james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >On Wed, 23 Nov, 2005 at 11:27AM -0500, Bill Allen spake thus: > >>Hi. My first composition completely done with Ardour and other free >>software. I'm still not completely satisfied with the mix, but it's >>almost there. Comments welcome. >> >>http://juraview.com/Bills_Music.html >> > >I like that! > >My non-professional advice, though, is: > >1. Do something better with the drums. In something so organic, they >really stand out, and not in a good way. > >2. Making no comment about your vocal ability (hey, you've never heard >me sing for a reason) - the strange muffly slight phasing is weird. >Maybe try using more reverb, with longer decay. That is, go for >echoey, ethereal sounds more. > >3. Do more stuff! The guitars and flute sound really good. > >James > > > Thanks for the feedback James. I wanted the drums to actually stand back and out of the way. I'll have to reconsider. I'm not sure what would account for the muffly phrasing on the vocals. I am using freeverb and the L/C/R Delay to give a bit of width to the vocal. I'll have to play with that some also. Regards, Bill
