Sorry, I've been swamped and I won't have access to the HD rig for another few days.

The "lite" mix ended up getting tweaked a lot more, so it's also not ready yet.

www.myspace.com/redskydawnmusic

its the teaser

we did a live take of one of our songs - mixed drums and guitar in a desk and pressed record...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/sruru2

final version of hear you me by jimmy eat world
i programmed drums in reason with dkfh samples
piano is in reason

everything else is:
old ibanez/fender j-bass/vocal chords > 2 samson c01 sudio condensors (recorded in stereo except vox) > mbox2pro> protools le

don't know how to use protools plug-ins so it's all natural

someone with good monitors tell me how this sounds please....monty? jesse?

i think it sounds pretty damn good. you could definitely benefit from some plugins (look some vids up on youtube, and pirate some sweet plugins too), but it still sounds good without.

keeping in mind that i think it sounds good, here are some things i noticed, although i'm no expert. first thing i noticed was the snare seemed mixed a bit low, but then it kinda sounded like the drums as a whole were too low (understandable since you probably kept them lower to hide the fact that they're programmed). also, when the rhythm acoustic starts on the bridge around 2:30ish, it sounds like you could benefit from different mic placement. i don't really know how to describe why i think that track sounds funky though...maybe too much bass being picked up? anyway, just a couple of quick suggestions. but seriously, get some sweet plugins and learn how to use them, even if minimally.

thanks man, really appreciate it.

what kind of speakers were you using? i've noticed that different speakers or headphones really make this song sound different. i thought the drums sound really loud on my headphones, and just about right on my speakers. but on my roommates speakers, they sounded too low, especially the snare like you said.

well, i was using my computer speakers...they sound great (at least good enough to use as temporary monitors) but definitely not as uncolored as a good set of monitors. this is something i'm struggling with too, though. after mixing something, it always sounds so different on each different system i play it on. we should really be using monitors

this can be easily over-utilized, but i have found it to work absolute wonders on my stuff. create a master track in your protools session, and then throw a good compressor that track (essentially putting a compressor on the whole song). try some presets on the compressor until you find one that really jumps out at you, and then mess with the independent settings to tweak it to your liking. i looooooooove psp vintage warmer for this because it adds a bit of color to the overall track.

some people will argue that this is adulteration of your song, but i argue the exact opposite. i think it really helps the average guy who is recording low budget with very limited equipment in his room. also, try putting a bit of compressor on the vocal track and then, on top of that, try some subtle delays. if you need help with the plugins, search youtube. there are some professional vids from protools, as well as other randoms who make learning to use plugins extremely quick and painless. alternatively, i can try to answer any questions you have. another hint...come up with some effective google search strings to locate the names of plugins that big time producers rave about, and then aim for getting those. digidesign's website also has many good, free plugins.

hope you can pull something useful out of that...

i'm posting a recently recorded demo that my band is working on. we've started using reason rewire synced to protools, and so far i think it works really well. i'm happy with pretty much every aspect except for the gainy rhythm guitar tone that we used. not a fan. let me know what you think...

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=e0a9ba3...2db6fb9a8902bda

Heres my electronic stuff that i posted a few weeks ago
http://www.myspace.com/joshualawrenceband <-- if you want to listen before you download

Electric

http://www.sendspace.com/file/b22uzu

Under the Influence

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7vzwy8


oh and check out my full band
(I PROMISE that we dont suck!)

http://www.myspace.com/thehereandnowrock

wooo this song i'm finally getting around to recording is sounding so killer! and i have a bunch of the vocal and horn parts in my head and its all sounding legit (minus the fact its done in garage band and fruity loops).

its sounding like the strokes + subways and ska and swing with screaming parts. so sick. and theres two choruses and no bridge and a trade off screaming jazz part all under 2 minutes.
i feel bad though because i want a band, but like i want all the parts to be exactly my way and i want everything done my way and want much of the credit for it and i feel like a dick. and people will think i'm a self-centered dick. and it makes me not want to start a new band. plus my other songs are pop punkish or full-on stretch armstrong esque hardcore, but i'm trying to blend them together by sharing genre elements in each song.

now for a band name.... Truth Hurts?

Started recording a buddy of mine. Also building a recording studio and shit. Its gonna look sick once we're done. Posting some pictures of that below. But this is the song we are currently working on and its only half way done. There is still like 4 more minutes to the song that hasnt been recorded yet.

http://www.mediafire.com/?jmnoinozqyg


These are the walls we are building that will soundproof the room. So the walls are technically about a foot thick. Full of insulation and sound board. But these are just the pics of the framing. We got busy after that and I didnt take any other pics. But we have already begun wiring.

Never noticed that you had Wilhelm lyrics in your sig. I like you more now.

I'll listen later, I promise

One of my all time favorite bands. Drove to Vegas to watch them play with Strung Out cause the bastards weren't playing in Utah.

WHAAAAA???? When was that?

I tabbed out three of their songs a couple weeks ago, including drums, which were harder than the damn guitars.

We saw them in LA a couple weeks ago, fuck those guys. Too damn good. Their bassist is stupid good. New CD is supposed to be out this summer.

Here's a bunch of demos

http://www.myspace.com/atlaslikethebook

here's the latest song that doesn't have bass yet

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songI...;songID=7447322

The show I went to was in 2007. Then they played a Utah date in 2008. But their most recent Vegas show was on February 16th at East Side Joes. All the bands they played with were from Vegas. One of them was called Dude City.

I'm guessing I wasn't in Vegas yet for that 2007 show.

Downloading song now.

I guess I forgot to mention, he plays instrumental stuff.

You'd be better off making 2 walls, 5 1/2" thick, with an inch of air in between them. That will significantly reduce the RT60 of the room. Also, keep in mind, you don't always want it "soundproof" anyway, though what you're doing won't make it an anechoic chamber to begin with. Typically, if drums are going to be recorded in the room, you want at least 10 foot ceilings with an RT60 of about 4-5ms.

Food for thought.

Awesome advice. Yea there is space between the walls. Its 1 1/2 inch if I can remember right. (Lots of measurements in my head). Its not going to be for recording drums though unless for maybe demo use. We would record them in a practice space just because we dont have much room. But it's pretty sick so far. We have a lot of friends who are able to get a lot of the studio equipment we need at cost and with discounts. So super cheap.

You could have typed this in German and I would have understood roughly the same amount.

Hahaha RT60 is basically the amount of natural reverb a room possess. It's measured in milliseconds and takes 7 or 8 formulas to find, depending on the information you have.

And an anechoic chamber is a completely reverb-free room. Zero reflections.

<Ralph Wiggum Voice>
I play guitar
</RWV>

Song is pretty Dan. I'm not usually down with the instrumental stuff, but it sounds good so far.

EDIT: Guess I should probably point this out

http://www.myspace.com/anthonymadesomenoise

All my poor quality demos. Dan if you dig Wilhelm you should like at least some of these.

Anthony,

Im diggin it hardcore. I can definitely hear AWS influence. It also really reminds me of Strung Out. More of Exile in Oblivion. I LIKE I LIKE, I DIG I DIG!

Darn, being compared to AWS and SO, what a terrible thing to be told.

Thanks dude, we're actually going into the studio April 17-20, so I'll have an EP for everyone here after that.

ok I practically have finished mixing the guitars. I am going to add verb to a couple parts and need to work on the clean guitars a little more. I need to do a little remixing on the drums. I need to brink down certain frequency in the kick but I can't pinpoint it. I also need to bring the snare up.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=A9JUD8N9

take a listen to the drum and guitar tracks and tell me what you think, we finished tracking vocals today and will track bass & piano parts tomorrow.


EDIT: any pointers are GREATLY appreciated.

Before I even listen to it, the best way to find that frequency in the kick is to put a notch filter on your kick, and boost it 12 or so dB until you find the frequency, then pull it until it blends better.

We worked on it today some more. It turns out there was too much lowend and the mid cut was too high. We dropped the lowend and brought the mid cut to about 320 hz I believe, not sure though. This was for the d112, for the u87 we had a foot back from the kick, we added more lowend and all that stuff and blended the two mics. D112 is at 0dB and u87 is at -24dB

my bass drum sounds godly


just wanted to say that...

www.myspace.com/sognosonar

check out the song Empty House. If anyone digs it I'll upload our new demo

Here is the guitar & bass mix of our song called "Share the moon with me"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/j6t3wx



I don't know if I want to bring the guitars up more yet since I haven't mixed the bass in.

enjoy this cosmic eruption of a song. the guitar tone is fucking huge.

I hate when vocalists of bands that scream use so much effects on the vocals because they aren't good. It's like hey I could find somebody with talent until then though lets make our shitty person sound almost good.

My friend recorded this any tips to help it sound better, hes running protools 8. ill drop this in the recording thread to

- scratch all that shit..
i recorded a song today with Computer drums, and added cheesy intro some input?
not mastered or anything like that as well.
used computer amp cos i cant find my sm57.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/skzw7n

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AJ1EI4SX

really rough shit we're dealing with. None of have any experience mixing around and such, so please be honest and descriptive as possible. We did these on our own. I know for a fact the levels aren't evenly matched, and theres a part I didn't put down bass on lol. We aren't the best at playing our instruments, this is what we can do for now!

Be honest, be brutal!

the guitar player noticeably messes up a lot. Add just a tad of lows to the guitar, some highs, and maybe some mids around 1.8k. Fool around with the mid range though. Can't really hear the bass in this mix. For the kick add some around 60 or 80hz, Cut a substantial amount somewhere between 300-500hz (it really depends on the kick), I like at boost around 4 or 5khz to get more punch. Also add some more highs. Also I use a lot of compression in my mixes. If you don't know what you are doing, the pro tools presets are usually decent, but you might have to adjust the gain or threshhold depending on the waveform of the track.

Yeah, We definitely plan on using compression. Thanks for the input man it means a lot. So what do you guys think our sound can be compared to? genre/style-wise

don't know. I don't listen to music like this anymore. Just general post-hardcore i guess.

Yeah, I figured that much lol.

What do you listen to nowadays anyway?

This is good even without vocals.

stuff like okkervil river
gloria record
zookeeper
manchester orchestra
jew - clarity
mineral
penfold

I guess this works out better here

http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/961022/Finished%3F.mp3

That song is damn good kyle.

i enjoyed the listen kyle. what do you do?

nice kyle. i like this a lot. it reminded me of red hands a lot at the beginning, but the song as a whole is damn good.

cool stuff kyle..


just upped 3 songs on the myspace...the truth is the only song ive ever done completely with midi. and i still don't know shit about post. let me know what you think
www.myspace.com/fauxfire

Sounds like him singing (with some vocal effects) to me. I could also see this being a garage band production where kyle did everything.

it is me singing, drew(asian dude) and I did that. Expect more stuff like that within the next month or so.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zqmi3yuymwm

added vocals to one of the songs im working on

http://www.myspace.com/kerouacuk

...branson acoustic song. it gets the vag wet.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/4b8d32

good work! i like your singer's tone on this. it reminds me a lot of the singer for brave citizens.