New Members: Introduce Yourself Here!

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Hi, everyone.

This is my very first post here :)

My name is Nick and I have a little home studio in the UK.

I'm a prolific writer, and fortunately I can play most instruments, so I do record a lot.

The reason I joined here is because I cannot mix, so I am looking to learn as much as I can so that one day I can mix for myself.

I'm also looking for others who love mixing may want to use my tracks to practice one.

For anyone interested, here's a link to one of my albums on Spotify so you have an idea of what I do -

All the best and I look forward to getting to know a few of you :)
 
Hi Nick,
Welcome to HR.

Do you already record the raw tracks yourself or have you been going to studios for that so far?
Your work on Spotify sounds great. Hearing lots of Beatles and ELO influence there.

Either way you're in the right place.
That's great to hear that you're willing to share your tracks for others to mix. We have a forum area dedicated to that
as well as an area for critique of WIP mixes and plenty of other discussion areas.
Make yourself at home. (y)
 
Hi Nick,
Welcome to HR.

Do you already record the raw tracks yourself or have you been going to studios for that so far?
Your work on Spotify sounds great. Hearing lots of Beatles and ELO influence there.

Either way you're in the right place.
That's great to hear that you're willing to share your tracks for others to mix. We have a forum area dedicated to that
as well as an area for critique of WIP mixes and plenty of other discussion areas.
Make yourself at home. (y)
Hi, @Steenamaroo

Thanks so much for getting back to me and making me feel welcome already.

Yes, I record everything in my home studio apart from real drums which my fried records for me at his studio.

This forum sounds amazing and one I wish I'd known about a coupe of years ago :)
 
My pleasure.
You've got a heck of a foundation to build upon, then. That's great.
Looking forward to your threads. (y)
 
Good morning (in the UK at least),

As a newbie to the forum - I really don't want to commit any faux pas' in my first post so I hope someone will correct me if I've done so with this post.

I'm Joe, a recording artist based in Wales. I've only been writing and recording since 2019 and I'm doing the thing I've been most scared to do since I started - sharing my music. I've had a read around for an hour or so and I was really pleased to see how supportive the forum is and I hoped to meet other people and to get/give feedback as best I can. Rather than start a new thread to share, I figured I'd post a catch up on the past 5 years here. I really only write in concept albums, due to a major influence being progressive rock, specifically Pink Floyd (not that the music is anywhere near that standard). So, I'll share the albums without the hope or expectation that anyone will listen to them all.

"A Single Shining Star" - (June 2023)

The album is based on insignificance with the title track based on the concept that none of us are more or less significant than any other person. From a production point of view, it definitely has its challenges for the listener. However, I like the starting point it represented in my learning journey.

A Single Shining Star (Spotify)

"Mobius Dysthmia" - (September 2023)

This album is based on a never-ending cycle of depression. The album itself is cyclical so the end is the same as the beginning, like a mobius strip. The songs all lead into the next song so it's 45 mins of unbroken music and I mixed the whole album in a single DAW project...something I definitely learned a few tricks from. I have actually lost that project as I bounced the whole album out one time and many hours later listened to it and in a fit of pique at how it sounded, I deleted the project and ended up having to master it from the bounced file. Anyway, this album is almost unmarketable as there are no singles on the album and the songs, to me at least, only make sense in the context of the album.

Mobius Dysthymia (Spotify)

"Race for the Warmth of the Sun" - (April 2024)

An album based on different types of love with the end goal being finding my now wife. It was based on a quote I had read which read "To love and be loved is to feel the warmth of the sun both sides". There are songs about old friends, lost loves, workplace spats and even finding love for my own music.

Race for the Warmth of the Sun (Spotify)

There are also a couple of singles (below) I've released and a lot of songs which are sat on my hard drive in a folder labelled "The Cutting Room Floor". In any case, thanks for allowing me to share my music and I hope I can be of help to anyone else.

The Singles (Spotify)

Best wishes,
Joe
 
Welcome Wubick.
I clicked on one of your links. Of course it didn't play anything, just invited me to sign up for Spotify.
I'm not paying a subscription.
 
Spotify can be used free with occasional adverts.
Fairly sure you still need an account, though.

It's not an unreasonable expectation in 2024 although I appreciate not everyone is going to have an account.
 
Good morning (in the UK at least),

As a newbie to the forum - I really don't want to commit any faux pas' in my first post so I hope someone will correct me if I've done so with this post.

I'm Joe, a recording artist based in Wales.
Welcome aboard, Joe!
Great to hear your experience as a guest was good.

Thanks for the introduction and sharing your work.
I'm not going to pretend I have time to do any substantial listening right now but I took a very quick tour.
Very impressive work!
I'll make a note and maybe listen through in full some day I have a lot of coding to do! (y)
 
Finally opened the box of a new Tascam 24. Formatted a 32 SD card. Trying to get started. Several buttoned don’t work like the assign button. I’m probably doing something wrong. Is there any good step-by-step tutorials that I can view?
 
Welcome Wubick.
I clicked on one of your links. Of course it didn't play anything, just invited me to sign up for Spotify.
I'm not paying a subscription.
Thanks for the welcome.

My sincerest apologies for that experience - I also don't subscribe to Spotify after their royalty changes in Jan of this year. In hindsight, I could have considered sharing a link to Bandcamp.
 
This forum is amazing, all of the subjects I'm looking for!

Hi my name is Ray, I'm 60 now and almost retired. About 15 years ago I became motivated to build a recording studio for my retirement, and have since collected many things along the way, sadly now in 2024 much of it seen better days or simply harder to incorporate than need to be, for example my Tascam M-225 analog mixer, so I think I should start asking some questions. Thanks for doing what you guys do here.
 
Welcome Eclipse4449!
Another Raymond, the more the merrier. That's why I slouch so much.
I'm days from retirement age. It won't make much difference, as my house is full of music stuff.
 
Howdy everyone. My name's Jordan, and like a few others in here, attending school to become more knowledgeable in music production.
 
Hello! I'm novice here, 68 years old with some experience in Room acoustics, because Love good music by good acoustics. I know, that room acoustics is one of the base component and hope, that can get good advices to reach the best sound.
 
Hello! I'm novice here, 68 years old with some experience in Room acoustics, because Love good music by good acoustics. I know, that room acoustics is one of the base component and hope, that can get good advices to reach the best sound.
Hi Basscleaner and welcome. At the basics there are two rooms, one for mixing and one for tracking. Most of us here have to setup our room for mixing, therefore we are trying to make it neutral so that the mix translates across many listening environments. The other part, which few of us have that privilege, is a tracking room. The tracking room usually will have kind of character, to capture when recording through a mic.

Most of the time as a default, when folks here talk about room treatment, it is almost always for mixing. Just so you don't get confused when reading and getting advice.
 
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