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Just recorded my first original song. It's a true song about a girl I knew in school who later killed a man & buried his body in a mine.
Any help, suggestions on the mix, advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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great guitar solo, bring it out with slight flange or actually a wah sould sound great, it'd sound cool, just an idea, though it sounds very nice and natural, its up to you. If you like the natural sound, screw the flange, i say go for wah, and if you like perfectly natural, do whateva man, sounds like a nice mix i must say.

Great mix man, great mix. Everything lies perfectly in the mix, no phasing, i'm diggin it. The guitar has a nice slight distortion that fits perfectly with the style, and the way you recorded drums fits the style too. What's your setup?

(btw, a bit of dynamic difference or distortion change from verses to choruses would give a band).
 
Thanks!

Thanks for the advice, I can use all I can get!
I recorded both guitar tracks with a Gary Moore Les Paul through a Marshall JCM 2000 DSL50, mic'd with an SM57. The bass was recorded direct through the mixer (Behringer MX602) and for drums I used a Boss DR-770 into the mixer. Vocals were recorded with a Nady SCM900 condenser mic. I used n-track software & plug-ins.
 
Keep working at it.

Try bringing the guitars down a bit.

Ed
 
ahhh yes n-track is great for the home recordist. What kinda soundcard you got?
 
Soundcard

Monster Sound MX300. It's got the lowest noise threshold of any of the cards in it's price range ($39.00) that I could find.
 
Not exactly my cup of tea but it was like a woman, eveything was there and in the right place. I did like the solo but I didnt like the vocal but thats because Im old school. I felt it was mixed well, could here everything over my chinzy computer speakers. Noone overplayed and stepped on the vocals which is always a good sign, lead guitarists such as myself and drummers are usually guilty of this but here it was not the case. Overall a good go round, keep up the good work.
I am not an engineer so my thoughts on the mix are basically worthless.
 
I enjoyed the song. The vocals kind of made me think of Frank Zappa with maybe a bit of influence from Kiss in the vocals and guitars. The timing was a little confusing in a couple of places. But i only streamed the song so i took that into consideration. Also, the words were a little hard to understand. Overall a good job!

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Ahhh, here it is again... why did you post it in the Cakewalk forum? :)
I left some info in the cakewalk forum, like 10 paragraphs on it, and it got tossed. I was pissed. I think the drums need more work, pre-tracking, but I said most of this in the Cakewalk forum.
And to everyone else.... I need a better place to post MP3's than MP3.com. My other one I have posted a few pages back in the mp3 forum, now, took like a week or more to get posted. That sucks. Any ideas?
Peace,
Paul
 
I'm by no means an engineer, but this mix sounded pretty strong to me. My only complaint would be that I couldn't hear the vocals as clearly as I would have liked (might just be my speakers). Musically, I also thought it was good, dug the main riff, and the lead guitar work. My only suggestion would be to work on the dynamics, it's a little predictable and repetitive, maybe a cool bridge or something keep it spicey. Anyway, i'm babbling...

good stuff!
<-peace->
 
The tune itself is quite good - Mikey likes it - but sonically, the song needs a lot of work.

The bass/drums are buried completely, when they should be the driving the mix... the guitar is then layered on top of that, for a powerful rhythm sound.

Guitar sound was reasonable - I found you used a tasteful amount of distortion appropriate to the song.

The vocals have got some weird phasing/flanging thing going-on, that's causing an unnatural thinness to their timbre.

Overall, the mix lacked any air or space around the tracks, in addition to a distinct lack of clarity... the current trend is for a very dry sound, but that doesn't mean the tracks themselves should all be dead dry - you still to give the tracks the simulation of being recorded in being heard in something other than a 3x3 box.

You're on the right track - you've got a good song going on there - but you need to refine and sharpen your recording and mixing skills.

To quote Ed - "keep working on it!"

Bruce
 
Thank you!

Thank you all very much for your insight & advice, you've been very helpful, I now have alot of new info to work with & improvements to make. Thanks again...
 
I listened to the song ..

I like it ok .. not really my kind of music ... but it is nice

there is a drum sound in there, it sounds like hitting a glass or something glass... it is very annoying ,... lol


I would take that out

Lana

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