mark skinner

Check out Izotope "Ozone" mastering software. It's automated but you have full control over the results. A lot of times when they roll out a new version they'll give away a previous light version for free.

That was Totally Awesome ! and so clean. It sounded light years beyond a test mix. At some point I think you really need to list the details and processing on this one.. Fantastic job .. mark

Here's another instrumental , named it Hunter just because I was hunting a sound. This is the first time I've actually Felt a keyboard. All nits , crits and suggestions are welcomed . Thanks .. mark https://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/hunter

Bjorn , Fantastic! I got totally immersed in the synth layers and your voice. Very creative vocal effects. Felt like a soundtrack from a good vr program. But , I can't accept "the way it is" mark

David , go to "Preferences" and click "Display" There is a check box there for "show waveform preview while recording" make sure it's checked. As far as the distortion the waveform will help with levels , but you may have other issues. One thing to do is select your guitar track , turn On your record button and input echo button and look at your volume meter (without playing anything). Your meter shouldn't be showing any signal. If it is you've got a hardware problem like a bad chord , mic , interface etc.. or your levels are just jacked up too much. If it's not showing a signal it's a software issue like routing drivers etc .. This is somewhere to start . mark

I enjoyed this very much. I thought the choice of the different instruments coming in and out was really nice. I found the whistle like instrument a little loud and the first time the vocal came in it was a little too artificial sounding , like maybe pitched a little high. Other than that it was Fantastic! The stabs were perfect. After hearing this I checked out Heavyocity , it's now on the list. Great production .. mark

Great vocals and a very creative bridge. I also liked the loose intro. I agree with Paul about the bass getting buried , and I think a little on the drums. I would try and get a deeper kick.. I'm in the middle of one now with tremolo Teles' and some moving pans and having real problems getting a smooth mix. I had to back off on the pans and really get the guitars levels smoothed out with the rest of the instruments. I love the tone of your guitars and the fills they're doing , especially the R guitar. From listening to your other works I know you'll get it done .. mark

Excellent production and performance on both versions! They both had their high points with no lows. Fantastic vocals and harmony. I guess I really need to take a closer look at Bandlab. Enjoyed the song .. mark

That was So relaxing and Awe inspiring. Thank You for posting this and making stems available. This now goes on my list of favorite productions and one that really invoked an emotional response. Thanks ... mark

The vocals in this were awesome! I love the "air" you captured in the voice. It would be nice to know how it was processed if you don't mind. Cool song all the way thru , I especially liked the outro and hope to hear a lot more from you. Thanks .. mark

Fantastic production and performance ! Your voice is silky and Superb . I wish I could hold notes like you do without using vibrato. I liked the way the different effects came in keeping everything flowing different. Amazing job. mark

Great job , I Loved the song and the raw energy of it. I agree the vocals could come up in a few spots. The main and vocal harmonys were spot on performance wise , and the guitars sounded Great. I did think it a little unusual that the harmonys are panned wider than the guitars that seem to be hugging the middle of the mix. Some spots it worked , others it seemed to narrow the mix when the vocals drop out. Overall I think it's real close to being a classic. Enjoyed it ... mark

Greg , I Really like the feel and tones in this , especially in the beginning sections. I think when you get all the repeating delays in time , it will be much Much better and easier to add vocals. Working with so many instrument notes coming in with delays it's pretty easy to get them out of time with each other and the time line. Soloing a 1/4 "beat" with each individual track will show you the problem spots. Anyway I enjoyed it .. mark

I usually unfreeze Before editing , bounce to clips , freeze again . I will sometimes add a fade to a frozen track but that's all. ms

Is there a way to "reduce" the amount of the signal coming from a style dial module like Pulse , since it only has a speed control ? Thanks , mark

Bill , Nice clean groove and as usual your guitar work is Excellent! I think if you doubled some of the keyboard lines with a clean toned guitar it would really boost this one. The lead guitar tone you had on the last song you posted would work great on this one Enjoyed it ... mark

I was a hillbilly was DEEP. no guitar needed ..

No problems on latest CbB on win7 or win8.1 (raum)

Thanks to everyone for the listen and the great comments. I Really enjoyed doing this one. @Jesse Screed yes I played a Godin nylon hybrid , (and an electric near the end). The scratchy drum track set the mood for this and was pulled from my old Yamaha awg work station and blended with TTS brush set. I'm thinking I mixed it a little too loud though .. The bass guitar track was imported into 32 bit Sonar and processed with the bass wah setting in the old auto wah then imported back into CbB. I do this pretty often to use some of the old legacy plugins . Thanks again to all .. mark

Very well done. I loved the extremely clean vocals. Some harmony would be nice in the choruses. The bridge was fantastic. I thought it brought a Beatle (ish) vibe to it. I very much enjoyed it. mark

I had an HP that would just Shut Down while I was working. It eventually did it once with no music playing and I heard a tick. My main power switch was shorting. I wiggled enough wires until I found it. It actually arced. I was also suspecting my power supply. Intermittent problems are normally the hardest to find. Good luck . mark

Fantastic vocals ! No way to fast forward past that. Killer job everywhere. mark

I listened to a lot of Earl Klugh when me and him both were a lot younger. That's where I actually got my appreciation of nylon strung guitars. He kept it simple but dead on for that style. Detroit still has a reputation for the music they created or expanded on , and being from Flint I still have a connection . Thanks for the reply and compliment .. mark

Here's one I've revisited recently . I'm trying to lean a little more to the jazz side. This one is pretty dated sounding but I liked the groove. A lot of work with my controller , and being new to keyboard , I played passages rolling around in my head. Lot of hooks from standards but I don't know which ones. I'd kinda like to know who I've ripped off. Thanks .. mark https://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/keys

After I have exported a final mix of a completely finished project , I use the clean audio folder in utilities, as Nigel suggested , to get rid of all the unused wav files. I did a 5 min. song once that took me nearly 3 months with a LOT of retakes. The audio folder for this song was 7 gigs! After cleaning it was 480 mb. This will also save you a Lot of room when you "back up" a project to a flash or external drive. mark