Sounds very nice on my ear-buds at work..
I'll check it at the studio tonight ;)

The main thing I notice about this mix is that the strummed instruments seem to have prominent pick-on-string sound and almost no body/resonance/sustain. That works rhythmically but leaves the chord structure underrepresented.

i think it sounds pretty damn good. i like the song too! good stuff. where in Oregon are you? I'm in Springfield.

bouldersound, post: 459052, member: 38959 wrote: The main thing I notice about this mix is that the strummed instruments seem to have prominent pick-on-string sound and almost no body/resonance/sustain. That works rhythmically but leaves the chord structure underrepresented.

I think you are right..…..maybe need some more highs taken off with EQ....I did just buy the new LR Baggs Session footpeddle which adds saturation and notches out typical nasty frequencies on the acoustic guitar...tested it last night thru a live rig and wow it made my Martin D35 sound might fat. Not sure when I can record with it...but will tell when I do. Thanks for the input

Kurt Foster, post: 459053, member: 7836 wrote: i think it sounds pretty damn good. i like the song too! good stuff. where in Oregon are you? I'm in Springfield.

PDX is home

I'm back to the studio. I can hear what bouldersound is saying. But I'd go a bit further. The rithme guitar is in the center with the vocal.. If you make it fatter, you risk stealing space to the vocal.
Also there isn't anything in the left channel for a while.. I think the acoustic can go there and the solo acoustic that does melodies should go with the vocal in the center.. I know it might be to conventional for some, but try and decide for yourself.
Good job on not compressing too much.

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pcrecord, post: 459061, member: 46460 wrote: I'm back to the studio. I can hear what bouldersound is saying. But I'd go a bit further. The rithme guitar is in the center with the vocal.. If you make it fatter, you risk stealing space to the vocal.
Also there isn't anything in the left channel for a while.. I think the acoustic can go there and the solo acoustic that does melodies should go with the vocal in the center.. I know it might be to conventional for some, but try and decide for yourself.
Good job on not compressing too much.

Not conventional for me certainly... ...but I can see where you are coming from...I'm always panning instuments with break to 9 and 3 O'clock respectively ...like mando one side and guitar the other

I did start out with the first guitar fills on the left and it remains there thru the song.....Mando tremolo to the right...

I'll mess around in the future with solos in the middle and see how it sits

Ben Davis, post: 459059, member: 50672 wrote: PDX is home

and also...thanks for the kind comment on the song itself.