Re: new song please critique

"gretsch27" <Gretsch27@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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the vocals are a little "pitchy." i've never taken formal lessons in
anything so i guess that's what i get. i don't sing all that often.

Ain't bad at all, you're keeping a very constant note, no wavering...only
that it is not the right note in the choruses, just slightly off. So little
I bet it'd be no problem for an autotuner. It's kinda like Astbury of Cult -
he sometimes sings just barely off-key but just barely, so it still sounds
good. This is just over that threshold, but not by much. Nice, steady voice,
though.

i was working with some mastering software and it seemed to want to
really boost the highs. i figured i had been listening to it for too
long and thought maybe i didn't realize it was dull. it came out

They really want to do that. All the presets I've ever tried in most
mastering tools are set so that you really will hear what they do...way
overdone. It's a bitch to use 'em, better make several trial runs and have
some listens to it in a car, at friend's sound system...even band PA is
possible. And when you find good settings for exciters etc. save them so you
have somewhere to start the next time. Can't trust them ears when you do
mixing for a prolonged period.

pretty bright. that's an easy fix. if i just play with that plug in
a little it should tame it a little. i am also using the bbe sonic
maximizer. it sounds great on an acoustic guitar track, but its not
as good on the overall mix. i'll try turning that back a little too.

Used to be all the rave, the BBE. It sounds real good in some
applications...nice box it is, but one has to be really leery of using it as
it's pretty easy to spot it's been used....even I guessed it right off the
bat.

The best tools to master a coherent demo track, for me, are a multiband
compressor which you can use to tame the bass end nice and tight and limit
the highs such as cymbals, or bring up some guitar punch, but leave the
overall sounds untouched. That and a master limiter such as Ultramaximiser
or maybe Magneto are usually enough. Sometimes it's good to add 2-3% of
reverb to tie the whole together as well, and perhaps some sort of harmonic
exciter if the mics or other original material lacks extreme high ends. But
I try to keep excitation and such to a reasonable level, and especially
stereo enhancement is something that must be carefully used. It can make it
sound really weird in some systems.

if the guitars sound a little too solid state, that's probably thanks
to amplitube. i'm using a di box to sent the signal to both my amp
and my computer so i can get a more complete sound out of the same
performance.

Probably, it does sound a bit like D/I buzz, but considering the setup, I
think it's rather good. Just some softening with EQ on guitar tracks should
make it a lot better.

i'd like to re arrange the instrumentation on the verses. for now i
don't think there's much more i can do to perfect it. if i leave it
alone for a while, maybe i'll be able to tweak the melody on the
verses so that it all fits together better. it think the verses are
the weak point.

Well, the song in itself is just fine. Just don't listen to any sounds for a
few good days, remix/master it and see if you can get an autotune on it, and
it'll be just as good as any similar stuff on the radio.

Cheers,

Dee


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