mark skinner

Treesha , I Liked it ! Couple of timing glitches that got my attn. mainly on some drum parts. I'd mute the vocals and bring the drums up until' my head started bobbing , then bring the vocals Up. Both seem to be way too low . Around the 2 min. mark , it sounded like you doubled the vocals. That sounded Good. Maybe more doubling in the verses. Great to hear you singing . I have No problem boosting another singers vocals , but when it comes to mine , I'm always way too conservative. Boost the vocals .. If the get too hot believe me , someone will tell you. Great song I Really enjoyed it .. mark

Your active speakers should be plugged directly into the output of your interface. The sound card in your interface will be Much better than your pc audio card. Focusrite usb should be the input and output device in your daw and pc. If the right side green light of your interface is On and your drivers are installed and your Master track is being output to your interface you should be good to go. If you set the interface as output device does the headphone jack on the solo work as it should ? 1st and 2nd gen are supposed to work with win 10 if that's what your on. May need to go to Focusrite and get new drivers .. ??

Extremely smooth and that was quite a trippy video. Seems like you couldn't take your eyes away from it. I thought the talking like synth was Very cool. I did miss not hearing your signature violin parts. Love it ... mark

I believe you could could go to utilities /clean audio folder/find files . This will show all of the audio files no longer being used by the project. One or more of these files could be problematic. I've never had a problem deleting all of them , but it can't be undone and will clear your undo/redo history. You could always Backup your project before doing this. I've seen these files get Huge in a long project with lot of multiple takes. Just something to consider while troubleshooting . mark

Great guitar work! This to me sounds like a song that should be driven Hard with the bass and drums. It's very funky. When the timing issues are resolved , I'd grab the faders/pan knobs and just start over on the mix. I believe this song could be Stellar. mark

Great job ! I thought your vocals were Very good on this one. Maybe bring them up a db. I didn't think the lead guitar was shaky at all , but could be mixed back a little and back up at the very ending. I could hear and feel a delay problem , but for me it was the timing of the delay on the Piano instead of the vocals. I really liked the cinematic feel you got here. Enjoyed it .. mark

What an incredibly "beautiful" voice you have. Very stirring and well performed. Love the guitar and tone , I hope to hear more from you .. mark

Hello , Thanks for the listen and suggestions. I made some eq changes smoothing out the bass and lowered some of the high mids reducing some of the piercing freq's. Also added a little plate reverb giving the TTS stuff a little reverb tail. I "think" it's a little better. Thanks ... mark

I've seen this happen on a friends computer that had slow internet. I don't remember the spinning but I do remember it still showed it was downloading. It had already downloaded but the top page didn't clear out. The next step was hiding behind the page. You can do an internet test of your download speed pretty easily if you google it. If it's not in the neighborhood of dial up speeds there is probably something on your pc blocking or slowing it down until it just times out. I'm still on Win 7 and with usually around 70 Mb /sec download speed and can download Bandlab assistant and CbB in 8 min.

@David Sprouse Rachael is an android who thought she was human from the original Blade Runner movie. Even if you're not a syfy fan , it's well worth watching for the music score. This track would make more since knowing the Blade Runner feel. @Wookiee I've already done the pre mastering. That's what I was referring to for suggestions. You wouldn't want to hear the original raw track. The pulsing bass arp would be cool, but the main point of this was to see what I could get out of a single guitar track. @jack c. I'll try a touch of the high pass. Thanks .. mark

Here's a lost song I recently found on an old flash drive . Stereo mix so everything is baked in. I had a nice time doing it. With the exception of some TTS percussive stuff , everything came from a single pass on a Takamine acoustic into a zoom rack mount effects unit . I ended up with a corrupt patch on the unit that didn't want to decay , so I took advantage of it. It was pretty easy to get a "Blade Runner" feel with the synth sounds and overtones , all with the guitar. Any suggestions on the final mastering would be great . Thanks mark https://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/rachael

Rex , I don't know how you're doing it , but what ever you're doing keep it up. You have really been on a roll .. Everything you've posted lately I think is your best work to date and now you just raised the bar. That was perfect. mark

I somehow missed this song first time around. Glad you reposted it with the video. Great job! I loved the texture in your voice , thick and powerful. I especially liked the fade out with the minimal instruments. I believe I would use that part as the main body in an entirely new song. Great job on the video I enjoyed it all .. mark

Got to be your best vocals yet .. Nice and smooth , it's got a little bit of Stephen Bishop "On and On" feel , and a great crooner tone. Fantastic job .. mark

Andrew, I thought that was a Great flowing song with a Great vocal performance. You'll find your editing skills will become as important as your playing skills . There are lots of different ways to get the same results , I'm still doing a lot of cutting and manually moving parts. One thing I wish I had done early on , is to leave myself "way" more room at the end of songs for proper fades if I decided I wanted a longer one. Looking forward to hearing more from you. Enjoyed it mark

I thought that was a wonderful recording , I especially liked the guitar rendition. It sure was nice hearing a live performance with real people in the background. Very impressive .. mark

R.I.P. Richard (Ebb) Kimbrough. Remember his name. We have played together for decades. He was my best friend and a co writer when we were both too old to gig. There is a big hole in my heart .. It's nice to have an "Ebb" folder on my desktop where I can hear his voice. Better let them know while you can .. ms

Douglas , I really liked the song , but there is definitely a tempo problem. It's like there are tempo changes without all the instruments following . Maybe a copy/paste issue here and there. I would solo the drums against a metronome and work from there. I can't seem to be able to tap my finger on my coffee cup and stay in time. (brand new coffee cup) Probably something simple .. Still enjoyed it .. mark

Very nice. I really liked the tone and attack of the guitar. Very pristine. Enjoyed it .. mark

I absolutely Love Tabla. That was some good driving drums /bass and percussion. I thought the break downs were "superb" like coming into the first wah section and the introduction of the different instruments. Fantastic performance and song . You had me with the title alone.. mark

I never mix with headphones and generally Don't like flat headphones (even my Sennheisers), but I'm not getting left out .. "Frank10" code still works , coming soon .. Thanks for the post. mark

Bjorn , I really enjoyed this. I thought it sounded very "cosmic" Your vocals were great , but you sing like a girl .. mark

Fantastic sense of space here. I felt surrounded by this. Loved the walking bass. This was Exceptional from the beginning to the end .. mark

Great job to both of you ! I thought it was a Very clean pro mix and performance. Fantastic vocals also . No crits .. mark

Great job on a great song . You've done a convincing job getting that Beatles sound. Enjoyed it mark