And I'm going to take a stab at one last remix on this tomorrow before I put it on a piece of ice and push it out to sea like an Escimo grandparent...

Ok, I brightened the snare w/some EQ and brought more of the upright sound in to the Piano. Probably not going to tweak it anymore.

Snare is better and more in the same ballpark as the rest of the instruments.

Change that doubled-piano sound already!

nice cover.

The Band19


Thanks Reece. A cover, "with a twist?" It's a song about Jesus, I just made it officially so :-)

yes!

Ed, thank you so much, and "I'm all up in there..." P.S., I'm freestyling some lyrics? I'll shoot them by you, and I can also do yours as well? And we can A/B them? As I said, I have to "feel it..." So I played the music, and listened? And imagined... (actually still imagining?) In the end it will be good either way :-)

I'm happy to be free of this one. When they're out? I don't typically revisit them... I consider them to be like, well? A trip to the bathroom? Hey I dropped the kids off at the pool, what do you think? Occassionally, I'll work to "polish them..." I need to bounce .... off of people like you and James and others more before I spash them in to the pool I guess.

Hey, Robby,
 
Really nice job on this great cover of an all time classic!
 
I missed the first few mixes, but this version sounds fantastic to my ears.  The vocals are super as always, and I love the dobro and the organ in particular.  The mix sounds very spacious considering the amount of elements floating in and out throughout the song.
 
Very nice work, bud!
Bob

I've been following along. This mix8 sounds best. I think I'm getting used to the snare:)

Well if I can get kudo's from one of my mix heros? (Timaaaaay!) Then I'm sportin wood!

Swing!
Shaaaawing!
If she was president, she'd be "Baberaham Lincoln!"

LOL! And Ed? The darn snare has "SNAP" now! It's still not what folks want, but it's like way better? And it all started with you bitc... err, um, "commenting?" on it? :-)

The whole mixing thing is a black art... I'm convinced that the people who are like really good at it? Have all sold their souls. It's the only explaination that works.

You could learn to play the drums...I know you could.  And I think I saw a nice set sitting already anyway?  And you've got time now! :)

But your DAW got fried? :( That's too bad.  That's more than too bad.  My condolences.  

Hi Robby,

Sorry to hear about the DAW...that totally sux!

I've always liked this song ( and the Band in general ) and I'm sure your version is outstanding but, for some reason, I can't get anything on your Reverb Nation page to play 


I'll try again later.


RIP Levon Helm

Hate to hear about the lightning sneaking in on the DSL port. Dang.... 

When you have a mix with lots of things in it like this one does, it is imperative that you use envelopes to bring things in and out in their proper place and time.  I will often spend quite a bot of time planning out what instrument I will have doing fills in a given verse or chorus. That is subject to changes as I mix.

Plan out exactly what is going to play and where.  Try to avoid having 2 competing things playing in the same place at the same time..... it's distracting to the listener. I understand the desire to have everything shining..... but resist that impulse. For example if you have a really nice piano part playing in the background and want a mandolin to fill, when the mandolin part comes in drop the piano out....even though it's the background.  Neither you nor the listener will miss the piano for those brief few seconds since the mando will command center stage.... then after the fill, bring the piano back..... This is something I do all the time in my mixing to keep the sound from being too cluttered. 

My envelopes are usually pretty drastic things. They stay a zero unless they are planned to be there for a fill or a part. Here is a pic of what I mean>>> 




The piano is doing fills and I pull the piano down completely when it's not playing a fill. This opens the soundscape up to allow the other back ground instruments to be heard and gives dynamics and space to the sound. The back ground is being handled by acoustic guitars on some other tracks. And while the piano parts are all together really nice..... I only let the piano play fills...... restraint on my part but the song is clean sounding and open as a result.

I'm not saying this is the issue in your song..... just a reminder to leave room for the various instruments in the mix. This commentary was triggered from a comment you made above about not being able to hear the mandolin. Instead of simply turning it up so it can be heard,,,,,,, which adds to the musical confusion in the mix, try enveloping other things down instead. This is how I mix. 

Yeah, I'm really hoping to get the DAW back this week... If I do, I really need to dive in to a colab I've been working on, and I "may" bounce a little brighter snare track and try to blend it, and I could look maybe at some compressor settings or envelopes as well. I tend to make fairly extensive use of both (envelopes and compressors) but I don't know how to use the compressors as well as I should, which ones, and how hard. It's a process... I am just hoping I don't need a spanking new DAW, Win7, X1 and reinstall/repurchachase all of my SW. That will have me down till mid Fall.

excellent cover of one of my favs... Great work Robby...  I like the added lyrics too... dobro is a very nice touch... Piano could use more sustain pedal, and less chorus... Vocals are tops as always... Well done...

I really appreciate everyone's input on this one. I'm a little ticked because I've been DAWless for over 6 weeks now... I lost my system, recovered it, and now I'm fighting issues getting my soundcard (Firewire) to be seen/recognized. I'm really hoping to be back on-line w/in the next few daze. Or else I'm going postal. That's right, to the post office, to write a letter to someone to complain. Then I guess I need to upgrade to a new system... Drink the X1 coolaid.

But I just got back from karate camp with the boy? (Panama City Beach) and that was basically a new DAW... (but worth it) So I'll be saving my pennies I guess. I can't really go much longer without being able to do anything in the studio though. It sucks "hard..." And not in a way that I enjoy either.