On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:54 AM, Roberto Suarez Soto <talkingxouba@xxxxxxxxx> 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
