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Author: hardvoltnine on January 21 2007
--> I made this song and want to share

non-experimental and very much planned. there are a few things i will change on it ... EQ or some level adjustments.

I am particularly interested to hear criticisms on the way the vox sets in the track.

ladi da.
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01/21/07 +  nicknotis
The vocals sit well. They're up front but seem to be in a different space than the up front synths. Have you tried putting some reflections on them for further isolation? Their level sounds good to me on headphones. But I suspect they'd be too quiet to understand if heard in car. It's always hard to balance what sounds good in a quality listening environment with what's required for a bad one.

What mic setup did you use to record them?
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01/21/07 +  daswesen
lovely track!
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01/21/07 +  jdg
yah mang.. just fix that EQ in places.. vox sit well.
i wish it had more "body" tho.
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01/21/07 +  tunalicker
strip video poker....ha!
somehow i hear turntables scribblin' or scratching. oh - there in the middle is a gated thing - that works the same feel in.
good stuff! also good for my headphones feels "close" or... personal with this mix.
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01/22/07 +  hardvoltnine
JDG, What do you mean more body? As in song structure or fullness of sound?

Nicknotis, I just have a crappy 40$ audiotechnica mic in my bedroom plugged in to my makie to my computer, although I dream of the day when I spend a few hundred dollars on a real microphone. I think the hard to understand part is where quality of a good microphone would fix it, cause if i turn the level on the vox up much more, it really over powers the song.

I'm glad to hear that the vox sit well for the most part. I have been feeling urges to sing alot more and I finnally got around to doing a whole song or lyrics.

ITs not about strip poker, its about a girl and our relationship, which is odd to me at the moment, and seems like a game.

Thanks for the ideas guys, and thanks for listening.
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01/22/07 +  nicknotis
Sometimes cheap stuff works better in the mix than fancy stuff. Regardless, bravo on getting such a good sound out of 40 bucks of mic equipment.
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01/22/07 +  jdg
no, song structure is dope.
just the vox sounds thin/weak/etc

i want a little more power.

maybe bring down the snare rushing part too in the mix.

maybe try this.
get a another copy of the vox running.
compress and distort the hell out of them
EQ a big bump at 300-400hz.. and mix them in to taste ??
maybe?
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01/23/07 +  hardvoltnine
i'll mess around with that in a few days when i go back and play with levels, thanks.
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01/29/07 +  delete
i also think that the snares' part could be a little less loud
other than that, i like a lot
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