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Cnyl
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:08 am |
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Hey guys, Just added a new acoustic song called Simmer. Check it out!
Any feedback would be great.
Thanks, Alan |
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minusme
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 10:16 am |
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Alan...
Giving it a listen now!
VERY cool song! It's like a rock song with acoustic driving it. NICE!!!!
I like the overall rhythm of the song and flow of the lyrics!
AWESOME!!!!!
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smili
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:33 pm |
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Listening to Simmer now. like the strum. nice transition into the verse. Vocal has a little bit of effect on it that bothers me a bit (something with eq?, or a flange?) Very listenable though. The active acoustic guitar picking part in the chorus is very cool. All the instruments fit well. I like the bass line throughout. It stands out. Very cool tune. Only thing is that the vocal has a somewhat artificial sound on it that bothers me a bit.
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Cnyl
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 12:44 pm |
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Thanks for your input guys... smili, that sound you hear is an out of phase mic/signal.
It kinda bothers me a bit too.. I tried to reverse it after the vox was recorded... No luck! 
I'll just re-do the lead vocals.... Thanks again.
Alan |
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smili
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:50 pm |
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| Cnyl wrote: | smili, that sound you hear is an out of phase mic/signal.
It kinda bothers me a bit too.. I tried to reverse it after the vox was recorded... No luck!
I'll just re-do the lead vocals.... Thanks again.
Alan |
Alan, did you record vocals in stereo? If you've got phasing issues on a stereo signal, in addition to flipping the phase on one channel you might try sliding one of the channels forward or back slightly to help with phase issues. (That is if you're in a DAW and can slide a track back and forth by samples)
smili |
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Cnyl
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:08 pm |
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smili, I tried that. The track gets thinner sounding.. I'm using Sonar. I think I know what happened.. I tried to use 2 mics and one was over laping the other kinda...
I was trying an experiment.... well now I know. 
Thanks for your advise... Oh... Stereo, but each side on a different track. |
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smili
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| Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:18 pm |
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| Cnyl wrote: | smili, I tried that. The track gets thinner sounding.. I'm using Sonar. I think I know what happened.. I tried to use 2 mics and one was over laping the other kinda...
I was trying an experiment.... well now I know.
Thanks for your advise... Oh... Stereo, but each side on a different track. |
You've probably tried this an not liked the result, but If you've got them on different tracks you might just mute one of the vocal tracks and make the resulting mono track the vocal. I think the vocals are good and can tell alot of effort went into them. It's such a bummer to have to redo stuff like that - seems it's so easy to lose the "spirit" of the song when redoing stuff like that. soiunds like what you have may be salvageable though.
I've never tried recording a stereo vocal like you mention except when recording someone playing/singing along with acoustic guitar - It's impossible to go back and fix anything in that case though.
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