mark skinner

@noynekker Thanks my friend . Higher energy songs are a lot more satisfying while tracking. Good idea about a lyrical path. I'll play with it .. @Bajan Blue Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to listen and comment. Means a lot .. @freddy j I Appreciate the listen and wonderful comment. This one has been fun indeed. @DeeringAmps Thank You for the comment(s). I actually wanted to do more harp work. It turns out I really didn't get the right keyed harp to be able to cut loose on the higher notes. My pile of harps is so old , most are unplayable .. @daryl1968 Thanks , I was surprised finding this one myself and wondered why I never finished it. Must have gotten distracted with another project. I ended up removing 58 of them from my projects folder. Sure gained some hard drive space. The link now reflects a Very mild remix. Put a little bottom end in the Twangy Tele sections. I also renamed it , per @Old Joad catching it's actually a G# funk song. Nice catch. mark

Nio , The mix sounds plenty wide enough now after this listen. What is sticking out to me in this mix is the high percussion instrument that comes in right about 1/2 way thru the song. It's pretty brittle , like you need to roll some highs off of it. It comes in again close to the ending and it's a little distracting on the my normal listening headphones. I also think the vocals could have a little more impact. They sound like they were recorded well , timing and pitch is spot on. The copy you have to work with may have been a little too compressed. I think now it's a reverb adjustment that could bring it to life. They sound a little flat without much depth. Maybe a more agressive reverb with a fairly long pre-delay would do it . ?? Sounds like you are willing to get this sounding as good as possible. I'm sure your former bandmates will appreciate it. mark

Daryl , That was a Fantastic clean production. I for sure got some Steely Dan impressions. I Loved the low harmonies you laid under the main vox and the main was smoooth. I liked the synth work especially that change at the outro. Enjoyed it .. mark

@hsmusic , Thanks .. that means a lot coming from someone with your talent .. mark

Thanks for the reply. Yes it's G#. Before I got very far into recording playing with some vocals , I just tuned down a 1/2 step as I normally do. Didn't bother to rename the track.. @KSband Appreciate it. I actually did enjoy doing the different (for me) electric stuff. I Really enjoyed doing the harmonica . I had to wait for one to arrive in the offset key. I remember when good blues harps were cheap ! So .. I had to buy a new soldering station , a pack of usb connectors and a harp just to get this one done. The party never ends .. mark

Hello , backing up files and removing them from my projects folder, I found this one I put on hold. I remixed it and used some better plugins. I added a synth track and had to stop half way thru to replace the usb port on my controller. (Fun Job) I'm pretty heavy on the guitars and harmonica. Three different acoustics and 3 tracks from my G&L. It's a pretty short simple instrumental for now. Been playing with some vox.. Hear anything that gets your attention needing work , don't be shy , let me have it ! Thanks .. mark -Remix- 3 https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14734816

I thought that was Very entertaining ! The smoothness of the song was Outstanding. Loved it .. mark

Very Nice mix. I like the simpler laid back vibe this one has. The guitar sections worked well . Enjoyed it .. mark

Thanks Glenn , I must have just overlooked it. I'll check it afterwhile. I must be going blind. mark Edit - Hidden in plain sight !

I've been playing around with my controller using an instrument track. The track inspector is only showing the recieving buss. I cant seem to be able to bring up the controls for the midi track (quantize , arp ,etc ..) in the track view or console view. I normally use the synth and first output when loading an instrument. mark

Fantastic Production ! Now I Really understand why I like your music so well. Amazing what you recorded 22 years ago. Loved it .. mark

Barry , that made a deep impression. Well Done ! I'm glad I live in the sticks .. mark

Look at your blend knob for input monitoring (if you have one). You may be hearing while you are recording but not what has been recorded. Check the output selection from your track and your master bus. ms

Click your normally used workspace setting . I suspect that the meters are still there but hidden. Grab the right side of edge where the FX is and drag it to the right. If this "is" the case , after you get it the way you want , click the down arrow on workspace and click "save workspace". Later .. If things start looking different , just click your normally used workspace again.

Great job from the bakers ! I'm actually going to wait for the public release before updating though. Seems I just moved my gear to access internet a few weeks ago. Probably won't be long before early access has confirmed the stability. One more update before the Big change.. (maybe) ms

^^ Totally agree. They may have known that .. and this was a challenge they were willing to take to verify their expertise. Kinda reminds me of a guy who was recently in the news under house arrest for hacking. He was held in a motel until his trial. He used a smart tv in the room with a fire stick in it and hacked another well known corp. He said he'd Never stop. They're on a mission. ms

I looked these guys up and watched their youtube live videos. These guys are an honest Americana Duo and very good. Believe it or not they are "still" on Soundcloud. Started following them. They've only got a few followers .. ms

That was a hell of an article ! I've been wondering where all of my royalties have been going .. ms

I may be wrong but .. I think if you use a simple instrument track , you can still load effects like a regular audio track. If this is the case , TH3 has a vibrado module . (maybe it's tremolo ?) ms

Rex , I love the early 80s vibe this one has especially in the intro. It puts me in mind of great bands like Tears for Fears. As usual .. Fantastic vocals ! As far as adding anything .. I was wanting to here some vocal shadowing after about halfway thru the song on the choruses. LOVE .. (love) IS .. (is) A WONDER .. (wonder). I think it would build the choruses up more as the song progresses. I thought it was also crying out for a lead guitar break @2:55 on top of the present guitar tracks. I Really enjoyed this .. mark

Bruce , (again) .. I really enjoyed working with you ! You always challenge me , and I love putting in fill parts behind an already well written and performed song. I'm Really looking forward to a video. Hope you get to use the Canadian Cowboy on the song cover art .. mark

Respectfully , I understand your concerns about not using Sound on Sound for audio recordings. But .. I use it exclusively midi and audio. It's Never been a problem for me and I'm not a one take player. I use it like a punch in and only play when it's time for the next phrase etc.. The only drawback is having to slide the starting point of when you hit record forward to uncover the previous take , and slide the ending back for the next section. Fits my workflow and is effecient for me.. ms

If you are talking about Cakewalk by Bandlab , "CbB" is normally used to avoid confusion. If you Are using CbB , I think what you want to use is "sound on sound" This is set up in preferences. A quick way is to right click the main Record button at the top of the screen. Choose "sound on sound". I personally don't use seperate take lanes and do all my simple synth work on a single lane. I reuse the same lane . This is chosen on the same page. Press record and play when you need to. You'll hear the first take and the next one will be recorded. Bad take.. just undo. One bad section , click , delete it and re-record. Midi is nice for this type of recording. Nothing is recorded until you press a key and don't have to slip edit silence out to see the previous take. ms

An unwanted noise will show up as a normal note blob. Most of the time they're seperate blobs. Left click on it to audition it. Right click and choose delete. Sometimes it's part of the main note blob. Just split the clip and delete the unwanted portion. Sometimes after rendering the melodyne clip a small fade is helpful at any abrupt parts. Silence will show up as a straight line after or before a blob. These can also be split and deleted out, if you want to carry it that far. ms

I Really enjoyed that. Very Nice job on the mandolin break and fills. Very Clean .. mark