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This file has expired and is no longer available here. The owner of the topic can re-upload the file, or post a link to an off-site file. <BR><BR><a name="planetz-tag"></a>Uses: Pulsar Effects,Pulsar Mixers<BR> copyright ©2004 SideWalkPoets<BR> _____________________________________<BR><BR> hi all

this is my first recording project, recorded with sfp. cause i've never studied music and it's only a hobby for me, i'd like to have some feedback concerning the overall mix, quality, and of course if you like that kind of music.

btw, it's a new little swiss band, the member are only 20 jears old, and called SideWalkPoets. We recorded 6 songs for a demo cd... and also look at the other songs, subject begins with "SWP..."

enjoy
katano

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: katano on 2004-07-07 10:59 ]</font>

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: katano on 2004-09-02 06:40 ]</font>

Had a listen to the 4 tracks.

i don't know much about live stuff but from what i can hear it's all recorded rather nicely and nothing struck me as being wrong or with fault, has a pro sound. You obviously have a nice array of mics as well as good mixing techniques.

Nice singer.

i'm not so in to this style of music but hey.

Keep rollin'

thanx!!!

here's my mik setup:

drums: shure beta91 (bassdrum), sennheiser e-604 (toms, snare), beyerdynamic mce530 (overhead and hihat)

bass: direct out from roland cube-30 bass

acoustic guitars: takamine through DI and miked with audix cx-211 studio condenser

e-guitars: line6 flextone III xlr-stereo outs, shure sm57, sennheiser e-609 (all mixed togheter)

vocals: audix cx-211 studio condenser through a beringer preamp...

and last but not least a/d conversion with 2 luna i/o box...

greez
katano

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: katano on 2004-09-05 18:17 ]</font>

Hi katano,

What a nice song!!! I like the arrangement and the singer very much, very sensitive and moody.

I also think your soundwork is very good, all instruments are very clear EQ spectrumwize.

If I should comment something, it would be the first thing that hit me. The timing of the drummer annoys me, he/she need to work a little. Or maybe the whole band needs some more rehearsing together. Maybe the kickdrum has a little too much "click-sound" for this genre? The bass needs a touch more bottum.

Also I think the guitar which is also in the intro part is too high in volume, when the vocals comes in at the verse.

Good luck with this in the future, I wish you the best, and be sure that this is quality stuff...

The timing of the drummer annoys me, he/she need to work a little. Or maybe the whole band needs some more rehearsing together. Maybe the kickdrum has a little too much "click-sound" for this genre? The bass needs a touch more bottum.

Also I think the guitar which is also in the intro part is too high in volume, when the vocals comes in at the verse.

1000 thanx for your comments. i totally agree with the timing of the overall band. they play together a half a year ago, a little less practice i think. and it was the first time for the drummer (a nice girl) with midi click...

it's the first mix of this song and of course i'll do some tuning. i'm also not happy with the bass, i think you're right, a bit more bottom would be good...

thanx again
greez
katano

This is great song! The vocalist is really good so no worries there. You've got a real live sound happening. The snare has a really fat 80's sound. How the hell are you getting that? (It's great)

hi stu

thanx again, you're my devoted critic

Snare Miks:
1 Sennheiser e-604 (top)
1 Sennheiser e-604 (bottom) and phase changed in sfp mixer

eq more or less flat... bass roll of around 65 Hz...
just added some verb for the top mik and a little more for the bottom mik (i think the default snare verb setting, nothing special).

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: katano on 2004-07-08 19:22 ]</font>

additional info "snare sound":

i forgot to say that i used for both miks (top and bottom) a noise gate with attack time 0 and release 450ms

and i used the channel compressor with ratio 5:1. i didn't remember the attack time. if you want to know the complete settings, please ask for. i have to write it down in my studio cause no internet there

greez
katano

This one sounds good, very nice recording.

Thoughtful engineering at work.

None of the criticisms that I had about the other song of yours that I reviewed apply here.

Great singer! Maybe just a touch too forward?

Not much to else to say, nice work!

R

On 2004-07-08 19:20, katano wrote:
additional info "snare sound":

i forgot to say that i used for both miks (top and bottom) a noise gate with attack time 0 and release 450ms

and i used the channel compressor with ratio 5:1. i didn't remember the attack time. if you want to know the complete settings, please ask for. i have to write it down in my studio cause no internet there

greez
katano

Well that'll be it then. Very interesting! It sounds great and for a while I kept thinking to myself "surely that must be a sample"!

I like it!