Howdy,

Ok ... this deserves some explanation ...

In 1996 my band did a series of quick demo's on my Tascam 488 8-Track machine.

A couple years ago I started ripping all those tapes to my PC.

This one was left unfinished back in 96 and we used a different take. All there was to work with was a drum track, rhythm guitar, and 2 vocal takes.

The guy singing was one of the two lead singers in the band and he thought he was this great Elvis impersonator. I thought his vocals on this were hilarious, so I added all the instruments you hear and made it sound more 'hokey'. I chopped up the drum track so there are breaks, but on the original, it's a steady beat all the way through from my Alesis SR-16 that we used, which I still have. .

The backups on this I did using his two vocal takes, and used V-vocal on one to create a third harmony part, and used Z3TA 1 for the funky effect.

Drums: Alesis SR-16 (1996) - ripped from Tascam 488 8 Track
Vocals: (1996) - ripped from Tascam 488 8 Track

All other instruments - 2010 using Sonar 8.5

Final Mix and Master - 2012 using Sonar X2 and all the Pro Channel goodies.

I should probably also tell you that the guy singing, yeah ... he's a bit coo-coo for coco puffs. I had that in mind when I was doing the keyboard parts ... you'll hear. It's more of a comedy number (although he took it very seriously)

Don't miss the Elvis judo chop sound effects! LOL!

Mustang Sally Cover

I experimented with this song .... please be brutally honest about the mix and mastering, the instrumentation was intentionally not perfect as it's more of a comedy type thing. I did something I never did before using X2. I'll let you know what I did after I get some responses ...

Click here for Version 2 (Updated 10-20-2012)

Im diggin it Bub

I got one posted of us doing it at a car show on youtube.  Love that song

Nice job, Bub.  

Wow! No comments on the mix or master! I'm am totally floored!

If you guys pick up on anything in the least, please let me know.

Thanks for listening so fast!

Hope you liked the Elvis judo chop sound effects he did.

Well I still suck at mixing LOL but I think the Kick could use some bottom punch (Drums seems a lil weak but cymbals are good)

I want to say something about the guitars fading into keys or something, on my 4th listen and cant put my finger on it yet.

Mix/Master sounds good outside of the Drum EQ or recording

Are all the insturments you added midi?


OHHHH  Im listening on my cans too

digi2ns

... I think the Kick could use some bottom punch (Drums seems a lil weak but cymbals are good)

Thanks! I used some pretty heavy saturation on the kick. The problem is, all the drums were mixed on to one analog track so I can't boost or EQ individual drums/cymbals.

I want to say something about the guitars fading into keys or something, on my 4th listen and cant put my finger on it yet.

I don't know what that is either. :) Something to do with the Wah effect I used I think. :) But I know exactly what you're talking about and where.

Are all the insturments you added midi?

The keyboard on the left is something from Dim Pro, but I played it live. The one on the right is my old Korg X5 using the analog audio outs. I didn't touch anything up with PRV ... it's all live playing and one take. I just had fun and was fooling around on my Korg. Stuff always seems to come out better that way for me. :)

OHHHH  Im listening on my cans too

Cool.

I'll check back tomorrow and hopefully I'll have some more input.

I'll let everyone know how I mixed/mastered this then ... heading out now.

Thanks again!

Bub

Just a thought,

Take the audio track for the drums, bring up transients and adjust it out to where you can get down to the drum hits.

Ill do this, Copy as MIDI in Audio snap

Duplicate it 
1 for kick
1 for snare
1 for toms

Then go in and erase everything off each that dont belong
Then you can replace or overlay them to enhance the original track

Shouldnt take but 15-30 minutes on each piece and well worth the effort for what ya have going there.

I like it

Yah, I figured it was all live cause of the playing but alot stuck me as done with a midi controller/keyboard.  GREAT Playing all the way around

Hey, Bub,
 
This is actually a really cool cover!
 
I'd say the mix sounds really great, nice, clean and wide with lots of space between the instruments.  Especially after all you had to go through to get the tracks from the old tape and then through two versions of Sonar.  That Tascam model used a cassette, if I remember correctly.
 
My only suggestion would be to beef up the drums a little bit, but of course that's a subjective opinion.
 
You reminded me that someday I have to try to drag out my Fostex Model 80A reel to reel to try to transfer some of my old 80's original stuff to a PC before I throw it up on eBay.
 
Anyway, really nice job revamping this old classic, have a good one!
Bob

First of all, I really dig this version, Bub.  I started playing this song ever since Wilson Pickett did his version once upon a time, and it's been a standard ever since.  I've never heard a version of this with a clean, chorused guitar before, but you make it sound like it was meant to be that way.  I hope you're enjoying the X2 experience because I remember the problems you had when X1 came out.  I think many of us will be making more music this year.

Cool cover Bub, for me it does sound a little thin which as mentioned is subjective.

Thanks for sharing