the Bass has a good tone, and that it just needs to be EQ'd lower.

But since these are your first trys at recording, I will say you did an excellent job!

VI
 
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