Alone - An Original Folk Song by Chris and Laurette Watson

This is the third of my friends Chris and Laurette's songs i am working on. I am hoping this one is getting near to completion, but any advice/comments are welcome. This is a haunting tune that sounded great straight from the tracking. Hope i have done it justice. Hope you enjoy.
 
 http://soundcloud.com/stuartbroughton/alone-chris-and-laurette

THis is pretty cool. It has an Irish flavor to it. 

The bass sounds synthy to me , especially at the beginning. 

The vocals are pristine! They are the best part of the song to me. 

As it progresses it looses some of the Irish charm, still good though. 

Just a bit more progressive than I was expecting. Hence the synth bass and screaming guitar. 

Nice job.

I love this piece. Wonderfully inventive while retaining its Folk roots. The vocals are beautifully sung and the orchestration masterful. My only very small suggestion is to bring the drums up just a little. Great work.

Lynn


.....The overall level was a bit low,

Thanks for you comment Lynn. Yes the level is low. I had the levels up as i would normally do but the whole thing sounded overdriven. Logic is telling me that in the digital world if nothing is clipping (hitting 0dB), which it wasn't, it should be ok. However, my ears were telling me different. So i took 4dB off everything directly ahead of the master bus and took a bit of the master bus too, turned up the volume to compensate and everything sounded much better.
 
I now need to get the level up without loosing the quality. Pending some more research I haven't done this yet and hence the low overall level.
 
I guess this long explanation is a cry-out for any tips on this matter. Any offers?????

Stuart, Sonitus has a nice compressor which can be used as a limiter by adjusting the ratio to 10:1 or higher.  It's fairly transparent is used judiciously.  As Malcolmb said, Boost 11 is OK if used sparingly.  CW has others, especially the ones built for ProChannel that would do the job.  Regardless, your song doesn't need much treatment to really shine, and if you did nothing at all, it would still sound great.

stuart3844

Lynn


.....The overall level was a bit low,

Thanks for you comment Lynn. Yes the level is low. I had the levels up as i would normally do but the whole thing sounded overdriven. Logic is telling me that in the digital world if nothing is clipping (hitting 0dB), which it wasn't, it should be ok. However, my ears were telling me different. So i took 4dB off everything directly ahead of the master bus and took a bit of the master bus too, turned up the volume to compensate and everything sounded much better.
 
I now need to get the level up without loosing the quality. Pending some more research I haven't done this yet and hence the low overall level.
 
I guess this long explanation is a cry-out for any tips on this matter. Any offers?????

What's not to like.  Sweet sound.  Very nice indeed!

Just to join the comments on compressor... I love the PSP Old Timer.  For $100 this thing has a classic vibe.  You can download a limited time trial version for free.  I used it on a couple of tunes, on all types of tracks and new immediately I would spring for the $100.

Yes I like this tune...   The vocals are supurb, as is all of it.

Daryl

Daryl

Wow, I was listening to the blues, then comes this irish fairy.  Ok and a fair smattering of Greensleaves at one point.

This is very Jeferson Airplane.

The mix is awsome, the master needs a little work.

I'm actually super jealous!!!

Great work, I want more of this, this is the music of my heritage.  I want my battle axe and mead and an army to fight and to fight with.

Neb