I did try to post this before (yesterday) but it seems to have failed. Anyway a remix of Shakedown is on box.net. Let me know what you think. Compare to the original and see if you think I have improved things.
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deadwingrich
- Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007 @ 08:10:22 pm
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picturethoughts
- Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 @ 09:51:16 am
Not sure about this one yet. Trouble is my speakers are playing up so had to listen on headphones. I thought the chorus was a little flat - I think this is because the Hammond organ wasn't as prominent. The guitar solo bit sounded a bit odd. Not sure why - some of the background guitar on the solo had perhaps too much echo or something. Also thought the vocals in the original had quite a lot of reverb or something and this has gone - not sure if this is a good thing. Still need to listen some more so will put some more comments on later after few more listens. Sorry to be negative on initial listen, but perhaps need to hear it on better speakers.
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deadwingrich
- Friday, Aug. 17, 2007 @ 09:24:20 pm
Hi there, comments positive or negative very welcome. The problem with mixing down is that you can very quickly lose perspective because you are listening over and over again, so your objective ear is very valuable. Anyway, give it a few more listens and let me know what you think. We're off on holiday for a week now, so I'll respond to any comments when I get back . Cheers
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picturethoughts
- Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007 @ 10:38:29 am
Overall this is a better mix - seems tighter and cleaner. I like the new ending with the added guitar. I think the vocals need some more reverb/echo to lift them a bit - I think because there are no backing vocals, it is more obvious that the voacals are a bit flat. Better then the original however, which did have a lot of reverb, I think, but the reverb wasn't of the best quality. I also think the guitar effect in the backing riff on the solo sounds wrong, but I guess that's easily fixed - sounds a bit too over-processed somehow. Apart from this, I really like the mix. I also really like the song. We have been talking about trying to complete a song remotely - why not this one The drums sound so old-fashioned, the guitar effect is fairly basic, and there are no backing vocals. The strings are also a bit out-dated. I think we could really improve this song by re-recording. I might have a go at least by looking at the drums and guitar parts and see what I can come up with.
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BTW these are the changes I've made:
1. V-vocal and eq vocals in normal way
2. Added slight reverb to overall mix and one or two instruments
3. Used the VC-64 all over the place and this seems to have tightened things up
4. Used the Guitar Rig on the guitar riff which back up the intro to the solo
5. Copied and pasted the guitar intro onto the outro section and faded out there.
I hope things are improved. I know I said I wasn't going to bother with the old stuff, but I couldn't resist trying to out to see if it improves things. Comments welcome...