New Song - "My Sunshine"

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I wouldn't say that the guitars are overly muddy. Kinda nice and warm, without being overly boomy. I think the intro guitar sound does have a bit too much body to it at places. I would have loved a Fender-ry clean tone, something like Telecaster neck pickup sound, with spring verb there.

Other things, like the vox and percussion, however, could stand out more. Sounds to me like guitar solo, vox and even percusion sounds all seem to overlap the same mid range.

Did you mic them all in the same room? I hear what seems like room artifacts in the vox at places, and was wondering if the room 'tone' is building up.

Also, there is a pumping around 1:40 that sticks out a bit.

All in all, the song has a nice gentle feel to it, playing and singing is consistent, and arrangement I like too. Shaker and triangle are nice touch. In fact, unlike many songs I hear here which I tend to think are too long, I actually wanted this one to last a bit longer.
 
Chris - Back at you with a PM

tigerbomb - thanks for the comments. this song is meant to be a birthday present for my fiance so every tip for the mix is worth it. All of it was done in the same room, I noticed the 1:40 flub just yesterday, for some reason I missed it when I did the mix. thx again.
 
Man, your MP3 encoder killed this. 128kbps isn't perfect but it should sound better than this. I can't really give much mix input beyond what's already been said due to the artifacts. What are you using to create the MP3?

You get bonus points from me for not going the drum machine route. The percussion stuff you added in there was nice and comes in at a good points to keep the tune moving along. Excellent voice, excellent singing.

The tempo wanders, which is kinda cool on this tune. You've sped up by the end. But there are a few timing issues in places (I noticed it most on the shaker). "Local" timing could be a little tighter, even if the overall tempo changes over the duration of the tune.

Nice tune, very catchy man. Don't despair over the quality of the recording, though. You can clean this up with a little work and practice. What is your basic setup?
 
Chris - I haven't got a great system to listen to it here at work but all I can say is from what I can tell - WOW. The song came alive!

I'm a bit of a mixing virgin, I just do tracks really, how is this done? What do I need to buy?? :)

I'm about to go away for the weekend, would you mind keeping it up for a few days so I can download it at home on Sunday?
 
I'll leave it there until you tell me to take it down, lol. I used a little multiband compression on it, but VERY little...honestly, all I did was suck a lot of the low mids out of it, then some limiting. I've got another version for my own enjoyment that's got all the bells and whistles :D - Stereo exciters and a final mix reverb and a bunch of other crap (but you're not ready for that kind of sacriledge yet...nobody is, really).

:D

After you listen elsewhere, if you still like it, I'll tell you exactly what I did; you can do it with just about any software.

I like your vocal mic, btw - I didn't notice it until I re-EQ'd it, but what mic is that?
 
I'ld like to hear a little chris h. mastering on this..... If'n its cool.....
 
Im gonna hit this from home tonight so i can get a good listen...
 
Okay, Chris is gonna hate me but...

The highs are definitely more pronounced in the CH version, but I think this was overdone. Old farts losing the above 10k range are probably gonna disagree with me :D.

It's really hard to tell though... bringing out more highs has also accented the encoding artifacts even more. I think there was an extra encoding pass in Chris' process too, which probably didn't help things. It's just too much guess-work for me with that underwater sound on the acoustics.

As is, I like the first version better because the artifacts are more mellow without the highs.
 
lynx said:
What do I need to buy?? :)
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Experience;) :)

Chris,
Nice work as the song deserved/needed it. I thought the reverb was maybe a bit heavy, but you really brought out some strengths.
 
LOL - guys... This isn't a competition. I actually kinda' wanted to be stealth about it via PM...but you know...

I just saw lynx's comment about the mud, and so I just did some EQ work...which necessitated a little bit of noise reduction due to the pronounced highs, now that I think about it...I didn't add any verb or anything.

Instead of the "which one is better" thing, think about it as a jumping off point for Lynx. Hopefully, he'll be able to take his mix and just duplicate whatever he likes. I think the tracking is actually good enough on this for him to "save" it with a little work, I just suck at trying to type out what I think something needs...it's quicker for me this way.

Sorry...just trying to help.

-The Butting In Guy
:D
 
I'm not trying to make it a competition, Chris. I just A/B'ed them and posted what I thought.
 
chrisharris said:
now that I think about it...I didn't add any verb or anything.
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lol - Shows what I know! I swear there is more of a room sound though. Must be the other things you did or I have know idea :)

- THE DUMBASS
 
pglewis said:
I'm not trying to make it a competition, Chris. I just A/B'ed them and posted what I thought.
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No no no...I know that. I was trying to PREVENT it from happening. I've been offending people a lot lately, and I'm walking on eggshells.

skids - It's the top end on the guitars...you're right. It's sounds more clouded on top. Sounds like more verb, and I guess, in a way, through EQ, it is.

Anyway...I won't bug your thread anymore, Lynx. I just dig the tune.
 
I don't think you're butting in at all, Chris. Lynx doesn't seem to think so. I think it's very cool that you'd take the time to do do this. I'd really like to hear what the changes you made sound like with a better quality source to work with (sans encoding damage).

Really, I suspect the "real" source mix isn't as muddy as what we're hearing.
 
Nice Song Lynx.

If anything I'd bring the guitars up a notch and EQ a bit of the low end out of them.

The reverb on the vocal is kinda weird. Sounds kinda bassy but in a boomy way which is the weird part to me. I don't know whether I'm hearing the room or the choice of reverb.

Good stuff.
 
Hey...I like the song. Simple...but thoughtful & nicely done.

As for the sound, I actually liked the "darker" sounding version. I also liked the "brighter version. I think I would like it best somewhere in the middle.

Nicely done & welcome (at least from me as I haven't seen you here before).

Oh & PS...when you decide on where you finally want this to sit...please post it again or PM me. I would like to add this to my keepers folder if you don't mind :)
 
chris - no worries man if anything it's flattering that you would take the time to do that...i still won't get to it until Sunday night so thx for leaving it up.

thx for all the other comments everybody, gotta go to a wedding now....yay.
 
Chris - I'm using a Shure SM58

I'd have to agree with Jagular who said that a middle ground, leaning toward your mix would be the best fit.

I'm only using Cakewalk 9 to do this crap, and even with that I've seemed to lost any effects. I have a Spirit Folio board that is OK for what it is...

Damn, I wish I could do this with all my tunes. What software is doing this???
 
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