Water To My Soul

Vox seems buried. 
 
Nice overall mix though.
 
Good song.

Thanks Robert for listening.  I had no idea what comb filtering was, so I had to read up on it a little.  That's strange, because I have had my vocal mic and pre set up for pretty much the same settings for the last several years.  I keep it surrounded by my reflection filter and don't really adjust the pre settings much because the mic stand, mic type, pre and position are pretty much all the same.  I watched my levels really close on this one as well. 
 
The one thing that I did a little differently on this song was experiment with some of the presets in Nectar Elements on the vocal.  Can changing the timing on the Sonitus delay so that the left and right are a little different timing cause something like comb filtering; I messed around with the timing between right and left for effect.
 
Hey Bapu, appreciate you listening to this one.  If the levels of the vox sound to low to others as well, I can raise them up a little.  I was trying to get the instrumentation to kind of wrap around the vocals on this song.  Trying to make the instruments have a larger role on this song.

Mucho betterer

Good song Mike! I like the vocals. I also like the bass. I know it's a laidback part, but it kind of makes the song for me.

Yeah! Noticeably better. I wonder if that extra db might have been lending some modulation to the vox?
Anyhow, it sounds a lot cleaner now.
Now that Lynn mentions it, I do get a kind of Haight Ashbury vibe from this. Maybe that's why I like it.
This one's on its way to my favorites list.

Mucho gracias, Ed!

MetalTek, thank you. I used to try to mask or shun all my influences in an effort to sound "modern". Quite a while back, I pretty much just learned to embrace my natural sound and use it to its advantages. Really happy that you are hearing a clean sound, that is the biggest thing I have been going for lately.

Clint, I appreciate you noticing the bass on this one; I have always liked this laid back bass style, in this song as well. In the chorus, I decided to kick into a more driving bass style. I kind of like that contrast. I couldn't hear any issues with the vocals originally either; glad they are sounding clear now. I finally had a chance to actually try out the ARA Melodyne integration on this song, I had just a couple of slightly flat verse notes on one of the verses. On my last couple of songs I didn't have to correct any pitch. I am really liking the new ease of use with the ARA integration.

Lynne, thanks brother you have been a sense of support from the first time I ever decided to share my songs and I have greatly appreciated it.

Robert, glad everything is sounding much better now.

Jimmy, I had a lot of fun recording guitars on this one. Thanks for listening and commenting, Brother.

Metal Tek,
 
You just made my day!  I couldn't ask for anything more than that.  

Damn this guitar tone is sweet!  I love guitars mixed loud like this.  Good rock tune.  Tom Petty would be jealous. 

I added a You Tube link to this one above.

Clint,

I noticed that you link is listed as ....user/clintMartin. I couldn't figure out why mine wouldn't come up something like that.

MakeShift
Clint,

I noticed that you link is listed as ....user/clintMartin. I couldn't figure out why mine wouldn't come up something like that.

You can give your site a custom name once. You can't change it ever. It's in the settings somewhere...I'll try to look it up when I get a chance.

hot drum mix!
heheh.....
the openness of the rhythm guitar allows it sit nice and upfront (the kit)
i hear the vox loud and clear....
i'd love to hear some more bottom from the bass, to help balance the high end you got going with the guitars, vocals, snares and hats
i think the bass should be the hottest thing in the mix on this one.....
dig the solo section at the end....
 

I hear all kinds of influences on this, but not one more so than any other. Really like the mix and performances!
 
Regards,
Dan