10 Aug
2010
10 Aug
'10
4:41 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Roberto Suarez Soto
<talkingxouba(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
it seems it's allowed to publish what you've recorded with Linux
here. Please, tell me if this is not the right place or if there is some kind
of "customary protocol" for this kind of things :-)
I've recorded an instrumental rock song using Ardour and Hydrogen.
Guitar tracks were recorded using a Parker PM20 Pro, and bass tracks using a
Yamaha RBX 374. Distortion and overdrive (and some compression for the bass)
were provided by a V-Amp 2 that I also used to connect the instruments to the
computer's line-in.
The song's title is "Trillian Cut", and can be downloaded from this
URL: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1496559/Trillian_Cut_by_Xouba.mp3
The sound is not very clear: some instruments are muddy, and
I haven't found a way to make them sound well in the mix without
overlapping or clipping. I've tried to use panning and equalization to make
it better, but I'm a newbie in everything audio and the result was not as
good as I'd like. Advice is not only welcome, but much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
--
Roberto Suarez Soto Lift up the receiver,
I'll make you a believer
Roberto,
I liked the piece. Your guitar work was pretty nice and I liked the
overdub guitar coming in a little brighter than the main guitar. Very
listenable piece of music.
Take my following comments with a grain of salt as I'm listening on
headphones right now.
1) Guitar levels and tone good.
2) Bass guitar was non-existent in the mix
3) Drum samples sounded nice in the mix.
4) Panning/placement was sort of narrow/non-descript and generally too
far left. Needs to fill up space better.
Overall, while there are some sounds that could be improved, and
you will over time, probably my biggest response was that the bass and
drums didn't sound like players. If you actually played the bass I
think a real bass player would have taken a few liberties at
inflection points to show his chops a bit. Even if the instrument you
used doesn't sound perfect, playing it a bit more will let people find
it in the mix a bit more. A couple of well placed trills or a fret
slide here or there will bring it to the front. Same sort of comment
on the drums. A few different loops, a few unexpected cymbal crashes
or something extra to make it stand out sounding like a player and not
a computer would make me more interested overall.
Influentially my first thought at the start was 'a bit
Hendrix-like' although as it progressed it became more you. (Which is
good!)
Keep working. I'd like to hear more.
Cheers,
Mark