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TristezaOrange - Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:47 pm
After spending some time tinkering and re-tinkering and then tinkering some more, here's the final Josephine mix for your enjoyment.
Changes:
I have added some ear-candy: a sine wave synth from CM-101, some leslie-d string pads from Sampletank Free, a music box thingy from Plugsound Free and possibly some other things I don't remember right now.
I have messed a lot with Gordon's guitar during the first part of the track so that it sounds like a digital-pad-thing more than anything else. The guitar's only REALLY loud and clear after the vocals end which is the way I originally intended it to be. Sorry Gords, I hope you'll forgive me, the mix was overflowing...
And finally, lots of effects added with Dave's voice eq'd, de-essed, reverbed, compressed, tube-warmed etc. , not necessarilly in that order though.
Here's the final thing, thanks Pao for hosting
http://www.pualah.com/Josephine.mp3
Comments welcome...
ps. Have I ever mentioned all this time that I called this track Josephine after that french girl in 'Big Fish'? She's so cute, I adore her.
Beardedone - Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:54 pm
Checking it out maintenant
normal - Thu Jul 22, 2004 3:58 pm
pop-licious ...
raymond - Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:03 pm
i like it, except that sine tone seems way too loud to me in the beginning. check your mix again there's some clipping going on during the guitar solo.
mckenic - Thu Jul 22, 2004 4:05 pm
Wow Antoine!
I really dont know what to say except thanks so much for letting me be a part of this!
Gordons guitar sounds great and I really like the new sounds/mix.
I wouldnt have the vox so high but thats me
And of course thanks Pao!
This has been a fantastic experience all round for me so again - thank you sir!
Dave
pao - Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:33 pm
mckenic wrote:
Wow Antoine!
I really dont know what to say except thanks so much for letting me be a part of this!
Gordons guitar sounds great and I really like the new sounds/mix.
I wouldnt have the vox so high but thats me
And of course thanks Pao!
This has been a fantastic experience all round for me so again - thank you sir!
Dave
I really dont know what to say except thanks so much for letting me be a part of this!
Gordons guitar sounds great and I really like the new sounds/mix.
I wouldnt have the vox so high but thats me
And of course thanks Pao!
This has been a fantastic experience all round for me so again - thank you sir!
Dave
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mystahr - Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:53 pm
Okay, you're probably not going to like this; but I think you tinkered a tad too much here. I was listening to the final mix and I just found and felt it too flat somehow. So I went back to the first offering, which was rather unprocessed. But the first vocal mix I am listening to now and I feel this to be far better then the final mix you are offering now.
I am affraid you have overproduced this, but that is my humble opinion
kara - Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:10 am
It is a great song ! And I love the guitar
I could give 2 remarks
I don't like the vocals, doesn't sound natural. A shame for somebody that can sing like that.
I have a problem with the drums to, sounds a litle flat. Perhaps adding some compression ?
But still a great song.
Just my 2 cents
Rony
TristezaOrange - Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:52 am
normal wrote:
pop-licious ...
Thanx norm...
TristezaOrange - Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:55 am
raymond wrote:
i like it, except that sine tone seems way too loud to me in the beginning. check your mix again there's some clipping going on during the guitar solo.
Yup, sine tone = a bit too loud.
And perhaps a bit rigidly quantised as it was inserted in the piano roll. I'll check the clipping, I'm waiting for a new mix for this anyway.
Thanks.
TristezaOrange - Fri Jul 23, 2004 2:59 am
mckenic wrote:
Wow Antoine!
I really dont know what to say except thanks so much for letting me be a part of this!
Gordons guitar sounds great and I really like the new sounds/mix.
I wouldnt have the vox so high but thats me
And of course thanks Pao!
This has been a fantastic experience all round for me so again - thank you sir!
Dave
I really dont know what to say except thanks so much for letting me be a part of this!
Gordons guitar sounds great and I really like the new sounds/mix.
I wouldnt have the vox so high but thats me
And of course thanks Pao!
This has been a fantastic experience all round for me so again - thank you sir!
Dave
It has been a fantastic experience for me too, I'm working on a track now and I'm going to need your help!! I'll let you know.
TristezaOrange - Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:05 am
Mystahr wrote:
Okay, you're probably not going to like this; but I think you tinkered a tad too much here. I was listening to the final mix and I just found and felt it too flat somehow. So I went back to the first offering, which was rather unprocessed. But the first vocal mix I am listening to now and I feel this to be far better then the final mix you are offering now.
I am affraid you have overproduced this, but that is my humble opinion
I am affraid you have overproduced this, but that is my humble opinion
Overproduced? Moi? Certainly not!!
Well, yes, i sometimes get a bit carried away. I need to join Overproducers Anonymous actually.
And you wouldn't believe how much compression i threw over the poor thing Actually I have the first mix you're talking about here on a CD and I listen to it in the car with pride, so maybe I tinkered a bit too much with this. I'm waiting for a new mix from Gordon which will also hopefully have the FULL guitar solo and not just the little bit I left in at the fade-out [I'm not an adequate mixer enough to leave the whole guitar in without killing the vocals in the mix, but I trust Gordon will do it ]
Thanks for the honesty and the review Mark!! Appreciated.
TristezaOrange - Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:10 am
bucodi wrote:
It is a great song ! And I love the guitar
I could give 2 remarks
I don't like the vocals, doesn't sound natural. A shame for somebody that can sing like that.
I have a problem with the drums to, sounds a litle flat. Perhaps adding some compression ?
But still a great song.
Just my 2 cents
Rony
I could give 2 remarks
I don't like the vocals, doesn't sound natural. A shame for somebody that can sing like that.
I have a problem with the drums to, sounds a litle flat. Perhaps adding some compression ?
But still a great song.
Just my 2 cents
Rony
Thanks Rony! The vocals were a bit better before I decided to throw a whole lot of Classic Reverb on them, I should have probably applied it with a little bit of 'discretion'
And the drums are actually the 'demo' drum part that I decided to leave in because I was a little lazy to work on a full drum track... Glad you still like it though... Glooper - Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:17 am
I like this song... though I'm still unsure which mix I prefer (I have on called Jospephine_VocalMix). I'm not sure about the reverb on the latest vocals. Though the guitar solo is good and the general balance I think is better on the new mix.
Are you going to open this up for remixes?... Cause if you are I wouldn't mind having a go (though i've not tried remixing before so it'll probably end up being crap! But I'd like to try)
Ben
TristezaOrange - Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:17 am
Glooper wrote:
I like this song... though I'm still unsure which mix I prefer (I have on called Jospephine_VocalMix). I'm not sure about the reverb on the latest vocals. Though the guitar solo is good and the general balance I think is better on the new mix.
Are you going to open this up for remixes?... Cause if you are I wouldn't mind having a go (though i've not tried remixing before so it'll probably end up being crap! But I'd like to try)
Ben
Are you going to open this up for remixes?... Cause if you are I wouldn't mind having a go (though i've not tried remixing before so it'll probably end up being crap! But I'd like to try)
Ben
Hey Ben, if you're interested in a remix, I'll post all the parts I currently have [unfortunately not a lot since my song files are on my PC at Greece and I'm currently at Cyprus] on this thread so you can give it a go.
TristezaOrange - Sat Jul 24, 2004 6:24 am
The parts:
Guitar solo by Gordon:
http://www.beardedone.com/Music/josephine_solo.mp3
Vocals by Dave:
http://www.mckenic.com/mp3/Josephine-Vocals-Dry-Mono.mp3
And backing track by moi:
http://www.pualah.com/Josephin.mp3
Have fun!!
normal - Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:07 am
errmm ...
which is the 'final' mix ?...
or ...
is this a 'do it yourself' project ?...
xoxos - Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:35 am
stuff that's hard-panned L-R can really obscure center material on cans.. those sine bits were 10x louder than needed that way :D
TristezaOrange - Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:40 pm
normal wrote:
errmm ...
which is the 'final' mix ?...
or ...
is this a 'do it yourself' project ?...
which is the 'final' mix ?...
or ...
is this a 'do it yourself' project ?...
Yep, it's a DIY thing normie - if you'd like to give it a go...
TristezaOrange - Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:41 pm
xoxos wrote:
stuff that's hard-panned L-R can really obscure center material on cans.. those sine bits were 10x louder than needed that way
Yep.
They are going to be completely removed though. Glooper - Sat Jul 24, 2004 3:49 pm
ooops... sorry, I forgot to come back to check this thread!
I'll download them now... though I'm not going to have time to do this for a couple of weeks now
. as I've been re-mixing dekky's song and I'm away next weekend. But I'll definetly give it a go when I next can as I have a few ideas for this.
Ben...
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