TheRealWaldo
New member
Maintenance done for this month (finally).
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Jagular
Active member
I'd like to thank the Academy...
Actually I would like to thank Mike for letting me in on this being new around here.
I said in a note to Mike when we were corresponding back and forth that I had actually played the guitar to this as well once (not nearly as well as he did) and as I remember the song was a lot harder to play than it sounds. I just wanted to give him kudos on wonderful playing and production.
Here's too ya bro. :up:
Actually I would like to thank Mike for letting me in on this being new around here.
I said in a note to Mike when we were corresponding back and forth that I had actually played the guitar to this as well once (not nearly as well as he did) and as I remember the song was a lot harder to play than it sounds. I just wanted to give him kudos on wonderful playing and production.
Here's too ya bro. :up:
ChuckU
New member
Holy $hit!!
1000% improvement with the new vocals. Great job, John!
Make sure Mike pays you his standard fee to internet collabotrators. I bought some nice new gear with mine
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1000% improvement with the new vocals. Great job, John!
Make sure Mike pays you his standard fee to internet collabotrators. I bought some nice new gear with mine
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dachay2tnr
One Hit Wonder
John - the standard fee is $0.11. Chuck bought a guitar pick.
BTW, he was overpaid.
BTW, he was overpaid.
Toki987
Rock Steady
'twas very good.. That was some really clean vocal. The whole tune seems smoother too. 
erichenryus
New member
i missed the song when it was posted and i missed jagular's posts so didn't know what i was in for.
NICE VOICE jag! Man you sound like a pro to me. Very smooth recording as well. Please share the vocal chain. Apologies if you done this already in a previous post that I missed.
Only a couple of crits. 1. the solo guitar sounds out of tune on a couple notes. It also sounds like it's in an entirely different room from everyone else. 2. Watch the revervb on the drums in the fadout. That bass drum is getting swallowed by the effect. Sounds like it could use a little predelay.
NICE VOICE jag! Man you sound like a pro to me. Very smooth recording as well. Please share the vocal chain. Apologies if you done this already in a previous post that I missed.
Only a couple of crits. 1. the solo guitar sounds out of tune on a couple notes. It also sounds like it's in an entirely different room from everyone else. 2. Watch the revervb on the drums in the fadout. That bass drum is getting swallowed by the effect. Sounds like it could use a little predelay.
dtb
Well-known member
very, very nice. This is great.
B.SABBATH
New member
very, very nice. This is great.
mixmkr
we don't need rest!!
very, very nice. This is great.
as clean as a contempory Christian recording...if that makes sense.
as clean as a contempory Christian recording...if that makes sense.
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TripleM
Well-known member
Beautiful recording. Nice pretty song. Harmonies were smooth. I liked the parts. I noticed a little looseness in a couple of spots. Very small though.
Jagular
Active member
dachay2tnr said:John - the standard fee is $0.11. Chuck bought a guitar pick.
BTW, he was overpaid.
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Jagular
Active member
erichenryus said:
Erm…well the chain isn’t really all that impressive…
AKG 535 EB condensor mic > Midiman Audio Buddy pre > Alesis Dual channel compressor/limiter > SB Live value sound card . Recorded with CWPA9. Also notable is that I don’t have a pop screen so Mike was complaining he had to roll off some wind over the mic sounds
. Pretty budget set up on my end.I think Mike used the dry track I sent him. He’ll have to fess up to any processing he did on my vocal on his end
Now I just have to get The Dachays to move down to Nashville and start playing all Country so I have a band to sing with
. I’ve been kind of itching to get into a band again. I haven’t performed live for years.
dachay2tnr
One Hit Wonder
First, thanks to all for listening and for your comments. Second, thanks to Chris for pushing us into this (he didn't have to push too hard ). Third, kudo's to John for a great performance.
Not too many negatives, but I'll try and address them:
erichenryus - I don't think the solo gits are out of tune, but what you're hearing might be the result of my playing around with eq. Also, I have an additional reverb slapped on the solo's, which is probably why you think they sound like they're in another room. I was looking for something here that I'm not finding. Most likely I will remix and ax the eq and extra verb.
The fadeout verb is on the entire mix. Not sure how I could isolate the bass drum from that. Doesn't really bother me personally though.
3M - I agree there is some looseness in some of the harmony parts. Most prevelant during the fade-out. That is probably the result of the backwards approach we took. Normally you would record the lead and then add the harmonies afterwards. In this case, John, sang to a complete track, and some of his "expression" didn't quite match the existing BV's. However, after a couple of listens, the looseness actually tends to grow on you (at least it did on me). Although it may be a bit less polished, it does lend a bit of "realness" to the mix.
jagular/erichenryus - no additional processing on the dry vocal, except to roll-off the low freq's (<100 Hz) as John mentioned, and to add a bit of the same reverb that was on the rest of the mix to help unify it, since it was recorded in different rooms. My hardest job was to make sure I didn't let anything get in the way.
BTW, I was guessing that you used an outboard compressor on this. The track was nice and fat. I might have to invest in one for use on vocals.
P.S. What's that address in Nashville??
). Third, kudo's to John for a great performance.Not too many negatives, but I'll try and address them:
erichenryus - I don't think the solo gits are out of tune, but what you're hearing might be the result of my playing around with eq. Also, I have an additional reverb slapped on the solo's, which is probably why you think they sound like they're in another room. I was looking for something here that I'm not finding. Most likely I will remix and ax the eq and extra verb.
The fadeout verb is on the entire mix. Not sure how I could isolate the bass drum from that. Doesn't really bother me personally though.
3M - I agree there is some looseness in some of the harmony parts. Most prevelant during the fade-out. That is probably the result of the backwards approach we took. Normally you would record the lead and then add the harmonies afterwards. In this case, John, sang to a complete track, and some of his "expression" didn't quite match the existing BV's. However, after a couple of listens, the looseness actually tends to grow on you (at least it did on me). Although it may be a bit less polished, it does lend a bit of "realness" to the mix.
jagular/erichenryus - no additional processing on the dry vocal, except to roll-off the low freq's (<100 Hz) as John mentioned, and to add a bit of the same reverb that was on the rest of the mix to help unify it, since it was recorded in different rooms. My hardest job was to make sure I didn't let anything get in the way.
BTW, I was guessing that you used an outboard compressor on this. The track was nice and fat. I might have to invest in one for use on vocals.
P.S. What's that address in Nashville??
Jagular
Active member
dachay2tnr said:
Yes I did use an outboard compressor. I really can’t get away without one. I have enough dynamic range to bork my sound card real quick
…well at least to get some of that nasty digital clipping. I usually only set it at 2 or 3 to 1. I’m sure I know I could control my voice not to clip without the compressor, but then some of the excitement would be lost dachay2tnr said:
P.S. What's that address in Nashville??
Yeehaw!!!
erichenryus
New member
dachay, forgot to mention. great bgv's and nice song.
i think it's just one string that was out. check out the lower notes at 2:48.
i think it's just one string that was out. check out the lower notes at 2:48.
Guernica
Active member
Hey Dachay,
....cool tune man. ...and Very nice vocs! This was a great collaboration.
Nice work fellas,
g
....cool tune man. ...and Very nice vocs! This was a great collaboration.
Nice work fellas,
g
wes480
New member
these vox are a huge improvement on the original.
fabulous job to all involved.
fabulous job to all involved.
acidrock
GO PACKERS!
It's a keeper!
If this song were an animal I'd shoot it,stuff it and put its head above the fireplace.Then every time I had company I would recount the story of how it came to be whilst smoking a cigar and holding a snifter of cognac.
If this song were an animal I'd shoot it,stuff it and put its head above the fireplace.Then every time I had company I would recount the story of how it came to be whilst smoking a cigar and holding a snifter of cognac.
dachay2tnr
One Hit Wonder
g-man, thanks for checking in. It always a good thing to get your seal of approval. It was an easy collab. You just send some crummy tracks to jagular, and have him add some great vocals. After that, nobody notices the crummy tracks.
wes - I agree. This is the way the song should be sung.
acid - but did it pass the truck test??
wes - I agree. This is the way the song should be sung.
acid - but did it pass the truck test??
Jagular
Active member
dachay2tnr said:g-man, thanks for checking in. It always a good thing to get your seal of approval. It was an easy collab. You just send some crummy tracks to jagular, and have him add some great vocals. After that, nobody notices the crummy tracks.
wes - I agree. This is the way the song should be sung.
acid - but did it pass the truck test??
Bah!!! The tracks were great bro.