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Posted on Apr 01, 2012 06:55 am
colonel_sanders
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Member Since: Aug 17, 2004
Hey guys,
I'm constantly posting mixes on Sound Cloud, could use some feedback and would give some in return.
http://soundcloud.com/arie-van-der-poel - Most recent is a live recording of a band called Fuzzy Logic Baby.
Also, I'm posting stuff on www.facebook.com/Arie.productions
I just finished a DIY Auratone, so will be posting plans and a few pictures of the finished beast :-).
Post your links here to your studios.band pages and I'll follow/like!
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J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 01, 2012 02:54 pm Most of my stuff is on www.soundcloud.com/j-bot-1
But I put my more polished stuff at www.soundcloud.com/byte-mix-sound-design
Might be redundant, but this way I have my more laid back account, and my more portfolio-ish account.
And my facebook is www.facebook.com/jamesbot
also, got an invite to some thing called "fandalism" on facebook. It looked promising. fandalism.com/bytemixsound
Apr 01, 2012 03:36 pm soundcloud.com/quickxkid
Colonel, I've seen your true identity! You're not a muppet afterall.
Apr 01, 2012 03:46 pm Quickxkid, that is very arguable.
Followed ya's, having a peek at your tracks now...
Apr 02, 2012 03:58 pm Man, I don't know the first thing about live mixes. They scare me ._.
I'm all about the multitrack. I applaud you sir.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 02, 2012 05:11 pm Eh, live mixing is a different layer, sure. It's not really my area either, but it is something I'm considering getting into for this recording service I'm planning to start up. I think a lot of it has to do with the mic placement on the stage. (of course, a lot of anything has to do with mic placement and getting the source sound as good a you can get it)
Also, a hardware mixer isn't vastly different from the DAW mixer. You've got your gain, the faders, and, depending on the mixer, EQ or built-in effects. you use the inserts for outboard gear, and aux sends/returns to route things around the board.
Usually on fully analog boards, you aren't going to capture anything but the mixed down stereo out into whatever recording interface, or whatever other hardware to capture the output. So, basically you mix at the board itself, and it is somewhat of an art.
Some units (like the A&H Zeds) will have a USB output that can capture the separate busses from the channels, so you can do a little bit of mixing in the DAW (you could mic up the drums for the channels on bus 1 and the instruments on bus 2 or something, then mix them in the DAW)
So far, the only (cheapish, midrange?) mixers I know that send all channels to the DAW are the A&H R16, the Mackie onyx i-series boards, the presonus digital mixers, and I think the old Alesis multimix and Phonic Helix boards could do it. (I think these are all pretty much mixers with firewire)
The one I just got is the Mackie Onyx 1620i, and I'm still learning my way around it and all, but it's a good board so far. From what I can tell, everything is nice and quiet, and I haven't noticed any "channel bleed" like some boards seem to have issues with. But the things I read may have been cable crosstalk, not necessarily channel crosstalk.
I may go re-read Tweak's Guide again in the next few weeks just to refresh my knowledge on mixers and routing stuff around it.
It's nice having the mixer at home too what with my two hardware VA synths and other stuff. :) (I still haven't figured out where to put the new headphone amp though. Too wide to fit on the desk DOH!)
Apr 02, 2012 07:59 pm Just started an account about a week ago. I only have one song uploaded at the moment.
http://soundcloud.com/timothyryanbrown
Apr 03, 2012 01:35 am 95% of my "gear" is inboard. I have the interface and the monitors (and a JVC tape deck I'm screwing around with for color) and the rest is software. Be it the mixer, eq's, compressors, tape emulation, it's all in da box. I've never even mic'd up a proper amp, its all amp sims. The thing about that though is it enabled me to get right into mixing relatively quick and learn principles that could theoretically carry over into real-life gear. Just the generation of tools I grew into i suppose. Maybe someday I'll have enough mulah to start a proper studio with sexy outboard gear and a giant 50 channel mixer. Someday....
Apr 03, 2012 07:33 am Its not too hard quickxkid :-).
I really like the sound you get on your hardcore recordings. I recorded a hardcore band once it came out TERRIBLE. Hard genre to nail. Respect!
Followed you Tim!
Apr 03, 2012 04:17 pm Yeah, its tough to nail, but its pretty much my fav genre to listen to at the moment so I've got a lot of practice under my belt. What I really wanna do is branch out and do pop and funk and acoustic and every other genre out there. But it seems like a lot more dudes with a home recording setup end up playing metal/hardcore.
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
Apr 03, 2012 05:24 pm Branching out is one of the best things you can do for yourself IMO. That goes with writing/composing music too. Listen to stuff (genres) you're not familiar with, or that are completely different compared to the "norm." This ends up being a bit of exercise for the brain. You subconsciously pick up on the differences, and that can help influence your creativity quite a bit. It gives you fresh ideas, and fresh concepts to mold into new stuff. :)
My brother subjected me to a lot of different stuff in my high school days. He was up in NYC, so he'd send me cassette tape recordings of some of the CDs he listened to. (this was back before ripping was common haha) He sent me stuff like Kronos Quartet, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Ralph Towner, Jan Garbarek, Zimmer, various world musicians, Joseph Schwantner, Bartok, Tchaikovsky, even really hard to listen to stuff like Ligeti and Lutoslawski. (which then, and even now, I still can't get my head wrapped around stuff that is purely atonal and texture with the lack of harmony/melody, though I understand it better than I did in high school haha!) Of course, I got into his old cassette tape albums too, which included stuff like White Snake, Iron Maiden, Bob Marley, etc.
In college, I pretty much listened to a diet of Overclocked Remixes. (bunch of amateur, and sometimes professional, musicians that take game soundtracks, and remix them into something more) And there are many many different styles covered, though the majority is pretty much electronica based hehe. I listened to a lot of *cough*anime*cough* soundtracks as well. But I also listened to a bit of contemporary and modern stuff that was odd rhythmically, but still had a good bit of harmony/melody, and interesting textures too. Oh, and I was also into celtic music quite a bit at the time too.
I don't listen to as much of the OCRemix stuff these days, but I do still grab their collaborative "albums" when they put them out. Good stuff for when being out and about. And for other listening, I listen to the stuff fellow HRCians put up, and other indie groups, and whatever is playing on the local stations when driving around. :)
Apr 04, 2012 03:23 pm Jump in the deep end and work with a funk band! Could turn into a hit record.
J-bot, love your mixes as well. Very cinematic/gamey, great ideas and sound!
KGinkKGinkMember
Since: May 26, 2012
May 30, 2012 12:37 am I is...
KGinkKGinkMember
Since: May 26, 2012
May 30, 2012 12:41 am Kronos Quartet, Miles Davis, Pat Metheny, Ralph Towner, Jan Garbarek, various world musicians, Bartok, Tchaikovsky - Iron Maiden, Bob Marley - Ok, I admit it - Whitesnake too...great music.
Quincysanhttp://www.unitedmusicians.infoContributor
Since: Nov 11, 2007
May 30, 2012 12:43 am soundcloud.com/mrquincy is mine
May 30, 2012 12:15 pm Choice music Quincy...!
Quincysanhttp://www.unitedmusicians.infoContributor
Since: Nov 11, 2007
May 30, 2012 01:55 pm Thanks! I'm looking forward to adding and listening to everyone's profiles out there. Good idea Colonel.
BeerHunterwww.TheLondonProject.caMember
Since: Feb 07, 2005
May 30, 2012 10:36 pm Here's mine.
http://soundcloud.com/thelondonproject
J-botByte-MixerMember
Since: Dec 04, 2007
May 31, 2012 07:03 pm KGink: I may be making an *** of myself, but I'm assuming you're on soundcloud as yourself? At any rate, I found a KGink on soundcloud, from MN, couldn't be a coincidence, so I clicked the follow. :D
Oh, in addition to the links up above, I also have a facebook for the recording service, so: www.facebook.com/bytemixsounddesign
Haven't had any anonymous clicks from outside the friends list yet, but it's up there as another avenue of visibility. :) Next up, making a Craigslist blurb. :P
Quincysanhttp://www.unitedmusicians.infoContributor
Since: Nov 11, 2007
Jun 01, 2012 08:53 pm I am really enjoying these HRC soundcloud accounts. I'd heard pretty much everyone's work before except Redneck. Awesome stuff man, very laid back and vibey. Almost a little like Zero 7, but not completely.
BTW, I know I neglected the collab for a long time but I finally got a click track and some vocals uploaded. I figure no one's checked that thread in a while. All the stuff that's recorded is just a draft, open to revision, complete changes, rewriting, whatever.
motorcycle05302012 is the most recent draft. There's a motorcycleCLICKTRACK mp3 in there that is just the guitar and metronome. I figured the vocal stuff might give you all some inspiration for your instrument parts. Feel free to ignore what I did vocally and write something else entirely. Just ideas.
Jun 07, 2012 07:24 pm Thanks man! I had to look up Zero 7, that's some pretty cool stuff.
I really dig "Rainbow Elephants," it's pretty catchy. I love the bassline on it. I love me some prog rock/metal.
