On Sat, 2014-10-04 at 09:04 -0700, Len Ovens wrote: > On Sat, 4 Oct 2014, James Harkins wrote: > > > I just did a rough mix on a track... well, I think a little better than a > > rough mix, but I can't go much further without some other ears having a > > listen. All audio synthesis is in SuperCollider running in Ubuntu; then I > > recorded stems on disk and loaded those up into Ardour (2) for easier control > > over the mix. > > > > A variety of influences at play here -- hope some of you enjoy it! Generally > > I'd put it under the electronica label, though it doesn't exactly fit. > > > > http://www.dewdrop-world.net/audio/wiggle-room4.mp3 > > It is hard for me to hear the over all mix on my netbook, the low end is > basically missing. The high hat seems to stick out quite a bit. I do not > know if this is good or bad, but, from a drummers POV, I would like to see > some variation in the HH sound. For example on the beat where the HH and > snare hit, a slightly open HH sound would be nice with a little bit of ring to > it. (this is a common feeling of mine for music using HH sampled/synthed) > Variaty in something that is used a lot would make for a less robotic > sound and something more "human". Pulling the HH down in the mix just a > small bit may help too, but then rememebr that my high end is emphasised > so someone elses comment who has a full range system to listen to (mine is > in storage) would be better. > > The reason I point this out is that even though there are many changes of > feel through the piece the HH is always the same. If the snare was higher > I might feel the same about that too, but because it is lower in the mix > it doesn't stand out the way the HH does. IMO, any good electronic > drumkit, sampled or synthed, should have more than one HH and snare sound > the sound like they are played on the same HH or snare, just minor > variations. Some of this can be done with layering and velocity, but I > think more is needed. There are probably more HH "notes" in any one song > than any other note (unless you are doing the solo in Cinamon Girl). As > such I think it is worth the time to make it as interesting as possible. > > Please note that I come from the guitar/bass/live drums end of things and > so my thoughts come from different styles of music and may not fit here. I didn't listen to this song, however, the Hi-Hat issue is an old early 80s issue, usually irrelevant since the late 80s, when even cheap drum samplers provided layered samples. The SPX90II advertised that a known song used it's auto-panning to get rid of the Hi-Hat machine gun effect. I used a Dauz drum pad connected to a D4 (I guess I should start using it again), to record closed Hi-Hat MIDI data with the Atari ST, however, this only works for multi-layered samples, just different volumes aren't enough. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
