lingyai
Dude, you're mistaking me for someone who's just fishing for pats on the back ;-) I'm far too old for that ...
My name is Kenny ..not Dude ...
How can you possibly know or even think you can assign a motive as too why I even attempted to try to help you ..
You asked for help , I decided to help you ...it is really that simple ....
lingyai
Civil and candid are two different things. This very candid and useful; it's exactly the kind of reply I am looking for. (By "civil" I just mean really "non-personal"; just a sort of garlic wreath to ward off trolls. They do exist.)
I'm glad that you have the wisdom to know the difference because I'm not here for a social lesson .....
when I have problems in society I discuss them with a good friend or my therapist .
As far as what people do on the internet I have no control over that .
lingyai
As for your comments, yeah, I have to say, guilty as charged for the most part. Folks on a few other forums say the same, it either needs to be mono or stereo, not the mostly mono state it's in, and there are some clarity issues. When I did this some years ago, I had a lot less experience, told myself then that I wanted this to sound "retro", masking a few mixing sins in the process, got used to it, and that's where it's stood until I dusted it off just now. I'm not sure whether I'll go for mono or stereo, but either way, yes, mixing in mono first I agree is the way to go, I started doing this last year and it has made a world of difference on newer stuff. This just needs a fresh look.
I'm not here to judge you or grade you on how much progress or lack of progress you have made in your musical journey ...
I have always gone back to old projects that done in various times of my learning development and say to myself ..
" What the heck was I thinking " lol
Going back to what I suggested ,
It doesn't matter much to me when or how you recorded your song , the simple fact of the matter is all the EQ's of all your instruments are stepping on each others toes....
When you factor in the volumes of each instrument and panning every thing is turning into a blur or something like a big cloud in the sky where nothing is getting through the sonic cloud cover ...
The only reason I suggested that you should make your master buss mono was you would be much better able to hear the EQ clashes ....
if you were to do what I am suggesting you would be able to hear that you have way too much low end on all your instruments and that once you carved out some of the unnecessary frequency's that are eating up the space in your track you would be much better able to dial in your song...
I have never said your song should be mono ...I have said that if you were to listen to your song in mono you would be able to hear all the frequency clashes ....
I happen to think that your song should be in stereo once you carve it out and re mix it ...
I'm not gonna post a link to my music in your song thread ...
if you are inclined to listen to anything I would be suggesting , I would say go to my soundcloud page and listen to Late Night Tele ...or check out Two Dudes Defense on my soundclick page ....
both of those tunes could serve as an example of how to deal with a dense Jazz style mix where all the instruments have their own space ...
FWIW , I have suggested that because those 2 tunes are in the same type of musical vibe as to what you are doing w your tune ...
lingyai
So again, no offence taken; on the contrary. What I've read here and elsewhere today have given me some things to think about. I think the track will be better as a result. So .... thanks!
I honestly hope not ,
All I have done in responding to your thread was to offer an honest opinion of how you can dial in your song .
....nothing more nothing less...if you don't like what I have to say ...by all means listen to somebody else .
Kenny
post edited by kennywtelejazz - 2016/01/29 10:20:53