sgulley
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Post by sgulley on Dec 9, 2005 1:49:50 GMT
I took off work for an ice-day since the schools were closed and everyone was home. Yea I know, kind of a whimpy thing to do but even a little ice on the roads and that's a good enough.
I tried a remake of the 3rd song that I ever wrote back in March 2003. This was the song I gave to Mike on the PS5 collab. CD. It is one of those repetative 3-chord structures.
Anyway, I sent the TG drum track over from the PS5's lineout to the 2488, and re-recored everything else.
In my Christian song link.
Stan
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Post by nikonbob55 on Dec 9, 2005 18:14:28 GMT
Stan, This one is a serious kicker! You've got a rhythm section going there that has my fingers racing, doing "Air Entwistle" lines all over the place! One EQ tip - the bass is kinda far behind, and the kick is overly dominant in the low end. I'd back down the drum track about -4 or -5 at about 100 Hz, to try and get the kick solid, but not as boomy. Then, I'd add just a touch, maybe about +2 or +3 to around 1000 ~ 1100 Hz on the bass track, to give it a bit more definition in the mix (while still avoiding a muddy bottom end). Really nice tune there - glad you took the time to do your remake!
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sgulley
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Post by sgulley on Dec 9, 2005 19:33:05 GMT
Yea I knew I had a EQ mess of my hands. I'll try those frequencies with drums and bass, and see what I come up with. The drums/bass didn't seem so dominent on the 2488 with headphones, but when I got the mix to the computer, with the Bose speakers, WOW too much.
The drums were brought in direct from the PS5 to RCA plugs into the Eurorack, and then L/R tracks recorded. I didn't even think about EQing drums. I don't really like the primary vocal track, so I was going to get it more recording time and come up with something more decent.
Thanks for the tips. EQ is still a bit of a mystery to me. I know there are lots of docs to read but never have quite grasp the whole concept.
Stan
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Post by sgulley on Dec 10, 2005 19:57:26 GMT
OK, I made EQ adjustments for drums & bass seperation using Bob's values. I transferred the mix from 2488 to computer using RCAs to miniplug linein into the SB soundcard; recording at 24-bit/44.1Hz samle rate. I then used Audacity to dither down to 16-bit ISO standard MP3.
I realize that a convertion process is going on when recording RCA analog vs. digital bit stream, but my soundcard can't support digital input so I've got to live with that.
I'll be glad to see the day when audio goes to 24/32-bit vs. CD 16-bit because to me there is a noticable difference in the playback.
Stan
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Post by nikonbob55 on Dec 11, 2005 14:09:27 GMT
Hiya Stan, Nice remix - the bass lines have a bit more clarity, and the kick sits nicely in the mix - a solid thump, but without the boomy overtones. I know what you mean about the analog step in the process. All the work I did on the PS5 went over to the computer via the analog Line Out, into the analog input on the sound card. Now, with the 2488 S/PDIF out to the Audigy's S/PDIF input on the breakout box, the noise floor is virtually nonexistant, and so the final 16 bit CD result is a lot cleaner. Good Job! Bob
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Post by mcarp555 on Feb 3, 2006 10:23:41 GMT
Where did this one go?
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