bats brew

i use a dynamic eq as a de-esser. so nothing gets 'sucked' out that doesn't NEED to get sucked out. LOL

hi mark! thanks for listening! i was looking for a 'ear worm' that might stick. plus, i used BOTH my 'jezebels' for recording this one.

heh, it's probably a common complaint, people not liking their own voice. appreciate the comments

Thanks freeearcandy!

HEY THANKS for that, whoisp! don't really like my voice, but it's what i got. seems i like my masters better now that i'm not trying to win a volume war!! LOL, i just said F it.... i can make it loud as F, but i don't like the SOUND of it. in the long run, after i'm long gone, i'll want those mixes to stand up over time, and if they are harsh, and they make my ears tired after just a couple of songs, they wont stand that test. almost EVERY modern pro release disc (or files) i have now, wear my ears out after about 15 minutes, even if i turn it down. i listen to my old classic rock recordings from the 70's, they never do that. they were mastered for vinyl. they weren't so extreme, and not nearly so loud (cuz they couldn't be!)....i've learned my lesson. so i'm backing off!

hey tom! yea, the demo was real close, but not finished. i changed lots of things, but to the casual listener, it's probably not apparent. i liked the outcome of this one, think i'll do some more in this style. the arrangement roughly copied the arrangement of "Tumbling dice"

hi hockey! thanks so much for commenting. i'm not a real drummer, but in my head, i'm a kick @ss drummer!!! LOL this is all programmed in Superior Drummer 3. the arrangement more or less follows the rolling Stones' "Tumbling dice". the kit is a custom kit taken from a few different kits.

cool song whoisp! it's all good... i think the song is mastered too hot, tho... the utoob turns it down at least 5 db, this might be squashing your dynamics. i bet with a better mastering pass, even the busy drum part would pop a bit more, and maybe become perfectly intelligable. just a suggestions, not a critique!

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/jezebel i had posted a demo of this a couple of months back, got some good feedback on it, this is the final mix. hope you dig it.

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MIX BUS: i mix into a waves SSL g series compressor, set to just touching the signal. usually, i have a true peak level meter right after the compressor. i shoot for rms of -18, and peaks between -3 and -6. on my MAINS, i have a full mastering chain (EQ, Pultec EQP1A, SSL compressor, waves L2, waves L3 Multimaximizer) that i bring into the late stages of the mix, to determine how the mastering process will affect my mix, but turn all of it off when bringing my mix into an actual mastering session.

oh yea, at 2:45... from there on, i think the solo is on the Fralin P-92 neck pickup, it's a real unique tone for me, i really dig it. it sounds best when turned down about halfway, the treble bleed circuit is working, and the clarity is real sweet. that's the stately part, the long outro. i picture a crown. heheh

LOL

I am a jon Anderson. Lol (Inside joke.. More than once, I've been told I sound like Jon anderson...I don't hear it myself, but I've heard it for about 20 years)

THANKS GREM!

well thanks for checking it out Nio! the new guitar is a lot of fun to find tones on...

hey grem! yea, i like to work on mixes along with getting feedback from listeners.. usually, when i post something here, it's the first iteration of a few mixes to come... and then when i get them finished, i update the files to the latest greatest.. that's why if you actually purchase a tune (or album) you can keep downloading the different versions (if you care to) and have a 'history' of mix and arrangement changes. but either way, it's fun to keep working on them when i know i can improve them. the trilogy is finished, this was the last of the three. all the songs are posted at bandcamp, but i thought about putting the three together as an "EP", so i need to do that soon. in the order intended: https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/bullet-train-to-monaco https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/silverstone https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/open-wheel-champion

Thanks T !

wow, missed this for a month! i loved the 'sabbath bloody sabbath' album when it came out... played along with all these songs. excellent 'pure' cover. with your voice you could cover almost any sabbath... maybe not 'hole in the sky'....LOL, holy crap, that song. great guitar tones, excellent drum programming, great groove. yea, this would fool most people casually listening, they'd say something like "hey, sabbath remastered their old stuff again! great!"

New mix is up

thank you bapu!

and don't forget to check out the other two songs of the trilogy; bullet train to monaco Silverstone they kinda dovetail into each other

thanks symmetry! for listening and commenting.. i've gotten to where i mix til i think it's good thru my monitors, at high and low volumes... then, i have a session where i just mix in the cans. i make moves, eq's, stuff that i know is right because i vetted it with the monitors first.. then, after i mix in the cans, i go back to the speakers, and make sure that the translation is as close as i can get. so, good to know it's translating in the cans.