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Posted on Oct 06, 2004 10:43 pm
Chris Baker
Member Since: Oct 06, 2004
I have been fooling around with home recording for a couple of years now, but it seems that I only improve the sound of my individual tracks. When it comes to mixing it all up and putting it together, no matter what I try I am never satisfied. I put the "final mix", the result of several week's effort, online, could anyone give it a listen and maybe some give me some advice?!
For the record, I use a BOSS BR-8 to do the recordings. The drums are on a electric drum set of some sort lined in, the guitar and bass are line in recordings as well.
bloodlettingmusic.com/BloodLetting-False.mp3
Oh, and I do know that the low quality of this file MAY affect the sound, I use this lower quality one for internet exchange... and don't worry, the reduced quality isn't changing that much, trust me.....
Sorry for the newb questions, please don't smite me with sarcasm!
-Chris Baker
www.BloodLettingMUSIC.com
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el musicoFreeleance Producer/Engineer/GtrMember
Since: Aug 11, 2002
Oct 07, 2004 01:51 pm Mixing is an artform all on it's own... just know that if something sounds great on it's own, it doesn't mean that it will be great in the mix. there's a lot of carving that goes into a mix. Get a book on mixing and it should expose you to some tips.
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Oct 09, 2004 11:52 pm Thou shall not be smitten of handed any sarcasm here.
First off I'll start by giving ya a comliment from my son Tuna who was in here listening this evening. He commented the mix didnt sound terrible and thought was very presentable for someone who is not an enginer or mixes for a living. Also he gave kudos to your drummer as well, one of his hero's is Joey J from Slipknot and he noticed one of your drummers influances is Joey.
On with my comments, I agree with my son as the mix is definately not hideous or terrible. Indeed it could use some fixing or a bit of tweaking. As el musico stated, mixing is indeed an art form. I started enginering at an early age and to be honest I spent at least ten of those years figuring out how to make what I heard on the individual track come out in the mix. It is defo not an easy thing to do. I still to this day find times when after 30 or 40 hours of tweaking I still cant get the mix to mix.
I will try and give a better listen in a day or two and give ya some honest feedback on the track. It would be really handy if you could pop up a bit higher quality mp3 for me to get a bit better picture of what is going on in your mix.
Noize
