bats brew

SO REGRETFUL.

hello freddy! yep, funked up for sure... you know, i played in top 40 and funk bands for 5 years on the road full time, i definitely put in my time on the funk side! i dig funk, it's gotta make you want to shake your @ss. which is kinda the point of this one. thanks so much for listening and commenting

i gotta say, i REALLY like this compressor. did a session last night, changed out my original master buss compressors for this one, it works very well. subtle, but when you get used to listening to it and then turn it off... it goes back on. LOL

way cool tom, glad to crank you up!

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PICKED UP THE SSL G-Master Buss Comp needed a good dedicated master buss comp, been using RennComp, Vcomp and C1 for a long time... we'll see how this one work.

to each, his own.

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/the-time-is-magic title track from the bats brew album "The Time is Magic' This track features a drum track that was written in Sony Acid, which is a pretty cool program. i used a USACG strat build, playing into a Peavey JSX Mini Colossal, which was a joe satriani design, and has a wonderful direct out with cab filter on it, which i used for all the guitar parts. njoy.

these are what i buy off the wall, pre made, for recording patch cables: https://www.performanceaudio.com/accessories/cables-connectors/cables/mogami.html?cable_type=6916

and i've a/b'd the canare against mogami, there is very little difference on 15' cables.

mesh, i usually know what i want when i go in, and they are very accommodating. you can use that form, yes, it's very simple and straightforward. i like the neutriks. and if it's something they don't have in stock (like, purple mogami) they order it, don't charge me anything to do it, a nominal fee to put it together, i'll go at lunch,, and usually they build it while i wait, but if they're busy, i'll pick it up at end of day. pretty sweet arrangement. now, i use George L's cables for a lot of my connections, board patches, main line from board to amp, and i think they are stellar. use the straight plugs only. scratch that, i have a bunch of 90 degree push in patch cables, and none have ever failed me. if my pedalboard was gigging a lot, i'd have everything soldered. flat head plugs, mogami cables. but i aint gonna do it now! but for TRS and XLR, it's always custom built cables, also, performance has pre-made 'performance' branded cables on the wall, already made, in typical lengths, but i'm always asking for the odd length. i LIKE the neutrik ends, but i only use them in the studio...i think i'd go for something more robust for stage work. i know it's hard to see, but the blue guitar cable has a neutrik on one end (1/4") and a angle that was soldered, with a stress collar on it, attached to the strat... and the purple cable coming off the palmer on top of the roland speaker cab, that's canare with neutrik xlr's on the ends, gping directly to interface... i have 4 of these mic cables made up, all with neutrik, plus a couple of shorter TRS and xlr cables for patching. i like canare for guitar, mogami for mic recording and patching.

i have all of my cables custom made. a vendor called Performance Audio is just .5 mile from my work, their prices are excellent. i usually ask for Mogami or Canare cable, and whatever end i need, typically Neutrik. ends up being just as cheap as the cheaper cables i would buy at GC or sweetwater. https://www.performanceaudio.com/

hey thanks for listening Freyja, those clean chord pulloffs are fun to do, tho a bit unforgiving if you don't nail the shape the minute you place it.

thanks wook... that's a combo of both synth bass and real bass

hey tom! thanks for listening. these things that happen, that inspire certain songs, like this one for instance... most folks don't ever ask me about it, even people who know me. i guess, the ones that know, know... and the ones that don't, aren't really interested. for me, none of that really matters; all the matters to me, is that there is some inspiration, and i can tap into it enough to drive me to write more tunes this song actually started as an instrumental, and i much later, came up with a lyric idea for it. the whole "Stay" album is pretty heavy. i had some stuff to get out.

alright, this one's down, it was time to move on... these are active mixes, so they're almost obsolete a couple of days after posting. these are final mixes, i've been trying to get feedback off of, so they probably wont get posted again, until they're fresh off the new album.

ok, last shot at this one before i take it down

hey T thanks man. ford rentals rock, eh?! LOL

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/the-wild-animals funny, the soundcloud streaming sounds completely different than the high def file. oh well... this is my last pass at this mix, looking for how well this translates on different playback systems.

you know, i really don't remember if i added more beater to this one or not... everytime i remix the song, i tweak damn near everything! now this drum track, was written in Sony Acid, not superior drummer, which is what i usually use. so it is a single stereo track, and i have no more control over mix elements, only eq. so i might have eq'd a bit of point on the kick, to get it to stand out a bit.

hey tom, glad you dig this one, i've got some play with beater mix on the drums, but not much, it's a single stereo file, so the mix is cooked.

hi steev thanks for listening, appreciate it. this is a unmastered mix, so there will be level adjustments at the mastering stage. i mix with a -2db ceiling and a RMS of about -14, for my 'high def' file levels. that's why you don't see anything near the ceiling you discuss... when i master, i push to rms of about -11 and a ceiling of around -0.7 db. that will be the 'hot one', and will still have about double the dynamic range of the typical pro release.

hey grem thanks for listening! that lead you're talking about, yea, i've re-eq'd that a couple of times now, and have it sitting much better, thanks. yea, mixing with the 'volume' thing is a great trick for finding obvious issues, but can be misleading, unless you plan on mixing for people to listen very quietly... which i never do!! LOL

https://soundcloud.com/bats-brew/on-your-way-mix1 looking for any translation issues, mix eq issues, etc. this will be on the upcoming 'The Wild Animals' album. i'm thinking it might be a bit too bright.