New Music Mixed with Mixcraft

madkins71 · Post by **madkins71** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:40 am

Greetings.

My old college band from the early 1990s recently got back together via the internet to record some new tunes. I recorded guitars, midi synth, and did final mixing using Mixcraft 4.

These two songs were recorded practically "by satellite," with the musicians in different states communicating by e-mail and sending first mp3s then wav files by the internet to each other. We ran into considerable technical difficulties through this method, but the final results aren't bad.

Enjoy!

http://www.reverbnation.com/lizardsfromafar

PDS · Post by **PDS** » Wed May 28, 2008 12:54 pm

Well done in doing the songs by,"Sattelite".

1st impressions are the drums are too muddy in the mix.Other than that pretty good IMHO

madkins71 · Post by **madkins71** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:37 am

Thanks for the input. My drummer thought the same thing and I boosted his sound and reposted. We also posted an acoustic version of the song Clipboard in which I used Mixcraft 4 midi instruments, the cello to be specific.

PDS · Post by **PDS** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:22 pm

madkins71 wrote:Thanks for the input. My drummer thought the same thing and I boosted his sound and reposted. We also posted an acoustic version of the song Clipboard in which I used Mixcraft 4 midi instruments, the cello to be specific.

The unpluggd versions sounds better IMHO as it's less busy.The drums in the original I think may have been over-recorded thus not allowing you any headroom to get them up in the mix without washing out other things.
This is has become my point of reference for levels now as it works for me,

http://studio-central.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=34078

There's loads of great info on there,

http://studio-central.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=38270

madkins71 · Post by **madkins71** » Sat May 31, 2008 11:51 am

Thanks for the links! I gave the files to my vocalist/guitarist who produced a much better mix of Clipboard.

PDS · Post by **PDS** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:00 am

madkins71 wrote:Thanks for the links! I gave the files to my vocalist/guitarist who produced a much better mix of Clipboard.

Way better.Much clearer all round.Nice mix and good at several volumes and distance

PS
Thanks for the link to,"Reverbnation" spent a good couple of hours on there and go back often now.Some great stuff on there.

madkins71 · Post by **madkins71** » Wed Jun 04, 2008 7:35 pm

Thanks for pointers. I have a lot to learn about mixing music!