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Definitely a solid mix, the vox at the beginning may be a little too forward. Maybe some volume automation or something along those lines could help create some intensity when the song kicks it into h ...

The levels and placement are good, and those very heavily effected vocals are kind of manson-esque.
Definitely some original sounds in this tune. A little more air on the mix would probably go a lon ...

Hey guys, this is another from that same demo as the previous. Few different sounds and a whatnot. Interested to hear what you think of this tune as well!
Thanks guys!

http://www.mediamax.com/the_ ...

Discrete: Are you referring to the last chorus, "they leave you empty"?
There is a tube overdrive on the vocals, which may have been a little too saturated at some places. Actually it was the DaTub ...

These are all very interesting compliments. I'm glad you all like the tune, I'm sad they aren't including it on their next release.

Just quickly:

I think overall it is a good mix. Indeed there are a lot of sounds, especially BGs, but you did a good job of panning the BGs to leave a hole in the middle for the lead vox. The EQ on ...

yes I certainly agree with you on the vocals!
Thanks for the positive feedback and the constructive crit!!

This was a local band I've been friends with for a good few years. This was one of the first recordings I totally coordinated. This was before I had a lot of my current gear.
Drums were miked with Ro ...

I would generally recommend a single ply clear head on the bottom of the toms. Not really anything else, although there are drummers (Carter Beauford comes to mind) who do use others.
As for clear/c ...

Haha no problemo!

You'll have to pick the device that is most suited to your needs. Presonus makes some decent firewire devices at the entry level, so does m-audio (also being pro-tools compatible if thats important... ...

A 4 track tape machine can teach about the aesthetics of recording in ways that computers can't.
When a singer records themselves, it is as much about analyizing one's own voice as much as it is abou ...

Sorry, I was unclear. Of course on a mono TRACK you can pan it within the stereo buss. I was referring to pfactionbrett, who was asking whether he should bus his drum mics from his mixer to mono or st ...

if you recorded in mono, you will not be able to pan anything and create a stereo image.

If you record in stereo, you will be able to pan things between the L and R channels of the buss. This allo ...

how bout a mac pro??? even the base one is 8-core now, w/ 2gigs ram. it'd probably do the trick for most applications! (runs windows now too! Also it gives you the option of using logic which is one o ...