Old words, new tune

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The singing style sounds kinda like a medieval bard. Not bad. The mix I listened to, was the "4 mic test". The acoustic playing sounds flawless. This song is pretty minimalistic, and I like that. I think the singing should have been more centered, but that's just me. The performance is good.
 
CrankyOne said:
The mix I listened to, was the "4 mic test".
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The actual song is "The Unquiet Grave". (The others are auditions of different mics - ignore them.) I tried to make it a little more than minimalist thru its arrangement, though it is a very spartan song, without any A, B or bridge structure.
I appreciate the comments. Thanks
 
the guitar was kinda honky and midranging sounding...and the vocals are off to the right....oh...the female comes in kinda to the left. Still...the panning hit me kinda strange. I might have left both vocals in the center, since they don't harmonize (cept the end..and a mild separation would do there)...and look for a stereo guitar sound to 'cradle' the vocals on each side. Can you get mellower smoother sounds on your guitar?
the low cello sound(upright bowed?) was kinda unatural sounding too.

Kinda an old civil war kinda sounding song...to me.
 
Cool feel to the tune. Nice playing!! I liked the male vox, it fit the natureof the song nicely. I thought the female vox performance was right on but, seemed a little "in your face". It cut too sharp. The low end towards the end suprised me. Maybe introduce it sooner or just give me time to get used to it (it is all about me, no? ha, ha) I think the female vox dominated the exit harmony a little to much.

Nice song, nice playing, pleasant listen for sure!

Peace,
Theron.
 
Thanks for the feedback. This is really what I need!

mixmkr
any suggestions how to get a mellow sound out of guitar without getting boomy? I'm mic'ing with mxl603 from behind the bridge to avoid the boomy bass from the soundhole. maybe stereo?
How did the bowed bass sound unnatural? I used ecm8000 behind the bridge - wanted to keep the treble of the bow scraping the strings.

theron
I agree the female vox is too "in your face" - what can I do, EQ or efx-wise to mellow it out, besides just less gain? I used the SP B1 to record it as it doesn't seem to have that high freq hype that other cheap condensers do.
I have a high frequency hearing loss, so I think I tend to crank the treble too much anyway.
I wanted the bass to be a surprise, and sort of otherworldly, since this is a dead person talking. maybe I should introduce it in just a few bars somewhere sooner in the song.

Thanks again for the suggestions.
 
You should know that I've a limited knowlege of recording and audio engineering but, I'll give a wack at tech advice. If I wanted the femal vox less "in your face" but was happy with the level(which you are and should be IMO), I'd try some reverb first. The song has a very dry feel to it so, I'd preserve that as first priority and try and find a verb that keeps the organic integrity of the track and lends some rounded distance as well. It really doesn't need much. As far as eq goes, you know more than I do(at least that is what I've assertained through your other posts) but, I'd get some of the crispness out of the track. This female voice is not shrill and has an even low end so eq might be tricky (I like the voice BTW)

As far as the bass goes, I don't disagree about its enterance point now that I've thought and listened about it. Maybe let the track stand but, seep it in and give it a slow volume envelop. That would add to the theatrics I think.

Hope that aids in the mixing. Again, nice playing.

Theron.
 
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