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@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> 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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