13 Feb
2005
13 Feb
'05
8:51 p.m.
On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 20:12 +1100, Shayne O'Connor wrote:
well, it's taken awhile, but i've managed to
complete my first song on
linux!
http://www.machinehasnoagenda.com/downloads/The_Girls_-_The_Sailor.ogg
Nice song!
i used the ladspa plate reverb for the guitars, but
the drums and bass
are dry ...
Bass is usually supposed to be dry.
* i'm not that technically proficient at any of
the instrument i've
played on here (though guitar is my favourite).
You seem to play pretty well regardless.
* i can't really mix.
* i can't really sing.
* i can't really master.
* i may have gone too far with the echoes?
IANASE (i am not a sound engineer), but:
The mix sounds acceptable to me overall.
I'd smear a whiff of reverb on the percussion thou', barely audible. Or
something.
The main vocals (the ones on the center) sound hidden, remote and
tubey... is that a tube preamp effect? If it is, it's a bit too much.
Bring them out, brighten them up, maybe (just maybe) a tad (more)
compression? Leave the other vocals unchanged (the ones panned left and
right). Don't change much, a couple dB tops.
As for singing, Bob Dylan couldn't either :-) so don't worry about that.
Actually the voice is pretty nice for a ballad type of thing.
Mastering... that's black magic, and it doesn't make sense to talk about
it before perfecting the mix.
The echoes are doing just fine, thanks. :-)
--
Florin Andrei
http://florin.myip.org/