yorolpal

Thanks for the kind words McQ:-)

But all that stuff on MS is gettin pretty long in the tooth.  I'm currently rotating mixes up to my soundcloud page from my new album project to test their "web readiness".  Put a new up yesterday called "Already Gone". 

http://soundcloud.com/tracks/search?q%5Bfulltext%5D=doghouse+riley

I'll post in songs as well.

DR

Tres Trippy and muy cool!  Love "Swizzle Stick" and "already Gone" .  Nice eq--I can hear every instrument and vocal--each has its own space in the mix--have nice polished tone, with good dynamics, yet still full and loud enough.  Me likey.  Out of curiosity, what piano are you using when it comes in at 3 minutes into "Already gone?" 

That's actually the True Stereo Piano from my Alesis QS8 controller.  It's the only sound from the QS8 I use in projects and, even though I have so many other great pianos "inside" the box...which I do use quite a bit...I have a long time personal preference and attachment for that piano sound.  It cuts through a mix very well...works great for rock and boogie stuff.  I'll probably listen through that song with other pianos just to see if one fits better.  But I could live with it now with no problems.  It really is one of my "guilty pleasures";-)

Hi Yoropal
Just listened to Swizzle Stick and Already Gone - love just about everything about these - great atmospheric pieces and nice playing  - superb my old Pal!!!
Nigel

@ Yoropal: Do you, in your opinion, believe that a filter plug  like Volcano is adequate, or do you still recommend Micro?

Oh Volcano is definitely more than adequate.  But I use Volcano differently than a normal "eq".  I use it for more "filtering FX" kind of stuff.  While it is true that with a proper full featured linear phase eq...like ProL, for instance,  one can "clean up the low end" very nicely and still have plenty of "tweakability" for overall tenor and tone of the instrument being worked on.  However, the ability to have a separate simple hi pass filter can be very helpful.  Again, I'd suggest anyone try this technique themselves to "hear" the difference.  Get your eq like you want it and then, while listening to the full mix, insert a simple hi pass filter at the head of your chain and adjust to taste.  It can really make a difference. 

This is something that I've never tried before. Thanks Yorolpal. If I understand you correctly, you just use Micron for the simplicity and direct use of it to get a single task done quickly and easily. Micron would actually only cost me a mere fourteen dollars, with my discount.

Yup...

I'm still trying to figure out whether it's you or bapu that has the biggest case of GAS hehe

some of the stuff (like the UAD   / waves etc. ) I can't justify .. and in some cases partly because their "service" or lack of , isn't as good as others 

Actually Bapsi most likely has me beat.  And although I still grab the odd bargain...my GAS has slowed considerably this last year:-)