10 Aug
2010
10 Aug
'10
2:55 p.m.
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
10 Aug
10 Aug
3:22 p.m.
Hello Roberto!
Thanks for sharing your music. It's much better than my first recordings in
the way of sound and mix.
For what it's worth here's my penny: I think it might have been better to
pan the bass (if there was one) and basic distorted rhythm guitar to the
center and then panned the solo guitars to the sites. Not too hard though. You
might have taken the clena rhythm guitar, which was introduced later, and
panned it harder to one side. That way you would have a nice,simple stereo
spread of the instruments. With the deep, distorted rhythm guitar to the left,
the piece somehow sounds of balance in my ears.
As to EQing: I'm not too bright with that myself. But if there is a bass,
you may reduce gain in the low region of the rhythm guitar. If there is no
bass, keep it as it is, it certain has power! The solo guitars sound OK to me.
there' always something you might try to change the sound with EQs, but
nothing wrong there.
the drums though. I don't know the kit you've used, I suppose it's one of
the free hydrogen kits, that you can download. I'd reduce bass in the bass
drum, perhaps use compression to make it sound shorter and get a little more
kick out of it. The cymbals sound a bit over emphasised in the mid range.
Don't know maybe 400-600Hz, somewhere in between there. Maybe a little below
that. I always found, that emphasising the high end of the cymals and hihats
is more becoming. They don't sound so tinny then.
The snare might also be better with a little less emphasis on the mid range,
but only slightly. There too some more high end gain might be nice. Also the
snare is quite sensitive to compression. You can use a compressor to change
and mould your snare sound to your liking.
For a rock song I'm still quite partial to the rhythm guitar. It sounds mean
and dirty, almost metal. Lovely!
Thanks again. I'm sure you'll get more on this and much better help than my
few vague thoughts.
Kindly yours
Julien
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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
7:59 p.m.
2010/8/10 Roberto Suarez Soto <talkingxouba(a)gmail.com>
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.
Hi, Roberto!
Thank you for sharing this piece with us.
I agreed with Mark suggestions.
Try dynamics LADSPA plugins (compressors, limiters) to avoid clipping
and increase(without fanaticism) loudness of separate instruments.
Shift bass to the center and cut a bit of bass frequency from rhythm
guitar for cleanness of bass.
--
Truly yours, Oleg Ivanenko aka Ash
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