bats brew

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/animals-test so, this is a test-mix i'm trying to dial in to set the tone for an entire album i'm remixing now. the last test mix i posted didn't work out! LOL, soundcloud..... i've done new tracks, new arrangements, and new mixes / masters. i'm looking for any translation issues between playback systems. i've done ear buds, open and closed back headphones, JBL 503's, and Infinity Research Standard tower speakers. haven't done car, truck or any tiny playbacks. my feeling is that the vocal track overall is a bit too loud. still not sure about bass level either, some have said too loud, some have said not loud enough. the mix should be guitar dominant, like a wall of guitars left and right, but on certain playback systems, they seem a bit weak. anyway, suggestions are welcome. going for around -10 lufs on this one, maybe closer to 9.8.

WOW, listening to this streaming on soundcloud, sounds nothing like my mix at all!! LOL usually i use bandcamp, but since this is a temp file, i thought the soundcloud streaming would be fine. wrong. if nothing else, at least it informs me of how badly typical streaming service really sound, and maybe i should EQ my stuff a bit to take that into consideration.

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Wow, somebody s listening! Cool, thanks steve!

the hungarian grand prix is this weekend! I don't have a song for that one...

oh yea i dug this as soon as it started. the whole production is really nice, i'd prefer a different snare sound, that's the only thing i'd change.

MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BETA 58. not the same animal.

used sm58's for years and years, that one works.

hm... i kinda thought this song would be right up folks' alley around here, go-for-it guitar stuff, slammin' mix, but it seems to be more about the tumbleweeds...

thanks jack! yep, giant tones, we like em BIG around here!! LOL

Race day!

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/silverstone-2024 "Silverstone", the british grand prix, is always a good race. i wrote a song to celebrate the idea of the race itself... it's jammin' guitar. just straight up. fun time changes, lots of tones, trying to the channel the formula one vibe.

very similar to what i do already, bass always gets an eq on channel, then sent to a bass bus, which has compression, eq, saturation, maybe MaxxBass, Maybe DBX, Maybe waves Magma BB tubes (mono), and sometimes i'll even do a little new york compression. but often times, the bass sounds exactly the way i want it going in, and i'll do nothing to the channel. but this is a trickier mix, because of the acoustics carrying the rhythm.

hm.... maybe need to tweak it some more. i high passed acoustics at about 150hz, maybe a bit higher, then favor the bass around 100hz...

hey steve!~ thanks for listening you can hear the bass, right?! someone told me they didn't know there was bass in the song.....!?

i don't know, it has never happened yet. if it does, i'll come back and update my deep and dark personal feelings. LOL it's a plugin. i don't need any updates. i just need to be able to install it again as is, in the future. i'd stick with ALL of my Presonus Studio One plugs instead, if ever the waves plugs stopped working. all those S1P plugs are perfectly fine as is.

thank you old joad

i bought the platinum bundle on sale way back in 2018, for about $60, and have never spent another penny on it since, still use, works like a charm. no WUP involved.

NEW MIX UP! https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/worlds-goin-down rolled off a bit more low end off the acoustic guitars, shifted the frequency peaks of the kick and the bass guitar. i like this one better!

Thanks Tom!

pre-juneteenth bump

brand new mix up!

used these guys for this tune

thanks jack!

https://batsbrew.bandcamp.com/track/world-goin-down a new mix from me, this is a groovy tune with acoustic guitars, electric slide, and a bunch of vocal harmonies. will be on an upcoming album re-release. it's a bit different from my latest instrumental releases.