Ron_Pko

On 10/1/2024 at 7:30 PM, Alper Karamahmutoglu said:

Wow! What a Great cover, successful mix, very balanced that every detail can be heard easily, really enjoyed, congratulations and thanks for sharing!

9 hours ago, treesha said:

Love it! 

Thank you Alper! Thank you Treesha!

On 9/27/2024 at 1:44 PM, Wookiee said:

Not familiar with this one, not surprising not a Maiden follower.

One of the better metal mixes I have heard here, sounds balanced all voice auditable within the sound stage. 

Thank you so much Wookie! 

On 9/25/2024 at 8:29 PM, Old Joad said:

Awesome head banger, I'm a big Iron Maiden fan and you guys nailed it🤩

Thanks Old Joad! 

Maiden has a lot of underrated songs. 

Sea of Madness is one of them in my opinion!

This cover had two versions of video and mix. First mix is mine.

The second mix is by Shawn, the guitar player. He made his own video editing as well.
 

Well done Nigel!
As always everything very well produced! Rock on!

On 9/14/2024 at 2:29 PM, cakeboy said:

Very good performances. Very good cover

Thank you cakeboy!

On 9/14/2024 at 4:10 PM, Kevin Walsh said:

Pretty great video! You guys nailed this one. The mix sounds great, very clear very clean and I can hear everything. Great work!

Thanks Kevin!
I have been traveling a lot these days and mixing only with a headphone!
That causes a bit of uncertainty to me, is the mix really good or not.
Very glad to read these words from you! thank you!

On 9/14/2024 at 12:57 PM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Ron

Great cover, really enjoyed the watch and listen

Cool

nigel

 

Nigel, thanks again my friend! Glad you enjoyed it!

Hello everybody!
We made a full band cover of Iron Maiden's ''Sea Of Madness'' off the album ''Somewhere in Time''
This was a fun one to do! Somewhere In Time is my favorite Maiden album!
 

2 hours ago, bats brew said:

excellent idea!

i have waves Renn de esser, and De esser, plus a de esser with studio one, but haven't tried sibilence.

you know, some plugs just work better than others by design, so yea, on sale, i might nab it.

 

the crash, i processed the pitch a bit lower, and lowered the volume a bit, and voila.

 i actually like the pitch of the cymbal now. it's a keeper.

 

i wont post another mix of this, til i release for album. 

appreciate the help along the way!

 

 

No problem! Glad to help : )

14 hours ago, bats brew said:

thanks for listening ron!

good ears you have..

i'm going to find those freq's, and kill them with extreme prejudice!!!

 

LOL

actually, maybe just a touch of a dynamic EQ on just the one frequency,

i think in the case of the cymbal (superior drummer rooms of hansa), i may just drop the pitch of the cymbals a smidge,

and see if that shifts that frequency to make it a bit richer.

if not, same deal with the vox, i'll deess it with either deesser or dynamic eq, which i'm using more of these days for problem solving.

 

Man if you still don't have it, I recommend getting a license for ''Waves Sibilance''.
One of the things that I most hated was going after those ''s'' sounds to correct them, it was a pain in the S indeed lol

After I got Waves Sibilance my nightmares with it ended. It handles practically 99% of the problem every time automatically without affecting

the voice itself and just attacking the evil S's. You just need to figure out the best settings for your voice, then save a preset and use it every time.

Listening again here, the S problem happens in many parts of the lyrics.
As for the crash... I am not sure if it is really the frequency or just a bit too loud.
I am sure you will find out though. Everything else sounds great! : )

 

As always a great taste for composing songs!
As for the mix, I like. Except two things that are bothering me with the higher frequencies.

One thing is the crash cymbal on the right side. I am listening with headphones, and it sounds a little bit harsh, pierces my ear every time it hits.
And another thing in some words there is a harsh ''S'' sound, like for example in the word ''nice'' around 0:32.
Also I am noticing some harsh ''S'' sounds from 2:04 to 2:09 specially on the word ''sky''

Beautiful mix and very important message, Nigel!
Well done!

On 12/15/2023 at 3:33 PM, Wookiee said:

Don't know the song, remember there has been time when I have been off saving another galaxy, mix works OK here.

It's one of Roxette's most known songs. We played it heavier though.
Here's the original
 

8 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Ron

Great cover, some excellent musicianship, mix is spot on, really excellent

Cool

Nigel

 

Hey Nigel! Thanks my friend!

Wanna share our cover of the song ''Anastasia'' by Slash.

On 12/10/2023 at 3:21 PM, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Ron

Really excellent cover - well done and well done to Jeff as well!!

Enjoyed the listen, cool

Nigel

 

 

Thank you Nigel!

On 12/8/2023 at 5:10 AM, jwnicholson78 said:

This is my first forum colab, and  I was excited to be a part of it.  It turned out great!  Thanks for all the hard work on it, Ron.

Jeff

You did great Jeff! Thank you too!

On 12/9/2023 at 7:11 AM, John Vere said:

Looks like a lot of work went into that great job! 

It was so indeed!! Thanks for watching and commenting John!

Hello everyone!
This is our cover of Roxette's Fading Like A Flower. Special thanks to Jeff Nicholson who is also part of this community. He played piano and synths and also appears in the video.

If you like the video, please consider giving us a like on youtube and subscribing to help our channel grow. Thank you for watching!
 

4 hours ago, freddy j said:

Great sound!  Well done!

Thank you Freddy!

7 hours ago, bjornpdx said:

Not a metal fan, never heard this song before, but gotta say I really like it.
Good luck to you!
-Bjorn

Hey Bjorn, thanks for watching.

It`s a classic of thrash metal. From 1986

Here`s the original

Wow! excellent playing! I will write you a message by the way.

18 hours ago, Bajan Blue said:

Hi Ron

Great cover - excellent vocals, great playing and mix is excellent

Cool Stuff

Nigel

 

Thank you my friend! 

19 hours ago, KSband said:

Really well done cover!

13 hours ago, jwnicholson78 said:

Sounds great.  That was a lot of fun!

Thank you guys! much appreciated!