It Was Only Yesterday (Larry Carlton Cover-Final Mix)

Enjoyed it very much. I did think the guitar on the intro was a tiny bit something...there was a harshness I noticed but that went away when the main section started up. BTW: really enjoyed the improvisation lines... I'm an LC fan and I wasn't bothered at all.

The chord at around 0.11 sounded like a clam to me (the bass note specifically).  I would also like to hear more of the bottom end on the rhodes, strings, drums, and bass.  I think that you're trying to avoid "mud" by cutting out the bottom, which is generally a good thing, but that can be taken too far.  \

It also sounds like the release time on the compression is too slow, though that might just be the attack of the string pad playing a trick on my ears. 

Very nice playing.

J

I'm pretty familiar with this tune as I used to play it myself a long time back and to me you've done an excellent job.  Only slight thing for me is I would have probably gone for a slightly bigger 'room size' for the guitar sound and/or maybe more sustain for the section from 1:20 but it doesn't really detract here, just a personal thing. 

Combo, 

Thanks for the listen and comments.  I have a different guitar sound in  mind for re-recording the parts, I agree with your comment about the room size.   Guitar needs a little more hair on it as well.


Jonas,
 I will try try your suggestions when I return from vacation.   Will probably re-record the guitar part as well using my new pre-amp and a little bigger guitar sound.    I hear what you are saying the Hi-Pass settings.

Regards

This was very soothing and well played, I'm not familiar w/the original at all. What was used to make that Rhodes sound?

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Sounds like Larry to me for sure. Nice Playing - smooth. The tonality is fine, but I'd like to hear it blend into the mix a little better. It's a tad out front for a smooth Jazz tune. Really great stuff, though sounds really good to me!

Back in the day, Carlton was often referred to as "Mr. 335."  I think you did a good job of capturing that feel.  Very well played.

Cool.  :)  I want to use Jonas' template, but I don't have all the plug-ins so I'm not sure it would work for me. Maybe when I grow up and get more SW.  :)

Sounds excellent.  Nice job on the arrangement, strings, background guitar, etc.  Nice solo too.  I'm listening on ear buds only so I can't comment on the bass frequencies, but the rest of the mix sounds well balanced.

(I remember seeing Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather performing this song in a club in NYC)

I don't know the original, but this sounded very nice.  Excellent guitar playing!

I get what Tim was saying about the bite on the guitar. But the whole affair is really just so lacking on bottom end that I am not sure. Get some low mids to warm this thing up, cuz the playing is beautiful.

markno999


Janet,

All the plugs in the template are native Cakewalk except the Camel Crusher, I believe, which is a freeware program.  You should give it a whirl.  The only real addition I have added is Waves SSL on the Master Bus, however, there is a SSL equivalent master bus setting with Sonitus Compressor in the template.

Regards

Thanks!  I actually don't think I've tried it since I upgraded my Sonar SW.  I should give it a whirl again. 

Geno - Appreciate the comment, the arrangement took some time, although it doesn't stray too far from the original sections, tempo, etc...  there are a number of different parts in it.   I think the consensus was there wasn't enough bass so I reposted a newer version with an updated guitar part as well.  Hopefully there isn't too much bass now;)

Tim- ThX.  The tone problem is two-fold, 1) I was running directly into my soundcard so the sound was a little thin and 2) I was using Guitar Rig 4 which I have hit-and-miss luck with.    This new version is recorded going into a GAP Pre73 pre-amp and I am using two amp sims blended together, one is Guitar Rig and the other is Overloud TH2.  Not sure if I got it quite right yet but was trying to fix the tone and balance issues first.

Jim-Thx for the comment.

Bub-Thx for the comment, I changed up the amp sims and reverb delay levels so I hope this version is better.   Hopefully I got this better balanced and rounded in the new version.  I am still listening to your 3 Amigos Song.

James- Thx for the comment.   I am having a really tough time with balances in my office where I do my mixing.  Getting very inconsistent results.  This one was a lot of fun to play, glad you liked it, not sure this new performance was as good as the first post but was mainly working out the kinks on the mix and guitar tone.  If that is up to snuff I will probably replay it for real in a final version. 


Chas-Thx for the comment.

Phil - Glad you liked it, hope there is enough low end in this new version.

Thanks everyone for listening and comments.  Changes to this version were:

1) Took Hi-Pass off Rhodes at the intro

2) Increased the level of Bass and added a little more compression

3) Bumped the Kick a little

4) re-recorded guitar part using pre-amp.   The original Guitar Rig settings are still used but I also doubled another amp sim Overloud Th2.  Guitar Rig part is primarily providing some additional ambiance.

5) Pulled back compression on the String Bus

Hope this version is an improvement.

http://www.soundclick.com...hi&songID=10794556


Regards

Geno - Glad to hear that the guitar tone is improved, I am hoping the other balance issues with the bass and other EQ problems are also resolved.


Regards