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/
