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by canoe
Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:15 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Busy Mix, need help.
Replies: 6
Views: 2562

Thanks a lot for all the suggestions. I'll be working with the panning of the accompaniments for this track. I'm also hoping that mastering will add a little shimmer and 'life' into the mix, but again, you can't expect mastering to fix everything.

Thanks again.
by canoe
Thu Sep 27, 2007 3:44 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Busy Mix, need help.
Replies: 6
Views: 2562

Busy Mix, need help.

I'm getting near my deadline to have this project mixed and this is the only song that doesn't feel right on the album. It just seems too busy and also too hollow at the same time. Any suggestions to remedy this mix will be very helpful. http://www.songsofcanoe.com/mixing/Mix2/Ugly%20KidsSept27.mp3 ...
by canoe
Thu Sep 06, 2007 1:39 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Can't get it to sound lively. Link posted...
Replies: 9
Views: 2302

BTW: what's your monitoring situation? i.e. speakers, acoustic treatments, subwoofers, etc. I get a lot of strange comments, but I use a set of Sony speakers rated 50Hz-50kHz (indeed) sitting on isolation pads powered by an old Marantz receiver from the 70's. I've had a set of Blue Sky's and also h...
by canoe
Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:00 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Can't get it to sound lively. Link posted...
Replies: 9
Views: 2302

Link to the gear used to track: http://hearthegear.com/a/31-Live_Acoustic_Band_Earthworks_SR30_Pair_Sebatron_vmp-2000eVU.php The Mix Drums 1. Kick front/batter were eq'd with a slight 55Hz shelf and compressed 2:1, little .5s plate then sent through the drum bus. 2. Snare top/bottom were eq'd with a...
by canoe
Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:32 am
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: Can't get it to sound lively. Link posted...
Replies: 9
Views: 2302

Can't get it to sound lively. Link posted...

I've been working on this mix full-time for over two days. Besides a little tightening of the violin track, it just doesn't seem bright and alive. Any and all suggestions would be wonderful. My Four Seasons http://www.songsofcanoe.com/mixing/My%20FourSept6_2.mp3 The tracking was done all with high e...
by canoe
Mon May 14, 2007 9:22 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Too much room 'verb on a drum session...
Replies: 5
Views: 1914

Too much room 'verb on a drum session...

Hello, I just finished tracking a few parts of a friend on the drum kit in a quite large room. I assumed the close mics would be fairly clear while the room mics could be blended in to taste, but almost everything has a big room reverb on it. Are there any digital reverb tricks that can be used to c...
by canoe
Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:28 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: big drum sound... your advice?
Replies: 22
Views: 7509

Image

Two things: The instrument, the room.
by canoe
Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:35 pm
Forum: Listen to Music
Topic: New Arcade Fire
Replies: 44
Views: 13929

Amazing...

Simply amazing. This is one of the best records to come out in a while. Particularly the track Intervention. The thing they do best is capture a moment. You're not at a concert, in the studio, or in the fields; you're in the song itself. Very few records can do this, and you have to admit this album...
by canoe
Mon Mar 05, 2007 5:26 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Better preamp for digi 002 Motu 8pre vs presonus digimax FS
Replies: 6
Views: 3015

Keep the MOTU. I'm in love with my MOTU and wouldn't trade it for the world (or maybe an Apogee Ensemble.) But yes, the preamps are usually what sells people on MOTU over others. But even then, the pre's aren't amazing sounding, or even great sounding. I would suggest first looking at the preamp mod...
by canoe
Sat Mar 03, 2007 8:48 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recording your own vocals...any advice?
Replies: 21
Views: 5154

You guys are awesome, and creative. I do like the idea of keeping both phones on. I usually take one off, but find afterwards that I sing a little flat. And hearing a good signal chain does get me vibed.

Thanks for the advice.
by canoe
Thu Mar 01, 2007 5:12 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Single channel pre amp
Replies: 21
Views: 6005

I got a Presonus Eureka after hearing a few tracks a friend made with the Eureka and a TLM103. The thing that may work well for you is the Saturate feature. I think they explain is as a reamp or something, but it really adds a nice warmth to the signal and you can adjust it down for the crystal clea...
by canoe
Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:10 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recording your own vocals...any advice?
Replies: 21
Views: 5154

Maybe I should clarify further. It's not the song that stumps me or the process of writing the parts, it's just the recording performance psycologically, I guess. I've performed these songs live a billion times with emotion and sounded great, but once I'm in front of my home studio mic with pop scre...
by canoe
Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:19 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: Recording your own vocals...any advice?
Replies: 21
Views: 5154

Recording your own vocals...any advice?

It's so difficult to capture a good take when recording my own vocals. It may be that I know I can stop at anytime and do it over, that I imagine how I'm going to process the take while singing, or a host of other things. But the end result is always a flat and lifeless performance. Other times I ju...
by canoe
Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:54 am
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: First '07 Sticky! session without console or MONITORS!
Replies: 8
Views: 2192

Ignorance is Bliss

My very first time in the studio, the band scheduled 8 hours to record and mix 10 songs. Thinking back, this was totally insane, and definantly the mindset of most first time studio attendees. The guy at the studio didn't even blink and made it happen. And funny enough, it got done under that timefr...
by canoe
Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:47 pm
Forum: Creative Recording
Topic: laptop noise
Replies: 6
Views: 3125

UXB has good advice. That's what I do for my iMac. I mainly track acoustic guitars and vocals in the same room, so i build a fancy fort with a thick wool 'welcome' mat shaped in a 'U' and a pillow on top. Kills noise, but you can't see the screen. You don't want to enclose it all the way. The reason...