Mobious Strip of Love..third degree

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Mobious Strip of Love..third degree

Yes, I posted this once before, but I have been tweaking in my room.
 
http://www.soundclick.com...ngid=13256621&q=hi
 
Generally, there are about 20 transients that pop above -3. 
 
AA6 says -16 trms
-6 max rms
Avg rms -19
 
DNR 62
DNR used 59
Loudness 14.7
perceived loudness -12.4
 
No compression or limit on the master on export from sonar plat, judicious eq cuts, though.
 
Imported to AA6, very  light compression added to track, nothing else.
 
Comments appreciated on the mix, or anything else.  I would like to know how this translates across the universe.  I only wonder how sounclick has adulterated my MIX!
 
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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 14:14:46 (permalink)
    As always, your stuff is great fun to puzzle through. I personally would like to hear more of the instruments, they seem quite buried to my ears. Fun vocals. Keep at it!

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 15:06:45 (permalink)
    I really like the creativity/uniqueness of your songs, but it's hard to figure out where you're heading with the mix (the instruments weave in/out of play). I do like the guitar track and would've like to hear it throughout the song (a nice funky grove)....and also agree with Kevin on the instruments being buried. You sure are dedicated to falsetto....keep it up!!.....waaaay up!! lol   

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 15:53:13 (permalink)
    Well, for an unlimited mix it does have some punch!  It cuts through real well. 

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 17:57:35 (permalink)
    Thanks for the comments.  I appreciate them.
     
    I am at a stage where I really want to improve my mixes and how they come out in the real world.  I have been moving my room around, trying different monitor placement, treatment placement, listening with my ears and my mind, doing the math of "music."  I'm hell bent to figure this out.  It might not be a realistic goal, but I want to make mixes that don't need LANDR, or mastering.
     
    Kevin, the fact that the instruments sound a bit buried tells me a lot about my tweaks thus far.  I will take that into consideration next time I work on a mix.  The way I see it, most folks on the song forum have good listening environments, so if something is amiss it will show up, where in my room it might be masked by "the room."  So it is good to hear how it sounds because it gives me a certain direction on my next mix.
     
    Acoustics and their impact are so weird, but very interesting.
     
    Steve, I'm not sure what you mean by an unlimited mix, but I think it is a positive that it cuts through.  Sometimes peoples posts can be so cryptic, or at least seem that way, so I make a point to take everything at face value.
     
    I'm glad you like the falsetto Mesh  I'll make a point to keep it up!
     
    Thanks fellas, you have helped much.
     
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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 18:11:00 (permalink)
    My listening environment is mostly awful, so I use headphones almost exclusively. They're decent headphones, AKG something or another, pretty accurate with a slight bass bump.
     
    I suspect Steve meant that you had no compressor/limiter on the master bus, thus "unlimited." That was my take anyway.

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 18:28:52 (permalink)
    Kevin, thanks for the clarification!  I did not make the connection between unlimited and the lack of limiting, but I believe you are right. Most excellent.
     
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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 18:37:05 (permalink)
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    Steve, I'm not sure what you mean by an unlimited mix, but I think it is a positive that it cuts through.  Sometimes peoples posts can be so cryptic, or at least seem that way, so I make a point to take everything at face value.



    Sorry....  I probably should have added a hyphen and used the word "non", as in, a "non-limited" mix.   Aka, no limiter added.   Or unlimited, as in there are no limits to what one can do.   Either definition will suffice.  

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 19:06:52 (permalink)
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    Steve, I'm not sure what you mean by an unlimited mix, but I think it is a positive that it cuts through.  Sometimes peoples posts can be so cryptic, or at least seem that way, so I make a point to take everything at face value.



    Sorry....  I probably should have added a hyphen and used the word "non", as in, a "non-limited" mix.   Aka, no limiter added.   Or unlimited, as in there are no limits to what one can do.   Either definition will suffice.  




    Steve, I'm easily confused.  You did just right.  Besides, we get to have another internet interaction of clarification
     
    Yep, no limits, nada, I believe that, but is it possible?  I believe it is, and you do too, right?
     
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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/22 21:11:30 (permalink)
    Indeed....   At least mostly.   Whatever limits there may be tend to change over time anyway, so it's all subjective. 
     

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/23 14:45:22 (permalink)
    It is probably quite an imaginative tune but I am sorry it made my furry ears itch could not make it to the end.

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/23 17:29:51 (permalink)
    Wookiee
    It is probably quite an imaginative tune but I am sorry it made my furry ears itch could not make it to the end.


    Hello Wookie, thanks for giving it a shot.
     
    However, could you be a little more specific?
    Did your ears itch because there was some drastic eq issues?
    Or did it make your ears itch because it was to LOUD?
    Or did it make your ears itch because you found the song itself objectionable?
     
    I only ask because I can't improve my skills unless I know what a person doesn't like.  If it is the song itself that is a matter of taste, and there is nothing I can really do about that because it is what it is.  But if there was something terribly wrong with the mix I can take the critique and try to improve. If you would rather not say then that is OK too.
     
    Are your ears really furry, or are you just saying that?
     
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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/24 08:02:31 (permalink)
    First Jesse yes they really are furry

    The mix just sounded like it was in a box no definition.  I will have another listen later when I return from the dentist.

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/24 12:50:19 (permalink)
    Well as promised on my return with one coffee and a Belgium bun in side my furry tum I sat and listened again, all the way through.
     
    For me the things that stood out.
    The drums are two wide, and possibly over prominent in places.
    The Vocal effect did nothing for me, I understand experimental but for me it detracted and sounded very much like you were singing in a box.
    What other instruments, did I hear a guitar or a bass or keys not sure there were things chugging in and out of the mix but nothing the furry paws or ears could really pick up on.

    You probably worked really hard on this and I would not want to distract from your artistic efforts.  What's important when making music, for me, is that it pleases the originator and makes their ears smile.

    This unfortunately did not make the old furry lugs smile.  But please do not let the opinions of a furry alien for far far far away in anyway think that you are doing anything wrong with your creative side.  

    Remember also the what we hear is very subjective what rocks ones boat will send others screaming for the door, neither are necessarily right or wrong. 

    Keep creating, one day........................

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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/24 14:26:15 (permalink)
    Wookie, relax your fuzzy mind.  There is nothing that you can say about my productions that will hurt my feelings.  I submitted this for critique, not to build up my ego on a superfluous phony stroke.
     
    I like what you shared about your opinions.  It will help me to get better.
     
    I will have to check out the drums.  I agree that they are a little heavy handed in places.  That is a problem in all my mixes and I'm starting to wonder if it is my room, so I will experiment more.
     
    The vocal thing was an experiment, but the fact that it sounded like I was singing in a box has me wondering, so back to the board.
    The mention about the other instruments not being heard was also seconded by others, so I need to think about that too.
     
    I think I have an arrangement problem too.  I am so new at this that I tend to lose focus easily.
     
    All in all, your opinions were not fuzzy, they were to the point.  But I still think you are a fuzzy guy in a warm way
     
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    Re: Mobious Strip of Love..third degree 2016/03/24 14:33:43 (permalink)
    Wookiee's have trouble stroking things the razor sharp claws seem to have a negative affect that way, there is also the running away thing when they see us.

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