New song!! First Song! PLEASE OFFER FEEDBACK

Very good that, you've got a good voice.

I seem to be getting more vocals on one channel than the other - are they panned at all? I'm not sure but did you use any reverb on the vocals too?

barry - I haven't had a chance to listen yet (I don't like to listen at work because of the crappy soundcard I have in my computer), but I wanted to chime in about recording stereo/mono and panning your vocals.

if your vocals are recording only on ONE side of a stereo track,then you are selecting the wrong input for your audio track's source. you should not be selecting a STEREO INPUT for a MONO SOURCE. A microphone is a mono source, so you need to select ONLY the channel that the mic is plugged into on your sound card. for example, you should have 3 choices on the input and they will look different on each soundcard, but one of them should be LEFT, one of them should be RIGHT and the last one is STEREO (both). if you're plugging into the left input, then obviously choose the LEFT input on the audio track input.

if you've already recorded your vocals on a stereo track (you can tell because it looks like the wave form is only on 1/2 of the track). then you can separate them without having to re-record them. highlight the track, then choose EDIT>BOUNCE TO TRACKS for your SOURCE choose TRACKS, for your DESTINATION choose NEW TRACK, for your TYPE (or whatever it's called - I'm doing this from memory) choose SPLIT MONO

click OK and it will separate the stere track into 2 mono tracks - one of them will be EMPTY. the overall vocal sound should typically be heard in the center of the mix (panning for width like from my other thread still has a net result of being in the center)

sounds great except for the one sided vocals. vocals and music sound good

Thanks for the suggestions guy/gals. I will go back in and try to fix what was brought to my attention.

Beags- Do you mean to select the inputs on the front of my USB inteface (attached link below) as there are only a left and right input or in MC4 soundcard? Sorry a little confused. There is a stereo/mono button on the front of my USB interface.


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Thanks.
Barry

Could only listen on my laptop speakers, but sounded great, great vocals, this is your first??? Amazing!

Beags,

Thanks Pal, the screen shot is thee best possible way of explaining things. And yes, I understand. Appreciate you taking the time, still haven't heard your take on the song? I am anxiuos to get your run down..


B

Good job on the tune.... I like the guitar tone.

what about plugins? did you use any plugins and which ones and where?

ORIGINAL: 57Gregy
When I mix, I have my interface's output going to an external mixer. I crank up the mixer loud through headphones.

Greg,

Can you clarify for me because I have seen (and thought) that "interface" and "mixer" were the same beasts. I could be wrong and probably am. I have the PreSonus Firebox (interface?) which has mixer software that I never use. I'm just wandering exactly what the interface is here. Is this something I can do with my set up. I'm interested because I want to start mixing a song and that is one thing I was unsure of is how to set the levels (volume) of the tracks which you touch on in this post.

Thanks.

Annette

Good Tune. Catchy chorus line.

The mix reminds me of the days when my mixer was the box that came with the 4-Track reel-to-reel we were using. It had 4 "3 position" switches (L Middle R) for mixing.

Brings back memories.

Thanks Bob!

Still a work in progres..Yes, still raw in the mix. I like the in yer face sound and besides that I don;t know how to fix it yet! haha

Barry

Hi Barry,

I definitely rate this as a good first effort! How long have you spent on it? The sound's generally good, bar the points already mentioned. The guitar has plenty of meat and I'd love to have access to that sort of sound! Your voice is also good, when not being drowned out! You have a tendency to fade out the volume on some lines, like in the chorus, and the lyrics get lost. I liked the melody and structure, and the crescendo. Your bass could do with more interest instead of repeating notes. Especially in the crescendo, there's room for some very musical counterpoint. The idea for the tonal contrast with the vibraphone is right, but the sound was misplaced to me. It stood out, almost as an afterthought. I'd good looking for a different sound, perhaps a melow woodwind (flute, oboe?) and aim to be more lyrical in the playing.

Certain a great starting point, and you've clearly got a lot talent to be able to put out top-class music!

1. Even after your changes, its still a good tune.

2. What is the missing part, that plays where there is only a lonely drum track now?

Piano? Bass?

...and thank-you for sharing your song, of course.