1 May
2013
1 May
'13
10:27 a.m.
HI Everyone,
Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a Nepalese singer,
and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass on the track. It has
taken me ages to get round to finishing it, because I was having real
troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P
James
1 May
1 May
10:47 a.m.
On Wed, May 1, 2013 6:27 pm, James Stone wrote:
HI Everyone,
Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a Nepalese singer,
and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass on the track. It has
taken me ages to get round to finishing it, because I was having real
troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P
NIce mellow mix. I don't think it needs anything else. The ambience is
well matched to the tone and pace of the vocals. Lots of space for the
reverb coming off the crash.
A pure dub version maximising the reverb and echo in the track would be
very cool.
Sounds like a good live track for a lazy summer afternoon outside in the
sun with a few thousand friends.
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
9:20 p.m.
On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
HI Everyone,
Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a Nepalese
singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass on the
track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it, because I was
having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P
James
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Hi
Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve clarity,
but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think it's
probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I guess it'd
probably be better to automate the volume rather than compress, although
some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar has a tendency to
overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay once the vocal level
is higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a bit to reduce the clash.
The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd say, lose
a lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use some delay to
make it big without pushing it into the background like the reverb's
doing. It's a bit thin sounding as well and the level a bit inconsistent.
It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and the
singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to infer any
emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit flat, on the
same level -- the piece could do with some contour to it, a sense of
building and releasing in the music.
Q
11:32 p.m.
Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I will continue
tweaking :)
What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
James
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org> wrote:
On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
HI Everyone,
Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a Nepalese
singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass on the
track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it, because I was
having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/**jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-**qgo8P<https://so…
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Hi
Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve clarity, but
don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think it's
probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I guess it'd
probably be better to automate the volume rather than compress, although
some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar has a tendency to
overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay once the vocal level is
higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a bit to reduce the clash.
The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd say, lose a
lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use some delay to make
it big without pushing it into the background like the reverb's doing. It's
a bit thin sounding as well and the level a bit inconsistent.
It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and the
singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to infer any
emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit flat, on the same
level -- the piece could do with some contour to it, a sense of building
and releasing in the music.
Q
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11:36 p.m.
Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy to do it on the master bus.
Q
On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:
Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I
will continue
tweaking :)
What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
James
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org
<mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org>> wrote:
On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
HI Everyone,
Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a Nepalese
singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass on the
track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it,
because I was
having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the
song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P
<https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P>
James
Hi
Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve
clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think it's
probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I guess
it'd probably be better to automate the volume rather than compress,
although some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar has a
tendency to overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay once
the vocal level is higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a bit to
reduce the clash.
The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd say,
lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use some
delay to make it big without pushing it into the background like the
reverb's doing. It's a bit thin sounding as well and the level a bit
inconsistent.
It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and
the singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to infer
any emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit flat,
on the same level -- the piece could do with some contour to it, a
sense of building and releasing in the music.
Q
2 May
2 May
6:48 p.m.
Very cosy music!
I'd like to advise you to follow Q's advice, but make an exception on
the snare+bassdrum and the bassguitar.
I think the vocal level is good, but perhaps i would think different if
i understood what he says (beautyfull language btw)
Thanks for the music! Feel free to ad my email to any release anouncment
list.
*Set
On 2013-05-01 23:36, Q wrote:
Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy to do
it on the master
bus.
Q
On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:
Thanks for listening, and thanks for the
comments.. I will continue
tweaking :)
What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
James
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org
<mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org>> wrote:
On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
HI Everyone,
Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a Nepalese
singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass
on the
track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it,
because I was
having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the
song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would
appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P
<https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P>
James
Hi
Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve
clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think it's
probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I guess
it'd probably be better to automate the volume rather than compress,
although some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar has a
tendency to overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay once
the vocal level is higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a bit to
reduce the clash.
The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd say,
lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use some
delay to make it big without pushing it into the background like the
reverb's doing. It's a bit thin sounding as well and the level a bit
inconsistent.
It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and
the singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to infer
any emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit flat,
on the same level -- the piece could do with some contour to it, a
sense of building and releasing in the music.
Q
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8:01 p.m.
Thanks everyone!
This is my "improved" mix - based on comments here, and some more tweaking!
Not sure my skills are up to all the suggestions that were made, but this
is to the best of my ability:
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/m/download/s-SIyAE
By the way, I am not sure if my condenser mic is breaking - the vocals
sound a bit distorted despite being recorded at below clipping levels - any
experts here care to comment?
My friend is very happy with it, and is planning to submit it to a local
Nepali radio station in the UK - so we will see what comes of it.
No plans to record an album or anything - the guitar/bass player is back in
Nepal now..
Incidentally, the two of them were relatively famous in the 90s in Nepal
with a song they recorded together, but apparently no recordings of it are
left (they were recorded onto cassette and distributed to radio stations,
but never released)..
James
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Set Hallstrom <sakrecoer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Very cosy music!
I'd like to advise you to follow Q's advice, but make an exception on
the snare+bassdrum and the bassguitar.
I think the vocal level is good, but perhaps i would think different if
i understood what he says (beautyfull language btw)
Thanks for the music! Feel free to ad my email to any release anouncment
list.
*Set
On 2013-05-01 23:36, Q wrote:
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Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy
to do it on the master
bus.
Q
On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:
> Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I will continue
> tweaking :)
>
> What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
>
> James
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org
> <mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org>> wrote:
>
> On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
>
> HI Everyone,
>
> Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a
Nepalese
singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass
on the
track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it,
because I was
having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted the
song OK.
This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would
appreciate any
thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P
<https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P>
James
Hi
Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve
clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think it's
probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I guess
it'd probably be better to automate the volume rather than compress,
although some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar has a
tendency to overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay once
the vocal level is higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a bit to
reduce the clash.
The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd say,
lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use some
delay to make it big without pushing it into the background like the
reverb's doing. It's a bit thin sounding as well and the level a bit
inconsistent.
It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and
the singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to infer
any emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit flat,
on the same level -- the piece could do with some contour to it, a
sense of building and releasing in the music.
Q
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8:20 p.m.
On Fri, May 3, 2013 4:01 am, James Stone wrote:
Thanks everyone!
This is my "improved" mix - based on comments here, and some more
tweaking!
Not sure my skills are up to all the suggestions that were made, but this
is to the best of my ability:
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/m/download/s-SIyAE
By the way, I am not sure if my condenser mic is breaking - the vocals
sound a bit distorted despite being recorded at below clipping levels -
any
experts here care to comment?
My friend is very happy with it, and is planning to submit it to a local
Nepali radio station in the UK - so we will see what comes of it.
No plans to record an album or anything - the guitar/bass player is back
in
Nepal now..
Incidentally, the two of them were relatively famous in the 90s in Nepal
with a song they recorded together, but apparently no recordings of it are
left (they were recorded onto cassette and distributed to radio stations,
but never released)..
To my ear the first mix sounded more authentic as a Nepalese love song but
the second mix is definitely smoother and more radio friendly. I really
like how you brought out the cleanness of the guitar in the second stanza.
If you can release the stems I am interested in taking a shot at dubbing
that mix out. I have been privileged to work with some of the best at that
artform* so it's possible some of it has rubbed off by now. It will give
me a reason to take the latest version of Ardour for a spin too ;-)
I may even be able to get some input from one of the masters (but no
promises).
* http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=6
* http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=10
Patrick
James
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Set Hallstrom <sakrecoer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
Very cosy music!
I'd like to advise you to follow Q's advice, but make an exception on
the snare+bassdrum and the bassguitar.
I think the vocal level is good, but perhaps i would think different if
i understood what he says (beautyfull language btw)
Thanks for the music! Feel free to ad my email to any release anouncment
list.
*Set
On 2013-05-01 23:36, Q wrote:
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Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy
to do it on the
master
bus.
Q
On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:
> Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I will continue
> tweaking :)
>
> What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
>
> James
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org
> <mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org>> wrote:
>
> On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
>
> HI Everyone,
>
> Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a
Nepalese
> singer, and one of his friends who
played the guitar and bass
> on the
> track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it,
> because I was
> having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted
the
> song OK.
>
> This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would
> appreciate any
> thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
>
> https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P
> <https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P>
>
> James
>
>
> Hi
>
> Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
>
> You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve
> clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
>
> The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think
it's
> probably the lower register bits that are
most affected). I guess
> it'd probably be better to automate the volume rather than
compress,
> although some light compression
mightn't go astray. The guitar
has a
> tendency to overpower the vocal as well,
but it might be okay
once
> the vocal level is higher, but if not,
maybe EQ the guitar a bit
to
> reduce the clash.
>
> The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd
say,
> lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be
a lot better. Perhaps use
some
> delay to make it big without pushing it
into the background like
the
> reverb's doing. It's a bit thin
sounding as well and the level a
bit
> inconsistent.
>
> It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and
> the singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to
infer
> any emotional intensity from the vocals,
it all sounds a bit
flat,
> on the same level -- the piece could do
with some contour to it,
a
sense
of building and releasing in the music.
Q
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11:21 p.m.
Thanks Patrick and Bill!
I have checked with Manoj (who wrote the song) and he has given permission
for it to be remixed as you like..
I have uploaded the stems here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u0nwzpvym91w11/Malayu_malayu_by_Manoj_stems.tar
However, I noticed that the automation has been included on these tracks. I
can't work out a way in Mixbus/Ardour to export stems without this. If
anyone knows - please tell me!
Let me know if you want some other versions of the files, but hopefully
these will be adequate for your purposes..
If anyone else wants to do a mix on these, please feel free!
Looking forward to hearing the Dub version - impressed you have worked with
the Mad Professor!! I saw him play at Glastonbury one year on one of the
smaller stages - Lots of "interesting" smelling smoke from the punters.
Ground shaking bass.. Very good stuff! :)
James
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Patrick Shirkey
<pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com>wrote;wrote:
On Fri, May 3, 2013 4:01 am, James Stone wrote:
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Thanks everyone!
This is my "improved" mix - based on comments here, and some more
tweaking!
Not sure my skills are up to all the suggestions that were made, but this
is to the best of my ability:
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/m/download/s-SIyAE
By the way, I am not sure if my condenser mic is breaking - the vocals
sound a bit distorted despite being recorded at below clipping levels -
any
experts here care to comment?
My friend is very happy with it, and is planning to submit it to a local
Nepali radio station in the UK - so we will see what comes of it.
No plans to record an album or anything - the guitar/bass player is back
in
Nepal now..
Incidentally, the two of them were relatively famous in the 90s in Nepal
with a song they recorded together, but apparently no recordings of it
are
left (they were recorded onto cassette and
distributed to radio stations,
but never released)..
To my ear the first mix sounded more authentic as a Nepalese love song but
the second mix is definitely smoother and more radio friendly. I really
like how you brought out the cleanness of the guitar in the second stanza.
If you can release the stems I am interested in taking a shot at dubbing
that mix out. I have been privileged to work with some of the best at that
artform* so it's possible some of it has rubbed off by now. It will give
me a reason to take the latest version of Ardour for a spin too ;-)
I may even be able to get some input from one of the masters (but no
promises).
* http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=6
* http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=10
Patrick
James
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Set Hallstrom <sakrecoer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Very cosy music!
>
> I'd like to advise you to follow Q's advice, but make an exception on
> the snare+bassdrum and the bassguitar.
>
> I think the vocal level is good, but perhaps i would think different if
> i understood what he says (beautyfull language btw)
>
> Thanks for the music! Feel free to ad my email to any release anouncment
> list.
>
> *Set
>
> On 2013-05-01 23:36, Q wrote:
> > Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy to do it on the
> master
> > bus.
> >
> > Q
> >
> > On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:
> >> Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I will continue
> >> tweaking :)
> >>
> >> What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org
> >> <mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
> >>
> >> HI Everyone,
> >>
> >> Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a
> Nepalese
> >> singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and bass
> >> on the
> >> track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it,
> >> because I was
> >> having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted
> the
> >> song OK.
> >>
> >> This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would
> >> appreciate any
> >> thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
> >>
> >>
https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P
>
<https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P>
>
> James
>
>
> Hi
>
> Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it stands.
>
> You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve
> clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
>
> The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think
it's
> probably the lower register bits that are
most affected). I guess
> it'd probably be better to automate the volume rather than
compress,
> although some light compression
mightn't go astray. The guitar
has a
> tendency to overpower the vocal as well,
but it might be okay
once
> the vocal level is higher, but if not,
maybe EQ the guitar a bit
to
> reduce the clash.
>
> The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd
say,
> lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be
a lot better. Perhaps use
some
> delay to make it big without pushing it
into the background like
the
> reverb's doing. It's a bit thin
sounding as well and the level a
bit
> inconsistent.
>
> It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing and
> the singer's got a good voice. However, with not being able to
infer
> any emotional intensity from the vocals,
it all sounds a bit
flat,
> on the same level -- the piece could do
with some contour to it,
a
> sense of building and releasing in the
music.
>
>
> Q
>
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3 May
1:04 a.m.
On Fri, May 3, 2013 7:21 am, James Stone wrote:
Thanks Patrick and Bill!
I have checked with Manoj (who wrote the song) and he has given permission
for it to be remixed as you like..
I have uploaded the stems here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6u0nwzpvym91w11/Malayu_malayu_by_Manoj_stems.tar
Great! I grabbed them and I'm building the latest version of Ardour now.
However, I noticed that the automation has been
included on these tracks.
I
can't work out a way in Mixbus/Ardour to export stems without this. If
anyone knows - please tell me!
Let me know if you want some other versions of the files, but hopefully
these will be adequate for your purposes..
Will do.
If anyone else wants to do a mix on these, please feel
free!
Looking forward to hearing the Dub version - impressed you have worked
with
the Mad Professor!! I saw him play at Glastonbury one year on one of the
smaller stages - Lots of "interesting" smelling smoke from the punters.
Ground shaking bass.. Very good stuff! :)
He is one of the hardest working men in the Dub Circuit. Almost always
booked and travelling constantly. He's been doing a lot of work in Ghana
the past few years with his Back to Africa Tour. I've managed some gigs
with him and some other stuff too. He's always interested in hearing what
we get up to round here.
It's good to hear some Soulful Asian music for a change.
I can also feel an ambient psy trance version creeping up on me too. I'm
not sure where this one is gonna end up now ;-)
Nepalese Dub RockSteady Roots or Ambient Psy Trance Manoj Vocal Edit.
Maybe both...
James
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Patrick Shirkey
<pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com>wrote;wrote:
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On Fri, May 3, 2013 4:01 am, James Stone wrote:
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Thanks everyone!
This is my "improved" mix - based on comments here, and some more
tweaking!
Not sure my skills are up to all the suggestions that were made, but
this
is to the best of my ability:
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/m/download/s-SIyAE
By the way, I am not sure if my condenser mic is breaking - the vocals
sound a bit distorted despite being recorded at below clipping levels
-
any
experts here care to comment?
My friend is very happy with it, and is planning to submit it to a
local
Nepali radio station in the UK - so we will see
what comes of it.
No plans to record an album or anything - the guitar/bass player is
back
in
Nepal now..
Incidentally, the two of them were relatively famous in the 90s in
Nepal
with a song they recorded together, but
apparently no recordings of it
are
left (they were recorded onto cassette and
distributed to radio
stations,
but never released)..
To my ear the first mix sounded more authentic as a Nepalese love song
but
the second mix is definitely smoother and more radio friendly. I really
like how you brought out the cleanness of the guitar in the second
stanza.
If you can release the stems I am interested in taking a shot at dubbing
that mix out. I have been privileged to work with some of the best at
that
artform* so it's possible some of it has rubbed off by now. It will give
me a reason to take the latest version of Ardour for a spin too ;-)
I may even be able to get some input from one of the masters (but no
promises).
* http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=6
* http://djcj.org/events/index.php?id=10
Patrick
James
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Set Hallstrom <sakrecoer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> Very cosy music!
>
> I'd like to advise you to follow Q's advice, but make an exception on
> the snare+bassdrum and the bassguitar.
>
> I think the vocal level is good, but perhaps i would think different
if
> i understood what he says (beautyfull
language btw)
>
> Thanks for the music! Feel free to ad my email to any release
anouncment
> list.
>
> *Set
>
> On 2013-05-01 23:36, Q wrote:
> > Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy to do it on the
> master
> > bus.
> >
> > Q
> >
> > On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:
> >> Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I will
continue
> >> tweaking :)
> >>
> >> What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org
> >> <mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
> >>
> >> HI Everyone,
> >>
> >> Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who is a
> Nepalese
> >> singer, and one of his friends who played the guitar and
bass
> >> on the
> >> track. It has taken me ages to get round to finishing it,
> >> because I was
> >> having real troubles coming up with some drums that fitted
> the
> >> song OK.
> >>
> >> This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I would
> >> appreciate any
> >> thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
> >>
> >>
https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P
> >>
<https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P>
> >>
> >> James
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> Just had a listen to this and it sounds pretty nice as it
stands.
> >>
> >> You could probably clear out the low mids a little to improve
> >> clarity, but don't overdo it or you'll lose too much warmth.
> >>
> >> The vocal drops in and out a bit, especially early on (I think
> it's
> >> probably the lower register bits that are most affected). I
guess
> >> it'd probably be better to
automate the volume rather than
> compress,
> >> although some light compression mightn't go astray. The guitar
> has a
> >> tendency to overpower the vocal as well, but it might be okay
> once
> >> the vocal level is higher, but if not, maybe EQ the guitar a
bit
> to
> >> reduce the clash.
> >>
> >> The main guitar solo (from 3.10) needs to be more upfront I'd
> say,
> >> lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be a lot better. Perhaps use
> some
> >> delay to make it big without pushing it into the background
like
> the
> >> reverb's doing. It's a bit thin sounding as well and the level
a
> bit
> >> inconsistent.
> >>
> >> It's a pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice playing
and
> >> the singer's got a good
voice. However, with not being able to
> infer
> >> any emotional intensity from the vocals, it all sounds a bit
> flat,
> >> on the same level -- the piece could do with some contour to
it,
a
>> sense of building and releasing in the music.
>>
>>
>> Q
>>
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On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com
Brilliant! Looking forward to it!!
By the way, I made a mistake on the name - It is Mayalu Mayalu.
James
wrote:
If anyone else
wants to do a mix on these, please feel free!
Looking forward to hearing the Dub version - impressed you have worked
with
the Mad Professor!! I saw him play at Glastonbury one year on one of the
smaller stages - Lots of "interesting" smelling smoke from the punters.
Ground shaking bass.. Very good stuff! :)
He is one of the hardest working men in the Dub Circuit. Almost always
booked and travelling constantly. He's been doing a lot of work in Ghana
the past few years with his Back to Africa Tour. I've managed some gigs
with him and some other stuff too. He's always interested in hearing what
we get up to round here.
It's good to hear some Soulful Asian music for a change.
I can also feel an ambient psy trance version creeping up on me too. I'm
not sure where this one is gonna end up now ;-)
Nepalese Dub RockSteady Roots or Ambient Psy Trance Manoj Vocal Edit.
Maybe both...
11:06 a.m.
On Fri, May 3, 2013 6:52 pm, James Stone wrote:
On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Patrick Shirkey
<pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com
Brilliant! Looking forward to it!!
By the way, I made a mistake on the name - It is Mayalu Mayalu.
I'm listening to the stems at the moment. Can hear some riddims in da bass
maaan ;-) Definitely leaning towards a dub version as priority.
I've had a good look and I can't find a translation for that in Nepalese.
Does Manoj care to enlighten us?
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
wrote:
If anyone
else wants to do a mix on these, please feel free!
Looking forward to hearing the Dub version - impressed you have worked
with
the Mad Professor!! I saw him play at Glastonbury one year on one of
the
smaller stages - Lots of "interesting"
smelling smoke from the
punters.
Ground shaking bass.. Very good stuff! :)
He is one of the hardest working men in the Dub Circuit. Almost always
booked and travelling constantly. He's been doing a lot of work in Ghana
the past few years with his Back to Africa Tour. I've managed some gigs
with him and some other stuff too. He's always interested in hearing
what
we get up to round here.
It's good to hear some Soulful Asian music for a change.
I can also feel an ambient psy trance version creeping up on me too. I'm
not sure where this one is gonna end up now ;-)
Nepalese Dub RockSteady Roots or Ambient Psy Trance Manoj Vocal Edit.
Maybe both...
2 May
2 May
8:34 p.m.
I like this, I hadn't listened to the earlier mix(es) but where you are
is quite nice. My only issues with the mix decisions: the drums are too
dry, particularly the snare, relative to the vocals; I would either put
more reverb on the drums, less on the vocal, or both :). Also, I would
like to hear more of the harmony vocal in the later verses -- it is
quite buried.
Regarding the distortion on the vocal, I can definitely hear what you
are talking about, especially later in the song. Just because you are
not clipping doesn't mean you aren't recording too hot. What was your
"working level" at the DAW input for recording? What was gain staging
like throughout the signal chain between the microphone and the DAW?
What effects do you have applied to the track?
With modern equipment at 24-bit resolution and a good noise floor, "best
practice" seems to be to work at about -20 dBFS RMS until mastering. If
you are following "tape" conventions and trying to keep levels in the -6
dBFS range with peaks hitting near clipping, you may be working outside
the best-performing range of your audio IO gear and introducing some
distortion.
As a side note, I think that DAW design encourages too-hot levels by use
of waveform displays everywhere. If you are at a good level of -20
dBFS, your signal is at about 1/10 of the full range, which is hardly
visible on a DAW waveform display if it's small. "I can't see the
signal... turn it up!" -6 dBFS gets up to half the amplitude range, and
if you are "seeing" waveforms near the full range of the wave display,
you are somewhere around -1 dBFS, which is .89 of total range... way too
high for working levels!
Good work on the piece, and thanks for sharing it!
Thanks,
Bill Gribble
On Thu, 2013-05-02 at 19:01 +0100, James Stone wrote:
Thanks everyone!
This is my "improved" mix - based on comments here, and some more
tweaking! Not sure my skills are up to all the suggestions that were
made, but this is to the best of my ability:
https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/m/download/s-SIyAE
By the way, I am not sure if my condenser mic is breaking - the vocals
sound a bit distorted despite being recorded at below clipping levels
- any experts here care to comment?
My friend is very happy with it, and is planning to submit it to a
local Nepali radio station in the UK - so we will see what comes of
it.
No plans to record an album or anything - the guitar/bass player is
back in Nepal now..
Incidentally, the two of them were relatively famous in the 90s in
Nepal with a song they recorded together, but apparently no recordings
of it are left (they were recorded onto cassette and distributed to
radio stations, but never released)..
James
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Set Hallstrom <sakrecoer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Very cosy music!
I'd like to advise you to follow Q's advice, but make an
exception on
the snare+bassdrum and the bassguitar.
I think the vocal level is good, but perhaps i would think
different if
i understood what he says (beautyfull language btw)
Thanks for the music! Feel free to ad my email to any release
anouncment
list.
*Set
On 2013-05-01 23:36, Q wrote:
Probably a bit of everything -- might be as easy
to do it on
the master
bus.
Q
On 01/05/13 22:32, James Stone wrote:
> Thanks for listening, and thanks for the comments.. I will
continue
> tweaking :)
>
> What were you thinking I could cut low-mids from?
>
> James
>
> On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Q <lists(a)quirq.ukfsn.org
> <mailto:lists@quirq.ukfsn.org>> wrote:
>
> On 01/05/13 09:27, James Stone wrote:
>
> HI Everyone,
>
> Here is a song I recorded with a friend of mine who
is a
Nepalese
> singer, and one of his friends who
played the
guitar and bass
> on the
> track. It has taken me ages to get round to
finishing it,
> because I was
> having real troubles coming up with some drums that
fitted
the
> song OK.
>
> This is the current version, mixed in Mixbus. I
would
> appreciate any
> thoughts on the song, and also the mix.
>
>
https://soundcloud.com/__jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-__qgo8P
>
<https://soundcloud.com/jmstone/roughmix2/download/s-qgo8P>
>
>> James
>
>
>> Hi
>
>> Just had a listen
to this and it sounds pretty nice as
it stands.
>
>> You could
probably clear out the low mids a little to
improve
> clarity, but don't overdo it or
you'll lose too much
warmth.
>
>> The vocal drops
in and out a bit, especially early on
(I think it's
> probably the lower register bits that are
most
affected). I guess
> it'd probably be better to automate
the volume rather
than compress,
> although some light compression
mightn't go astray. The
guitar has a
> tendency to overpower the vocal as well,
but it might
be okay once
> the vocal level is higher, but if not,
maybe EQ the
guitar a bit to
>> reduce the clash.
>
>> The main guitar
solo (from 3.10) needs to be more
upfront I'd say,
> lose a lot of the reverb and it'd be
a lot better.
Perhaps use some
> delay to make it big without pushing it
into the
background like the
> reverb's doing. It's a bit thin
sounding as well and
the level a bit
>> inconsistent.
>
>> It's a
pleasant sounding piece, nice and mellow. Nice
playing and
> the singer's got a good voice.
However, with not being
able to infer
> any emotional intensity from the vocals,
it all sounds
a bit flat,
> on the same level -- the piece could do
with some
contour to it, a
>> sense of building and releasing in the music.
>
>
>> Q
>
>
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