eric paul
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/16 14:07:26
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hi bub brings back memorys i played this in my younger days i like it very creative nice mix vocals thanks for sharing eric
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/16 14:14:14
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Keep creating & have fun! Enjoyed the track! - Shawn
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/17 12:34:05
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The guy singing was one of the two lead singers in the band and he thought he was this great Elvis impersonator I had to smile at this Bub, I worked with a singer back in the '90's who fitted that description perfectly.. I think you did a fine job of resurrecting this, sounds good and crisp through my phones, nice stereo spread. You could replace those drums I guess, but hey, it is what it is. Bass sounds very good to my ears btw, great tone.
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/18 02:24:06
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Freddy J, Eric, Shawn, James ... thanks for listening and responding. I've been busy and haven't had time to concentrate on applying the changes, but I plan on doing it tomorrow and posting an updated version.
@james: This one was easy to transfer because there were only a few tracks ... but I have another I may post some day that was an incredible monster. The 8-Track unit I have only has 4 outputs. :( I had a full 8 tracks to transfer and it was a nightmare. I had to do 3 tracks at a time plus the drum track. So I ended up with 3 sets of rips, each with a drum track. Then I had to select the groups and line them up as close as I could, but they weren't perfect because each rip played slightly different being tape. Then I had to cut it in to sections and nudge everything in groups so they would line up. Sometimes the timing would be dead on, but most times it wasn't. It took days to do. It's a tune Sinatra did, don't know if he was the original, called The Summer Wind. It was a request from a guy that used to hire us every year for his company Christmas party. We used to have a Sony DAT machine that we would put backing tracks on for the more complicated songs and we'd play along live with it.
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Bub
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/20 01:11:36
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I updated the mix based off everyone's feedback and I remixed it a little and brought down the gain on the limiter. I think it sounds better, but the overall volume may be a bit lower, although it still peaks at -1.0db in a few spots. Here's the direct link to Version 2 and I also updated the original post and left the original mix there for comparison. I'm trying to get a feel for mixing on headphones since it seems like it's going to be quite some time before I get my real monitors hooked up again. :( Thanks everyone for helping me with this.
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/20 01:37:59
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The new version is getting better 'n' better.
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/20 04:35:22
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fun tune....I'd like to hear a bit more bottom end in the tune.... Good job so far!
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/20 12:32:08
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Bub, More Drums More Drums More Drums Kick seems very flat, snare is almost lost. Give them equal level with the bass.
post edited by bapu - 2012/10/20 12:33:37
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Bub
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/21 00:47:28
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bapu
Bub,
More Drums
More Drums
More Drums
Kick seems very flat, snare is almost lost.
Give them equal level with the bass.
Hmm ... I thought I did. On this second version I raised them by a good 4db and completely removed the SatKnob module and low end roll off, which means the low end was actually raised by a good 22db or so? When I throw on the Cake Analyst, it shows the low end extremely high. The other thing to remember is ... these drums came from a mono tape track that was recorded using an Alesis-SR16. I can't raise/lower individual drums or cymbals, everything is on one mono track. I'll keep trying. :)
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/23 00:15:37
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I had a quick listen to this the other day, not really a favorite song of mine. But the vocals were excellent and the mix is quite good for a track recorded on a 4 track tape recorder.
Peace Ben
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/23 13:30:26
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Hi Bub,
I know you like a lot of the older classic tunes and from that vantage point the first mix sounds fit for that time period. Probably comes through well on most consumer systems if you want that nostalgic sound.
I listened here on my ipod earbuds so I'm sorry not to be much help in the bass end of things. I'm sure the ears that heard it are likely spot on with regards to bass and drum ooomph.
Great tune and example of what can be accomplished with just X2.
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/29 19:34:38
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Really cool cover, cool guitar tone. I think the drums need to come up a tad more
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evadianepug
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Re:My first X2 mix --- cover of Mustang Sally
2012/10/30 16:43:35
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Interesting recording. We were warming up the Marshall Tucker band and I switched from bass to guitar for this one. Well, i left out the whole chorus. I'll never know how I did that. We were rockin' it out and didn't realize it till we were done. Back to the bass!
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