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New at digital recording on computer

ShakerGreen	Date: November 27, 2004 @ 1:50 AM I have just stated to use samplitude (a pretty decent bit of software) on my laptop, to record the boys and I, Prior to this all my recordings were live from the mixer board to mini disc, Now I realize I have a lot to learn about multitracking and mixing, but I could really use some advise on what I'm doing wrong with the last 2 songs I've uploaded, "Hold the lite" and "Away from Here" thx in advance
ShakerGreen	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 11:00 AM heelo?
DaveHall	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 12:38 PM Heelo, I think your production sounds great. Mixing is an artform. I have a cd where a bunch of top producers were given the same song to mix, then they decribed what they did and why. Each had a different way to pan, and Carving out sections for each instrument and Eq and compression were most important. Then there is the mastering side of it , where too much eq and compression can kill a pro mastering job. As little as possible in the mix can help a pro make your song sound incredible. Also, if you record at 24 bit, you can only dither down to 16 bit once without losing quality. If you export for another project or for another studio, leave it at 24 bit. Take it easy
hueseph	Date: November 30, 2004 @ 12:23 AM Yeah man! I just listened to Away From Here. It sounds great. The mix is real nice. The guitars take a subtle tone intially which I think a lot of people have a hard time doing. (Especially Myself). I did notice some popping in the vocals and some crackle but I don't know if that occurred during conversion to mp3. Nice song alltogether.
ShakerGreen	Date: November 30, 2004 @ 1:26 AM Thnks for the compliments, The vocal track in "away from here" believe it or not is the "live" vocal track, I have yet to redo it, so as well as pops and wrong words ect ect, it also contains all the live room sounds, as in bass drums. this track was really just an experiment with live recording, I did add some eq , and a tonne of efx on my voice, The second attempt song, "hold the lite" has a redone vox track among other fun guitar stuff, but I think I didn't really capture a decent vocal mix, it pretty much sucks, I think I'm going to re-record the song in a lower key.