mark skinner

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

That was Very well written and performed. I really liked the chorus with all the harmony. Sounded a little Beatles like to me. I thought the wah guitar could have used a little reverb depth but other than that I thought it was Fantastic . mark

Bjorn , I actually saw the movie recently on Svengoolie. Good but kinda dry without mood music. That was a great idea and creative on your part , and you now can say you did the music for a Dracula movie .. I'll bet there are a bunch of downloadable silent films to use.. Great job .. mark

Does anyone know what freq(s) the Gloss button enhances in the gloss eq module. mark

Tom , as usual , Great guitar work and vocals. I also liked the keys , the TTS sounded good and I liked the way you played it hitting , the full chords instead of walking the notes. Great job on a great song , Love the blues .. mark

Mark , Incredible Job! and Fantastic vocals. All the midi sounded like well played instruments. Fantastic mix except for the drums (totally agree with Tom) Just grab that drum buss and jack it up till' your head starts bobbing. mark

I got to play with one of those Tonewood acoustic fx amps mounted on a Yari I used to own this weekend. Very cool device. The effect preset that sounded the best to me was Tremolo together with delay. The natural sound of this guitar with the effect coming out of the sound hole was awesome. Never even thought about using this fx combination on an acoustic. Something new to try .. mark

Paul , that was Massive difference in the mix! It's a lot clearer sounding and the energy doubled. One thing to be aware of is adding a little extra silence after a fade out if you're reducing the bpm The streaming services are pretty bad about clipping the end off of one. Great job .. mark

Enjoyed hearing that again . Great song and good job covering it. I always played in acoustic harmony bands and did a tremendous amount of CSN(Y), America, Poco etc .. That took me back mark

I'm sure seeing a "Lot" of new members lately .

Gary , What a performance ! You didn't just sing this one you really meant it. First half of the song I was impressed by how "Silky" your voice is , but by the 2nd half I got caught up in the way you let the emotion shine thru without trying to edit it out. Good call .. Can't comment on the mix , I was too involved listening to the vocals , it worked for me. Fantastic job my friend .. mark

I really liked the groove of this and you did a great job on the vocals. Don't listen to rap but I think you did a cross genre on this one , enjoyed it , Good job. mark ps.. "wash away" needs posting.

An easy way I've found to solve this is to output the vocal track I'm recording to the interface (instead of Master) Then just turn down the master fader until all the other tracks aren't overpowering. My interface direct monitoring is on. The volume knob adjusts the vocals , the master fader adjusts the backing tracks. Vocal track back to master and master fader back to 0 when I'm done.

Excellent ! I'd love to hear this cut in half with some high airy female vocals.. mark

Go to views/synth rack. When the synth rack opens click the + button. Hover over "insert synth" with your mouse and it will show you all the synths you have available.

Very interesting and nicely done. I use a cello on All types of music , in this context the instrument itself sounds like it can somberly weep. Enjoyed it .. mark

Groovy! Great job on the vocals .. I believe you captured the groove of pre disco. I would try and speed it up 1 or 2 bpm , a little can go a long way .. ms

Very nicely done. I really liked the Blade Runner feel it was picking up in spots. I'm going to take a close look at Heavyocity for sure. Enjoyed it ... mark