The Time is Now - updated Final version?

I like the mix and the sense of spaciousness that you left between the sound with the arrangement.

The arrangement seems to play a solid role in the overall EQ balance.

Well done.


best regards,
mike

@ Mike,  I almost always leave plenty of space because I can't think of anything else to put there :)

Thanks for the listen though


@ Janet

You mean the "ahhh"?     Also yes the other girl is quite good.  I get stuff off of vocaldownload.com.   For those of us that can't sing (and who's relatives that can won't you) it's nice place to get some vocal interest.


For some reason I haven't been too happy with the mix yet.  then again that could be because I've been working at it more.  The more you work, the more you hear, the less happy you are?

Plus there are so many good posters on here, it just makes you strive harder.

Hi, Matthew,
 
This is a really good, very original sounding piece of electronica!
 
Extremely well written and performed, and you've got a nice, richly textured, pro sounding mix.  To me, it sounds like a great dance club song.
 
I'm just curious, how do you like Magnetic so far?  I mainly use Voxengo Analog Flux TapeBus, or Nomad Factory BBE Sonic Maximizer for saturation on my mixes, although most of my stuff is heavy guitar oriented, so I don't usually use much added saturation on those buses.  I read a little bit about Magnetic a while back, and it piqued my curiosity.
 
Anyway, very nice work on "The Time is Now", have a great weekend!
Bob

@ William,

Yep all vocal samples.  Although, I wish I could get somebody like that girl to sing for me on a regular basis.  Still, I would probably use some vocal samples just for the vareity you can get.  Also, lol and TY


@ Bob,

Thanks for the comments and the listen.   So far I am liking magnetic.  It does seem to add a bit of something extra to the sound, all though, I'm still trying to figure it out right now.  In this case, I just put it on the final mix track before Ozone 4.  

Here's a version of it without it for comparions
http://soundcloud.com/kro...e/the-time-no-magnetic
Note there was some boost coming out of Magnetic, so without that it's not hitting the loudness maxizer in Ozone as hard.  So make sure when comparing to take that into account.

I'd really like to try the UAD tape plugin, but I need to get a UAD 2 quad first, lol.


@ geeare

Thanks for the listen.   Yes I'm still  not totally happy with the section you mentioned.  I like the overall vibe, but the mix isn't quite right yet.  Maybe I'm just hitting Ozone too hard.  I'll try and back it off a bit and see what I can do.

Yes this is supposed to be club music, but I do try hard not to over limit.  Thanks, again

Yes, just a tad. 

My wife has a decent voice too, and her sister can REALLY sing.   But do I ever get them over to do any recording, of course not.  There went our number 1, lol

"But boy, does it ever take long to record and then mix, vocals well"

I was trying to setup my system to record last night so I could use the ARC, man it took forever. I probably hadn't recorded vocals in years.   That's one of the reasons I just use plugins now.  I used to have a Yamaha Motiff, and I still have a Yamaha FS1R (like a suped up FM8) but I never used them cause it was such a pain.

Plus let's not talk about how much of a pain editing multi-vocal takes can be. 

As for lyrics, what are those?

To comment on your low end.  I monitor from a pair of KRK VXT4's that are quite limited on low end.  It sounded quite full at the bottom end without over driving my monitors.  No hint of muddyness in my ears.  In my truck, with subs, it might be a different story.  But isn't that why we have subs?  So you can feel as well as hear.  Not my style of music but enjoyed it.

Mathew....I am detecting some of that muddiness your concerned with...This area ia not one I spend lots of timein so I cant really point definitively at the issue..but it sounds hazy to me (the mid-bottom end)...not at all terrible but I think your hearing something that needs to be fixed (tightened?)at some point...

cool song tho!!

Ok new and hopefully final version posted


@ Thepogue

Thanks for the listen, I've tried to clean it up a bit

@ Slugbaby

Thanks for the listen, hopefully the changes fix the vocals. a bit.  I might have a bit more separation as well.

Listening on my Sennheiser phones. Maybe not the best, but I can trust the image.
Bass has a good presence, clean and round, and doesn't seem to have any of the muddiness mentioned previously.
Nice all around balance, and I think this would translate well on a club system.
Good job. It's amazing how much work goes into that last 10% isn't it?

@ Brent
Thanks for the comments.  Also, that's a neat idea with the mic's.  I'm might try that some day.  Are you using the same type of mic, or different types?  

@ Robert
Glad you liked it.  And you are SO right about that last 10%.  I guess that's why professionals often have a separate person mix it and then another person master it.  I've got to be honest, I've been tempted myself.  Thanks,

@ Radio Thanks man, and lol.  Now that is done, I might take some TIME myself before I start the next one.   That way I can enjoy the feeling of accomplishment a little longer, before I start feeling frustrated again.   Maybe even wait 2-3 days, lol.


Thanks again everyone,

Thanks Vicente :)

Cool, I might try that next time I record.

Thanks,

@ Whack

Thanks a lot !  I really do hope to get it in a club someday.