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I think they do all have the weird gating, Trashy. It's an old recording. We didn't exactly know what we were doing. So, uh, that's just part of the fun?trashy wrote:Anyway, I was wondering about the drums... do all of the tracks made available have that weird gating on them? I hear in this thread that there are some discrepancies in the drum tracks made available. I'm on a shitty connection, and I don't want to download again if this is what it is. Can you lay out exactly how the drum tracks differ?
You're totally right: that is part of the fun. Actually, most of the fun, when I come to think about it.thekingandcaroline wrote: I think they do all have the weird gating, Trashy. It's an old recording. We didn't exactly know what we were doing. So, uh, that's just part of the fun?
thekingandcaroline wrote:Todd,
I'm not sure if you're clear on this or not, but odsus (Odie) and I (Joe) are actually two different people. We're both in The King & Caroline and we both post here.
oops. you're right. i was mistaken about that.sorry.
In my avatar, Odie's the one on the right, I'm on the left.
lol i thought one was The King and one was Caroline. sorry about the mix-ups.
But yeah, man, your mix came out really nice. We were both impressed. Cool stuff. You took some poorly-recorded source material and made it sound very professional like. My girlfriend said the overall feel of it reminded her of the most recent New Pornographers record.
wow, high praise indeed! i like to set the bar high for myself, and i thought it would be fun to set it high early on in this "contest", and like i said, i'm not afraid to go over the top.
What sort of rig were you using on the guitar track?
my web site has pictures of my equipment. pretty soon it's going to be updated with more close-up, artsy pictures of all the cool stuff. i have an ancient magnatone tube amp, and for the choruses i used an old guild starfire through a tube screamer, double-tracked. for the clean delay parts i used a les paul through a line 6 delay modeler. the synthy keyboard sounds were direct, and the "organic" ones, like the rhodes and mellotron stuff, were played live and recorded through the amp. for the guitar track that was originally on the song, i intended to use it a lot more than i did, but it was slightly out of tune with the other instruments, so i sort of brought it in and out throughout the verses, but then used my own tracks through the rest of the song.
i really really want a reamp so i can use all those pedals on my mixes!
todd
Joe
I wish I could take the credit for it, Bear, but it was Odie's idea. He's the one who deserves the kudos.Bear wrote:I just want to say, this is a fantastic idea. Kudos to you, Joe.
Man, that sounds good. Nice work. I like the grit in the choruses a lot (I've got more to say about that in my post on playinbass' mix). The whole song feels more open than in our original mix too.spankenstein wrote:http://justinpenney.com/samples/Trigger2.mp3
Nothing too much done. I went for direct and a little gritty.
Yes!playinbass wrote:well here's my version.... a bit "mooshier"
http://belltower.net/mixtest/Trigger_playinbass.mp3
I liked the 2nd incomplete vocal line so grabbed the entire 1st chorus and copied that to the final chorus position too. Attached the existing fade out onto that part.
Not too much else....left the first vocal track in the background loud enough to be obvious..added a harmony on the 'just pull me back" section and some echo....
Most of this was done on the Roland 1880. Had to play the tracks in analog and then manually line them up. Did just a bit of make up volume in Peak before converting the mp3.
This was an amusing project. Anybody else got some tracks they want victimized?
Starting with the drums. Squashed and Eq'd the overheads. Squashed and EQ'd the kick. light compression on the snare with just a touch added to the lower mids. Sent to a bus and squashed a little more.thekingandcaroline wrote:Man, that sounds good. Nice work. I like the grit in the choruses a lot (I've got more to say about that in my post on playinbass' mix). The whole song feels more open than in our original mix too.spankenstein wrote:http://justinpenney.com/samples/Trigger2.mp3
Nothing too much done. I went for direct and a little gritty.
What, exactly, did you do?
Joe
I just cloned the guitar and ran it through one of the guitar sim effects and panned it over to the right. I boosted it a bit for the choruses, but it's in there the whole way through at a lower volume too.Yes!
I love the delay on the vocals in the chorus -- sounds kinda "Instant Karma"-ish. The harmony on the "just pull me back" section is cool too.
It sounds like you added guitar in the choruses too. Am I right?
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