Jan 12, 2005 10:01 pm oh and it seems taht my server is kinda bad at streaming this content or something. it sounds as i hear it if you right click and save as to listen...
can someone possibly lend their advice with this...
Posted on Jan 12, 2005 09:59 pm
stguitar
Home Recording Newbie
Member Since: Jan 09, 2005
hey guys, i have just done a small clip of some music and i wanted to post it on here for you to hear if you have a second. all my recordings sound like this in general for years and i do not know what im doing wrong. this time im using lots better equipment, but i get basically the same sound. i dont knwo if its my physical setup or if its during mix down. i just am curious if this is something that is kind of normal or if mine just sounds way different. please if you have any tips, im all ears.
stguitar.dyndns.org/media/demo.mp3
my setup is i have 1 sm57 mic about 6 inches from amp, turned 90 degrees so it gets more low frequencies. this mic runs into my behringer ub1622fx pro mixer. i go out from my mix via tape out rca plugs and into my sound cards line in plug, which is a sound blaster (actually usb cuz my built in sound card on my laptop sucks). i use sonar 2 for my computer program. this is my setup, and how i recorded this "muddy" track. if i take out to much low, it sounds too thin to me.
any suggestions? or should i just give up?
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Jan 12, 2005 10:01 pm oh and it seems taht my server is kinda bad at streaming this content or something. it sounds as i hear it if you right click and save as to listen...
Jan 12, 2005 10:06 pm I'm not sure I understand what the problem is with this track. Sounds like I may hear a little unwanted distortion at about 25 seconds, but this doesn't sound BAD at all. What exactly are you hearing that you don't like?
Jan 12, 2005 11:16 pm yeah thats what I think too, but I'm not sure if this is the problem he is talking about. If clipping is the issue then your signal is merely too hot
Jan 12, 2005 11:16 pm well it does sound like possibly clipping but i think thats just my overdrive pedal. levels should be solid. speaking of, my master levels seem lower than alot of peoples work but but that is probably a whole nother issue.
i guess my complaints about the track are to me i just didnt see that as like what i hear some of you guys producing. i wasnt sure if this sound was typical or not basically. i know i have alot to learn when it comes to mix down, and i plan on buying some books. i guess i was curious if there was something that i need to do as far as setup so that mix down will actually still help if that makes sense. i didnt want the book to tell me something to do during mix down that depends on how it was recorded and i find out that i did something wrong and have to re-record.
right now i have the clean guitar, panned about 50% right, and the second overdriven guitar panned about 41% left. thast about all the mixing i have done as i dont really know how to use eq properly to keep the frequenices from clashing. i understand the concept thanks to some great material on this site, but just don tknow how to combat the problem.
Jan 13, 2005 12:37 am I didnt hear any clipping at all. It sounds more like the overdrive/distortion you are using. And in truth, it sounds good to me. Really good. If it doesnt sound like what some others here are producing, I'd say wait until you have drums and vocals mixed before making a decision. Many times I have recorded a guitar part that I didnt think sounded quite right, only to find it really shined when I had drums and a bass line added to it. It's not just the one or two instruments that make the song. When mixing, you have to give equal care to ALL you instruments. Sounds good, keep it up!
Jan 13, 2005 10:19 am well thanks for all your opinions and good words. i guess you are right guitar lord and thats kinda why i posted it to see if at this point i sounded as if i were on the right track.
im going to get a book on mixing so i can really get that done well. as in the past thats been an area where i need major improvement.
thanks agian
Jan 13, 2005 11:43 am I think it sounds great like it is.
Jan 13, 2005 06:42 pm ya, whats wrong with that? it sounds great even though i am having issues with my computer it still sounded like you got a pretty good sound in there
Jan 13, 2005 09:45 pm thanks guys, it really does help me get over my bad feelings i was having. i was just being to worrisome to early i guess. thanks alot.
Jan 14, 2005 12:16 am Hey this sounds good to me, but if I were to be nit picky, I'd say you might cut some of the low mids on the eq of the accoustic just a little. You don't need to cut it all the way out, just lower it some. But this could definitely stand as is.
Jan 14, 2005 01:00 am you do mean like to the eq on sonar, not like during recording?
ive been recording it flat eq, unless you mean on the amp ha. i read on here that its good to boost mids, but not to much and thats kinda where i was working at...
Jan 14, 2005 08:24 pm I mean on Sonar yes. You could do it while recording as well, but you have a lot more flexibility if you do it in your software.
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