The Word

Been working on this one for a while and just got the drums completed tonight.   The vocals are really challenging on this song.    We did those on a Mojave tube mic, through a tube preamp.    The guitar is a '56 Gretsch 6120 through a Vox AC30.   The bass is a Hofner clone (Turser).   Piano was done through a M1.    The organ was Dimension Pro, Vox 1.    The drums I did through SD3.
 
Thought I'd take it out for a test drive here.
 
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See what you think....  I appreciate your thoughts!

Thanks Ben, I appreciate your input.

I actually went to a lot of trouble trying all the different drum kits I have in SD3.   I have the 2009 Remaster of the song loaded as the guide track and could A/B all the different SD3 kits to the Remaster original.    This one was the closest to my ears, can't remember off the top of my head which kit it is, since I listened to all of them.   I tuned the snare a bit to get it really close to the snap that the original has.     I think some of the difference is, I'm listening to it from my source in full bits at 48kHz, with no compression from being converted to mp3 on Adam monitors and Denon AH-D5000 headphones.    I still need to do a few more passes at it cleaning up timing a bit since the drums and shaker were done "freehand" with the guide track as a reference.   I also need to scrutiize the velocity on some of the snare hits in the drum fills that I have now, to what Ringo did, to get closer to his "feel".

cool... nice job on the cover... 

This is pretty good but it sounds a bit dry..... but the Beatles version may have been dry too.... I haven't heard it in a while.   I would add a touch of reverb.... just a touch...

I'm hearing a bit of a timing glitch in a few places kinda like the drummer stumbles a bit. :22, :28, :54, :59 maybe it's just my ears.... but something sounds off at those points.... (I only listed those 4) 

Depending on how smooth you want to make this..... I would run melodyne or some other pitch correction on the BGV. They are pretty good "as is" but line those vocals up to the pitch exactly and they will sound amazing. The Beatles would spend hours, and sometimes days just trying to nail their vocal takes. They did double tracking and I heard that Paul in particular would spend days on the vocal track just to get it precisely synced and in tune.... they didn't have digital autotune plugs back then.... so it was all a matter of you gotta get it right. 

Loved the tune... the crits are minor issues. 

I almost always use the cakewalk Studioverb II on my master buss.  I use the dark plate preset and turn the level to about 10 to 15 just to blend things a bit.... I leave all the other settings in it on default. It's my fav reverb... don't tell anybody...

I do keep many of my tracks totally dry so it needs something to blend it but I don't want a verb in very track. 

I turn the verb up till I can hear it then back it down to where I can't and that's about the right area for a subtle blending with the verb. It just knocks off the rough edges.