mark skinner

Great songs and recording , I've been listening to a lot of early recordings of Mississippi John Hurt lately. You definitely hit the delta blues sound. You should do well with this collection. Enjoyed it .. mark

I had a recent project that kept bringing up the dialog . If I used Save As and then continued with the project , each time I used the regular Save the dialog popped up. If I closed the project after a save as , and then reopened it , a normal save never brought up the dialog. mark

as a 68 vw owner I'm not sure how to take this ..

I remember reading a response somewhere on this forum where you could easily navigate to the highest peaks in a clip or in clips pane . I'm sure someone here will weigh in on how to do this , I'd like to know myself .. mark

I didn't want to go there but here it is. That's one reason for doing this to his vocal. So it doesn't sound like "him" anymore. Not only does he sing bad , He has No timing or rhythm , but he tries and loves to play and sing. I've improved his vocals so much in the past he actually doesn't know how bad he is , or the hours I've spent cringing during melodyne sessions. Double tracking his performance doesn't work, micro shifting a copy does. This isn't a normal studio situation. If this doesn't work I'll go back to the conventional methods. Thanks for the input , wish me luck ... mark

Thanks for replying . I have used All of the above suggestions except the V -Vocal one. None of them created the effect like transposing it. There was something about the change in the Air sound that greatly enhanced it also. I was just wondering if I had missed out on a not so widely used technique.. mark

Thanks for the link , I'll try that sampler the next time I have a need for one. Sounds much easier mark

I have a partner in musical crime doing a cover of "Hello in There" by John Prine. He always wants his voice deeper and thicker, and I've done all the tricks for him on previous songs. I transposed a live version of the song from Mr. Prine down 1 step for reference (to the key he want's to do it in) I noticed Johns' voice thickened up so much he sounded like a Big Chested Deep Voiced modern country singer. I was wondering if anyone has tried this technique maybe singing only a half step higher than normal , then transposing it back down for the the thickening and deepening effect ? mark

Yang , In the above post you had 6 DINGs in different keys. You can always copy the 1'st Ding and paste the rest of them where you want them be. Do a "bounce to clips" that places all of them on the same clip. Then select that clip (with the 6 Dings) and then use melodyne to change the keys of the different dings. When you "render" that section it will have all the key changes you wan't. You can then paste it wherever you want in your song. Depending on how complicated you song is you wouldn't have to do it many times. Verse , chorus , etc .. mark

Are you going into an interface from your mixer , or going directly into the pc with a usb cable? I don't see any pan knobs on the mixer for the different channels , so I'm assuming the "blend" knob on you mixer is mixing the 2 inputs. An interface is normally a "must Have" for any serious recording . mark

Fantastic , I really liked the contrast between the lyrics and the satire(ish) way they were sung. Emeraldsoul expressed the exact same feeling I got from this. Top Notch .. mark

Great job! I like the way you captured the way Paul Simon can half talk and half sing a phrase. You sure know how to choose what songs to cover. Enjoyed it .. mark

I made quite few changes using all the suggestions. I hope this version is better. I think it's a lot smoother during the electric guitar parts. Let me know if I missed it. Thanks to everyone. mark

If you right click the Freeze button there are a couple of options for the freezing process. Make sure the fx is selected . Mine always sounds the same after freezing. Fx and pro channel get embedded. You may wan't to tick the Slow Bounce button if any of your plugins or soft synth instruments don't like the fast bounce.

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I'm sure going to look up the different musicians everyone has mentioned. To @emeraldsoulI'll look closer at the lows , there's a lot of 808 drums and samples in it. To @batsbrew the lead guitar was added Last after I thought it was sounding repetitive. I just put it in on top of everything instead of taking time to mix it in properly. It was conflicting with a couple of tracks, I corrected it and it sounds so much better now. I also boosted the bass . Great call! The comment "collectively it doesn't work" was Perfect. I'll re post after everyone has had a chance to weigh in . Thanks ... mark

Here's an instrumental I finished up recently. I tagged it as ambient because of the midi backing and feel but it's mostly guitar. I welcome any crits and suggestions Thanks .. markhttps://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/platinum-72 The link is now a remix with changes made from the comments and suggestions made below. Any further suggestions are welcomed . Thanks guys .. mark

Bjorn , Great melody and mix. The guitars sounded very relaxed and convincing. I Loved the fiddle. You did a very good job with the grace notes almost got a bagpipe attack out of it. I believe SoundCloud did its' normal chop off the ending though . Enjoyed it .. mark

J , I can't believe the Balance you achieved in this. I just listened again thru my boze cans. The clarity , tone and depth was incredible... mark

That was "chilling" indeed. I can't wait to hear a further mix. Awesome story and writing. Highly impressed .. mark

Thanks great suggestions and help. Been looking at externals for a few hours. Two weeks ago I put jeans in the washer with 32 gig flash in a pocket. I really need to get better at backing up. I've looked for projects that are now gone .. but I guess it's not as bad as doing it right @bitflipper and having it stolen ... mark

Is the "save as" a better way to go than using bundle files ? Right now I'm I'm just saving on flash drive and had a problem with one of them. When you choose save as what do you define for the "as" option. Thanks mark

Hello to all , I'm backing up some older projects and moving them off of my pc to gain some space on my small ssd. I found one project that's about 5 min long , but only has 6 audio and 2 midi tracks. "Lots" of comping on this one. The audio folder is over 7 gigs. My track count usually stays below 16 and project size normally stays below 500 mb. The folder is too large to go thru and Leary of doing a Clean audio folder for this one. I bundled it exported it out and deleted it. Anyone have any ideas how this could happen. I don't auto save and don't check create new file for each clip .. Thanks .. mark

I revisited and remixed . Did some minor stuff and did some more vocal automation. If there are no big problems I'm calling this one done. May try to shop it. This place lies just outside of Nashville and now the home of a lot of people in the industry. Thanks to all of you .. mark

Thanks to everyone for listening and for the Fantastic comments . You always keep me motivated. To @emeraldsoul These are the types of suggestions I am looking for. Thanks , I'll look real close at the vocal drops. No cigars .. I actually used a mahogany Starrett caliper box for this , but if anyone is interested you can buy some Really nice and cheap boxes from Atlantic Cigar co. To Tom @DeeringAmpsI'll post a jpeg of the build if I ever figure out how. I built one of those Cajon drum boxes at the same time. Now it's a nice amp stand. Thanks .. mark

Hello , just finished this collaboration with my ex bandmate Rick Kimbrough who grew up on Hickory lake in Hendersonville Tenn. All crits an suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Weapons - Godin LaPatrie,Takamine Ltd,Fender jazz(Rick) and a homemade cigar box lap steel,Fender mandolin,SI drums. Thanks ..mark https://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/old-hickory-lake