Opinions? Critique? Kick in the @ss?

  • Thread starter Thread starter lunatic
  • Start date Start date
L

lunatic

Member
(NOTE: This was originally posted in Mixing/Mastering but Roel pointed me in the right direction. So, I apologize for what appears to be a cross-posting).

Would anyone be interested in giving a listen to my first project and making suggestions about the mix, if I need compression, what to listen/look for, what sucks, etc? I am searching this newsgroup and reading recommendations but, for a newbie, this stuff can be a bit daunting :(

The recording is a friend of mine's daughter playing piano at his house. I must admit, because of low levels, I had to do a bit of normalizing and then some noise reduction but I think it's turning out well.

Technical Details:

* 2 Marshall MXL-603s --> Behringer Ultragain Pro MIC 2200.
* Rode NT-1 --> DMP2.
* All mics --> Delta 1010
* Vegas Audio

The Marshalls were placed to the left and right just inside the open top of the piano. (For some reason I could not get a strong output level from the Behringer. Thus the normalization. Thus the NR).

The Rode was placed behind and just above the back of the piano.

Inside Vegas I panned the Marshall tracks hard left and hard right. The Rode track I doubled and then panned one 20% to the right and the other 20% to the left.

The files should be available here: http://listeningroom.lycos.com/fan/bands/xivproductions/Band.html

Maybe there is someone in the Denver area willing to donate a bit of their time? No... silly people... I'm not a stalker ;) Regardless, any input is greatly appreciated as I sincerely want to learn this stuff.


Thank you!
Lunatic
 
Actually, it's what you "didn't" say.

There's 4 songs on your page and you didn't specify which one you're talking about.
 
DOH! That certainly makes sense. I just wish someone would have pointed that out sooner ;)

Truth is, is can be any one of those songs as they are all from the same session. We recorded 10 tunes over about 4 hours.

Thank you for pointing that out. I do appreciate the help.


-Lunatic
 
what i think

You've captured a fairly good sound, I don't know anything about recording piano but it seems like there should be more clarity and depth to this. Possibly use a condensor to room mic the performance to add some dimension to the recording. Of course you could put a little room reverb on the mix but it might sound smoother and more natural to get some distance micing involved. I like the piece selected.

Genie
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top