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HomeSongwriter · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:20 am Post subject: What am i doing wrong?

Hi folks,
i have noticed that the overall sound of my recordings is not anywhere near as good as most on musicforte. I have checked out some threads and listened to peoples music who have been using comparative software etc. i must be doing something wrong. Anyone any ideas?

P.S. I am usins an Athlon XP 1800 CPU, Cakewalk Sonar, Edirol Orchestra, Edirol Super Quartet.

..........Cheers.........

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sivan · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: Re: What am i doing wrong?

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HomeSongwriter · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: Forums are for all thing's

Hi Sivan,
You kinda lost me there! I put the thread out to learn about mixing from people who are obviously very good at it. If a forum like this isnt good for learning from different people about different aspects of music i.e. mixing, recording, guitars, vocals etc then what good would that be? Its nothing to do with Socrates, its admiting that you dont know everything you would like to.

"Pride comes before a fall" (me)
Anyway good luck Sivan.

mobilehomeboy · Guest More posts by Anonymous 0.000 Music Forte Dollars

I think the best way to accomplish what you're looking for is to find some music that you like, and listen to each piece of it. Listen to each instrument, and then DO that.

Also, make sure everything is lined up to the grid, nice and tight.

But as for mixing, my stuff STILL lags, and the reason why is BECAUSE it's my music. There may be one or two great artists out there (hell, maybe more) that can do it, but I still can't. I'm the writer and musician, but the rest, well, belongs to someone else.

Also, look at the hundreds of people that have their hands on major artist's stuff. That's what it takes. All those ears and hands in the kitchen to bring forth those tasty morsels.....

Yum.

HomeSongwriter · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: Home Recording

Thanks everyone for your time, I will take all of the advice on board.

Home Songwriter.

SamDrummerBoy · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject:

Listen to my stuff and take it for what it's worth..... Rolling Eyes

I gave another listen. As well as turning up the vocals....... Try using some panning to give each instrument some "space" you could also do it with some eqing of each track a little different so that they all have a space in the frequency range. Also I think you are over compressing. I'm not sure. I would have to listen for about another 20 minutes to figure it out. The sound of the chorus effect starting one of the songs was a clue. I hate compression. You need a little to make it loud, but over doing it ruins all of the expression of the song (My own opinion) Another thing is the reverb. Maybe back it off a little. It's all trial and error at this (my) level. Try it! If it is better, go from there. Also, what sample rate is your mp3 file? Maybe up it a little. That could account for some of the compression. Play with the levels on mixing. The guitar tracks seem a little over bearing (to me). Like I said..... I'm just a dumb drummer........ but, I know what "I" like. Hope that is what you were looking for.

Sam

HomeSongwriter · Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject: Mixing

Hi Sam,
I listened to your stuff and it sounds great, very atmospheric, it seems to be exactly what i am missing. I will try the changes you recomended. The sample rate of the MP3's are 44khz and the Bit rate is 128kbps.

Cheers!

richyrick · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 1:03 pm Post subject:

i second that iZotopes's Ozone 3 comment. it really comes in handy, i definitely recommend it for mastering.