Your Hands...thanks everyone, I'm taking this one down now.

Fortunately it's only her vox, & his keys and guitar.  What do I need to fix this time? 

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=789731&songID=11269854 
 
Thanks a million, you guys!  

Thanks Randy.  I appreciate that.  I'll try to sort out those things. 

Janet, this all sounds pretty good.
Nice job on the recording of the tracks.  Randy is right about the guitar. Acoustics tend to have a bigger low end then our ears hear. I have to cut a ton of lows (slight exaggeration)  on my acoustics to get them sounding right. 


Using a click or drum track to keep the timing right and constant is a really good idea unless it is just one instrument and one singer. The variations between two instruments though small, will become apparent to the listener. You can always mute the click after the fact, but keep it steady in the tracking stage. Secret #354... play the piano part to the click so it's steady, then mute the click.... the piano part is rock solid, now track the guitars and vocals by using the piano as the click... they'll never know they are playing to a "click track" .... for the purists who like to say..."I don't need no stinkin click track. "..................   but the piano didn't come in at the beginning did it?  Again..... play a "throw away" part in the beginning. 


At 1:03 -  the vox are muddied ... not like the crisp sound they have at the very beginning. They stay that way..... It could be ( I'm listening on computer speakers) that the guitar is running interference in the same freqs....and the 3 things are not separated in the stereo field. 

This is a pretty song.....and once the nits are worked out will be superb. I like the fact that you did not try to clutter it with other instruments. That makes it imperative that the 2 instruments in it are eq'd right and they set in the right place in respect to the vox. 

Sounds really good to me, Janet. Very nice mix. I thought the guitar is fine... not really too many timing issues, not crazy about the miking of the guitar. It sounds too electric for this type of tune. Other than that, I enjoyed this a lot. Nice vocals.

i've listened to this a few times in the past days. never commented.
wasn't there a piano? Maybe everyone scared the piano out of it.
I like it the way it is.
This is very nice.

I missed the first mix as well.

I like it just the way it is though. I hear hints here and there of the piano. Maybe pan the guitar 50% to the right and the piano 50% to the left and balance it from there leaving that very lovely voice in the center. You can adjust the pan till you think it's right. Trust your ears. Your doing well!

Great stuff! 

Scottytunes


Turn up the piano, pan it to the left and pan the guitar further to the right. about 9:00 and 3:00

+1
 
the piano right now, to me, sounds more like a synth (almost a rhodes, but not quite "tiney" enough) - what did you use for the piano?
nice vox and guitar.
there's something going on at 2:34.  sounds like possible digital distortion, not sure if it's just on the guitar or if it's the summed bus.

don't get frustrated Janet. Just think, Your a PRODUCER NOW.

I'm not frustrated, Tim.  But they're not my songs so I never planned to leave them on my SC page.  She's ready to burn a CD for her mom for Christmas, so there's no reason for me to keep sweating over it.  But thanks.  :) 

Robby, I wouldn't be offended if you'd delete that.