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This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <BR><BR><a name="planetz-tag"></a>Genre: Rock<BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Mixers<BR> copyright © 2003 Wayne Freer<BR> _____________________________________<BR><BR> a song from our three-piece, Dragster.

it is live, with vocal overdubs

there are some real cool chord changes here, and i've always been a fan of your band's vocal approach. makes it somehow unique. what happened to the booboos?

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andy
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: borg on 2003-08-16 09:43 ]</font>

Liked it a lot, and 2nd Borg opinion.

Mix-wise, I would invest some time in adjusting low frequencies between all instruments, this can better serve the vocals.

All the best,
MZ

thanks for responding, fellas

andy - the booboos have succumbed (for the moment) to the Australian tyranny of distance - Perth, Alice Springs and Melbourne are our respective residencies at this time .

MZ - do you mean give kick and bass their own frequency niches? You're right, it could be clearer.

cheers!

I really like this Wayne.

Very well recorded. In spots the vocals seem to overpower the rest of the mix a bit and then the kick and, less so, the bass gets a bit lost in the mix.
The kit sounds great! Do you throw a stereo compressor across the drum mix?

What I really want to know is who's the clever bastard playing the horn at the same time as their other instrument?

Dear Wayne

I heard minor frequency collusions between toms, snares, BD, Bass and vocals. I'd say cut lows for toms, snare and vocals (now that's is an artistic choice you might like fat vocals) and BD and Bass: niches, u r right.

All in all, I felt that to make room, you can experiment with low frequencies cuts. I trust your ears.

Good reference CD might be D'angelo/voodoo? Not the same music type of course, but semilar vocals vs. band approach.

Having said that, I like the original color of the mix, so all the above tunings should still preserve your original approach.

Hope it helped.
MZ

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: MZ on 2003-08-18 18:07 ]</font>

On 2003-08-18 04:25, bassdude wrote:
What I really want to know is who's the clever bastard playing the horn at the same time as their other instrument?

Aah. Yes. Well there is that, too

I'd better explain. What i do is strap the trombone to my face, then attach the end of the slide to the mic stand or other stationary object.

Then it's just a matter of buzzing one's lips and moving your head back and forth, not unlike my normal bass-playing technique

seriously though, instead of "live" i probably meant "band recorded in one (the first) take, frilly bits added later" - it was a good day, got 6 tracks done that way

This was mixed somewhere else, I just put some eq & softclip on it.

There could be some comp across the kit, but then again this drummer just sounds like that - he has a lot of control, concentrates on his sound,and is metronomic.

Thanks for the comments - I'll get the tracks sent to me and muck around with it a bit.

On 2003-08-18 23:42, wayne wrote:
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What i do is strap the trombone to my face, then attach the end of the slide to the mic stand or other stationary object

Then it's just a matter of buzzing one's lips and moving your head back and forth, not unlike my normal bass-playing technique
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I would pay to see that!

Someone else did the mix?? Mixing is easy! Capturing a good sound in the first place is the challenge. Well done!