Bats,
 
You always get a good sound. If ARC saves you time, all the better, yes?
 
This early mix sounds really good.
 

speedtom,
thanks for the kind words.
the ARC isn't a factor, accept that it's way easier for me to mix faster, i'm not guessing as much.
 
 
sven
arc is a neat program.
really well treated rooms probably would not need it, and guys who just really know their rooms and knows exactly how their mixes will translate, probably would not need it either.
me, i know i can use it.


makeshift
thanks man..
yep, all just acoustic guitars, cranking electrics thru amps, mics on cabinets.
you should re-mix all your old stuff..
or, better yet, revise them and update them and USE REAL AMPS!!
 
always, real trumps fake
 
it's just more fun!
and if it's more fun, you are going to play better.
 

Initial reaction was this is real pro sounding mix. Was just enjoying the song without even thinking about what was right/wrong, to me that means not much to be done effects wise. Could've had the vocals a bit more in my face but that is just personal preference, not a criticism.

Looks like you found a great tool. The sound is great as always. Love the song too!

Not my genre, but Wow!, especially the guitar work.

As always, you have given us a gem to listen to.  I'm now interested in this ARC2 software, and see that it's on sale for $150 rather than the usual $300.  However, all in all, the song tends to sound similar to you past recordings, so you have always been doing something right.  If it takes much less time, then this would be a good investment.  Congratulations, Bat!

I don't know enough about the engineering or ARC2 to comment on the production.  However, I do know that your stuff always sounds great and this is no exception but I think that is really due to the talent that you display and not the software or hardware. I may have said this to you about one of your other numbers, but to me this has a bit of an XTC (a group that I always enjoyed in their early days) feel to it.
Nice one.

rimshot
thanks for the report on TWO sound sources..
that's cool.
thanks for listening

whack
thanks cian, when you listen on 'laptops', don't you use headphones or something else?
you can't possibly hear anything off of those tiny little speakers in the case of the laptop...
i often wonder what people mean when they say they are on 'laptops', because i don't have one, and i suppose that everyone uses good headphones.....


the guitar player
glad you liked this one, john.......
the arc DOES work for me.
by flattening the frequency response of my room in relation to my speakers and acoustic situation, it makes it a lot easier to hear the stereo seperation,and to dial in frequency response and interaction between all the tracks...
much faster, much more natural.
i guess, the longer i work with it, and finish mixes, the more i will learn about how the translation is actually occuring.

rscain
thanks for listening and commenting....
the end result i'm looking for, good balanced mixes, full range, is the same whether i use the ARC software or not...
it's just way easier for me to get there, using this arc stuff....
and i wanted to share my experience (for what it's worth) to anyone thinking of wanting to try it.

bapu
thanks for the kind words...
for me, mixing has been a 20 year endevour, at least, and i'm just now starting to get to be where i want to be with it....
the arc, just makes it go a lot quicker.

Sounds good on internal iPhone speakers.

Great sound and playing!! Loved it!!!