2016/11/10 18:09:55
batsbrew
 

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/work-it-out

mixing this right now for a near future release
(or re-release would be more accurate!)
 

this is the original mix.....
 
any suggestions on tweaks?
i've already brought the drum track up, and have tweaked the snare in the new mix
2016/11/11 20:19:47
Cactus Music
As always the playing is over the top! Ya, that snare?? It comes across maybe just a tad to tight, as in tuned up tight, which I actually like most of the time but somehow it's just not sitting there right, not in your face, it's in the back. But I'm just using computer speakers in my office which suck but they do tell the truth to a point cause I listen to them a lot just MP3 stuff. 
 
2016/11/13 09:16:23
eph221
Phenomenal guitar playing!  I love how all your pieces have such forward momentum.  It's something one only sees in the greatest composers (beethoven, brahms for instance.) This is when music takes you from here to there. Good luck with it!
2016/11/13 12:13:33
jamesg1213
Love it. When I hear your guitar playing the word 'precision' comes to mind. So tightly played, great turnarounds, loads of good stuff packed into just 2 minutes!
2016/11/13 16:33:55
guitartrek
Excellent production.  Love the guitar work and the vibe.  I guess the one thing that comes to mind is to boost the upper frequencies of the kick a bit.  You can definitely feel the kick with headphones and good full range speakers, but when played on smaller speakers (like my laptop speakers) the kick disappears.  
2016/11/13 21:38:28
Freddy J
No nits here!  Great production and Excellent playing!!!
2016/11/14 16:25:57
batsbrew
Cactus Music
As always the playing is over the top! Ya, that snare?? It comes across maybe just a tad to tight, as in tuned up tight, which I actually like most of the time but somehow it's just not sitting there right, not in your face, it's in the back. But I'm just using computer speakers in my office which suck but they do tell the truth to a point cause I listen to them a lot just MP3 stuff. 
 


hey cactus!
the snare is what it is, the drummer chose that drum and head and tuning based on his choice,
so i'll have to work with it......
so,
eq on snare, check!!
compression, check.
possibly some room treatment....

just last night,
i applied the finishing touches to the snare,
compression and eq, as well as level.


i had tried running all the drums thru parallel compression,
and even tho i could hear the effect well,
and dial it in at any level via sends,
it just felt....... clownphucked.


so i got rid of that buss,
all the sends,
and instantly it was better, albeit a bit plain.


i'm still on the fence with just how much room reverb to put on it, 
the original track is bone dry.
it almost sounds better with a delay on it, instead of verb.
2016/11/15 10:05:04
batsbrew
eph221
Phenomenal guitar playing!  I love how all your pieces have such forward momentum.  It's something one only sees in the greatest composers (beethoven, brahms for instance.) This is when music takes you from here to there. Good luck with it!


hi eph,
forward momentum, yes
 
very short momentum, but momentum!!
 
LOL
 
working on a new section at the front, to extend the piece, and introduce the melodies before it dives in
2016/11/15 10:06:40
batsbrew
jamesg1213
Love it. When I hear your guitar playing the word 'precision' comes to mind. So tightly played, great turnarounds, loads of good stuff packed into just 2 minutes!


hey james,
you know, when i write this stuff, i usually play it 'precise' like you mention...
but then when i'm ready to try to capture a 'performance', meaning, i'm gonna do a take from beginning to end without any punch ins (which i can do extremely well),  i don't worry about precision at all..
more about vibe.
and when you isolate tracks and listen, you can hear slop.
pigs love it.
LOL
 
2016/11/15 10:09:17
batsbrew
guitartrek
Excellent production.  Love the guitar work and the vibe.  I guess the one thing that comes to mind is to boost the upper frequencies of the kick a bit.  You can definitely feel the kick with headphones and good full range speakers, but when played on smaller speakers (like my laptop speakers) the kick disappears.  


hello guitartrek!
 
i'm kinda on a guitar trek too......
 
kick, upper freqs, check!
 
i cloned a track of the kick...
made the 1st one all low end with no fluff..
and made the clone track be all attack with no bottom...
blended those two together, and processes the low kick dry,
but added some serious compression to the high kick,
which increased it's sustain, and lets it kinda 'float' a bit, which makes it not so dead sounding.
 
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