garybrun

I run the UAD Apollox8p and have quite a few compressors and other emulations of top gear. The God Particle.. just does it for me. I just use it flat and mix into that and can see whether my mids, and bass are hitting. Mids are what I struggle with the most. Try it on a 5 day free trial and see what you think.

Me like 🙂 That vu meter is very hypnotising 🙂

To be real honest I haven't recorded any vocals with myself singing on it yet and have just been experimenting with the software. I bought all of the mic packages that are available. I did try it on a quick voiceover and it worked really well. The work flow to record on two channels took a little working out (but there are some videos out there to help you) Its quite simple really... if you do get it .. don't add a preamp emulation to it.. as its putting extra colour on the signal which is not needed and takes away from the correct modelling . After a little research there is no difference between the L22 and the new one.. so I would get the old L22 at a discount price. I bought mine for 10100nkr down from 22,000nkr when it first came out... I have a UAD Apollo x8p with digital preamps.. which suits the mic well. I personally have never tried any of the high-end studio mics... but even if I am 90% there... I got one hell of a bargain. : ) I will do a track soon of my vocals on a song and then you can judge for yourselves. @Grem I might give it a try on our song when I get the time.. but i don't think I would be able to match the first performance.

I have the Townsends Lab Sphere L2. I think the top mic is just a rebrand for UA. The software seems to be the same.

New update and master added to new thread here... Hobo Train Re-visited and mastered with your comments

Thanks Andy... will take a look laters

Cheers Larry. What needs to be made clearer? Thanks in advance, Gary

Thanks for your time folks

This makes a very pleasant change.

I remember this one. Listened to the track... will take a look at the video in a few moments. Sounds great on my Focals... great mix. Well done.

Thank you for taking the time to listen and comment. On the latest master I took away some of the top end and increased vocal levels. Did it work?

@Old Joad Thanks you for taking the time to listen. I have now added revision 3 and also a master. Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment and listen. I think its time to move on on this one even though there is some sibilance. Decided to keep it in as I couldn't clean it up unless I went through each one manually.. this song has a lot of S's and T's

@whoisp Thanks so much for taking the time to listen. This song is doing my head and ears in.. Ive been at it too long. Im on my 8th mix now. 😞 Your feedback is excellent and confirms a few things to me. I've learnt a lot on this track.

@Bajan Blue Thanks Nigel. The God Particle is what I use now most of the time. I have this on my main stereo buss and mix in to it. Had to change my way of thinking quite a bit with this plugin.. but it does work and help me a lot. I really struggle with my mids and highs... (its an age thing) but this really helps to get me in the ball park and with Izotope Tonal Balance. All this can be quite deceiving though as visuals can often lie to you when your ears are also one of the best things. Do you think there is too much compression on the main mix.. am I loosing dynamics. Also Im struggling with de essing.. I use Smoothe for this. This track has really been difficult as there are loads of "S"s, "T"s as well as quite a lot going on. Thanks everyone for your time and comments. Will do one more mix and them I'm done as this has stretched my capability and Ive had enough as well as having three more tracks to do. But I did start with the hardest one!! 🙂

Version 3 coming... realized I had The God Particle Limiter on... so lost dynamics

Version 2 added

Thanks Tom @PhonoBrainer Think I have been mixing too long... comments really welcome- Feedback regarding top I have just got from someone else. Someone said too much bass??? New go coming soon after I have taken quite a long break 🙂

Value your thoughts people. Thanks in advance. ps. Its in Norwegian. Version 3 Mix Reisen Mastered Updated the track thread so not so many to see. I have now mastered this track... I have decided to leave some of the sibilance in as it took away from the track and I don't have the time to individually remove each one of them manually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM

Well done Pete.. the mix sounds great on my Focals.

Thank you so much Tom. The vocal was done with an old ribbon microphone. I'm thinking of doing it again with my new Townsend mic which I haven't tried out yet. It has a lot of great reviews. P.s. I think your cajones are big enough to handle anything pal. 🙂

Thank you Mark.Merry Christmas to you too. Look forward to listening to your new compositions in the New year.

Thanks Jeff- Merry Christmas

I started to post this once a year. Merry Christmas Everyone. Gary

Great post @Lord Tim Took some time to write that.