mark skinner

Another Very Solid performance. I thought you did a Great job on All of the vocals ! Loved the reverb choice and the tasty piano outro. Enjoyed it .. mark

Craig Andertons link above (one of these free options) includes Reafir. It's included in a small bundle of free Reaper plugins. I've used this several times for noise removal. It has worked well for me , especially if I can isolate a short section of the hiss etc.. If it's real short , you can loop it to build a suitable noise profile. There are some decent YouTube videos for using it in subtract mode. ms

Miguel , I've always Loved this song . You did a Great job on all the backing tracks. Really nice feel . Your vocal range is "incredible" and it's really needed to pull this song off. My only observation for improvement would be to back off the limiter/compression on your vocals. They're Real smooth , but feel boxed in like the dynamics and openness has been squashed out of them. Anyway just my 2 cents worth. Fantastic cover .. mark

@Bass Faceus Make sure your "smart tool" is on . Select your clip with a left click and release. Hold down Ctrl , left click and Hold. If your mouse pointer is sitting on the right place on the clip you will see it turn into a plus sign (+) It can then be slid to where you want it. It sounds like you might be clicking too fast , or it doesn't know what you want to do. ms

Yeah , it used to be Real easy to delete a marker. Right click it and the option to delete it would pop up. I believe this got changed with the new markers view , sure wish it would be brought back. I'm going to try the @Tim Elmore suggestion even though it sounds a little dangerous...

Yeah , might be the ADT , but sweeping the mid range EQ around with a narrow boost will help you identify the frequency that sounds more phased. The idea here is to make the vocal sound as "bad" as possible , then reduce that frequency. I only have Ozone Elements , but the AI's EQ suggestions are always a good tool to see if I'm way off on the EQ. It Always wants me to boost in the 1-2k range. I hate 1k on vocals. (sorry for being so late to respond) Hope it's going well .. mark

Hello , I liked Both versions of the song. Always been an ELO fan and I think you did a Great job on this cover. It's leaning pretty hard towards "Lennon does ELO". If I were to change anything I believe the vocals could be improved as far as the FX and EQ. I'd probably back off the phasing effect a little and look closely around the 1K range for some reduction and a small boost in the lows. Very Nice ! Enjoyed it .. mark

John , This performance and mix/master was absolutely phenomenal ! Fantastic energy throughout. The video was great as well. Sure would be cool to be able to type in your own lyrics to a comic like this. Killer Job .. mark

Hello Bruce , I'm terribly sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. I lost my Best friend and playing partner 2 years ago this week. It's nice to still have his playing and voice on my pc. Seems like he's still here while listening. Fantastic job on the song . I've used VHS for recording long practice sessions. Listening , some of them were pretty entertaining after we'd had a few too many.. Enjoyed it .. mark

Some Really cool guitar changes in here Freddy , and some really Big questions asked. You really captured the chaos in with the dissident guitar stabs. Great job on this. They know the truth but want chaos. mark

Rex , Beautiful lead vocal tracks and harmony ! Huge vocal space. Are you hard panning harmony's ? I've heard this vocal spread on quite a few of your songs with extensive harmony's , and have wondered about your panning to achieve it. I was a little let down by your choice of the instrument in the keys break. I don't think it "lifted" that section as well as it could have. Still Loved the song and performance .. mark

@Hidden Symmetry @Andrew Rhodes @DeeringAmps @Lynn Wilson Hello Friends , I'm Finally calling this one done. Thanks to all of you for your help and inspiration ! I'm sure I'll tweek it a little more before (when ever) I release it. @steve@baselines.com You got me looking closer at the drums. I went back and did a good bit of editing on the kick and added a couple of tom hits , getting it a little more on point. Not a big difference , but It's punching harder instead of being so laid back. @KSband I did a close listen on small speakers and earbuds . Bass was lost .. I did some EQ work , changed comp. settings and added some saturation. I think it's coming thru better with the kick. I'm going to let this one slide off the page now .. Thank You .. mark https://soundclick.com/r/s8nu7z

Great track Keith ! There's some really cool runs and changes in it. I Loved the very powerful ending. I Liked the not so forward vocals , that gave the song a nice feel. Up to the 1 minute mark , I did think they were a little low. Nice .. mark

Nice cover Peter ! You've for sure got the vocals down. I'm not going to attempt to recommend anything EQ wise listening on a laptop. The overall mix sounds good to me , and it does sound like it would be one a little hard to mix . It does sound like the main vocal track isn't centered and could use a little carving out for it. It sounds like it's leaning to the right a little bit . That got my attention pretty quick. I swapped my headphones around and it followed the swap. It may just be me , but I think the build up at the end could be dropped down a little also. Anyway .. Great Job , I Really enjoyed this ! mark

Paul , I remember reading a Real old post about this problem. It hasn't happened to me yet , and I use it a Lot. Maybe putting one instance of it on a bus and use your track sends to the reverb bus would lessen the amount of glitches ..

Pcode , I don't have either one on my laptop and still Enjoyed it. Great work , and as usual Highly Impressive. That's like something I would jokingly say but from you .. I don't doubt it for a split second. mark

Sad day indeed .. I hope you both find the strength to carry on as well as possible. You've got a pretty big family here to lean on .. mark

@msmcleod Thank You for that presentation ! It looks a little complex , but I'll give it a good try. I've not been getting very far with the lyrics view. Cheers .. mark

@57Gregy Thanks for that. I actually have home studio 7 installed , and will check there. I'll also check out @John Vere as well. @User 905133 Yeah .. I caught those during my searches. They helped , but I still have questions. According to the CbB documentation , the timing of the typed lyrics are driven by midi. I was thinking I could drag the vocal track (in the correct sections) into a midi track , and use the lyrics view from "there" for the timing ?? These are the type of things I am questioning .. I would prefer Not to use the staff view. It seems the Lyrics view has a Way better font size for easy viewing. This might be a Decent tutorial for someone to make to get out of the box . It seems a lot of Great "You Tube Tutorial Creators" seem to be competing for the same technical subject matter , and None that I have found have covered this .. Thanks mark

Hello , does anyone know of (or have made) a tutorial on using the "lyrics view". I do know that this view gets Very little attention. I would like to be able to add typed lyrics that scroll in time with the main vox track in a project. I've been thru a google search with no good results , and the CbB documentation . The PDF file got me somewhat in the right direction , but a hands on tutorial would be nice. I think this could be well suited for collaborations , or screen captured videos . Thanks .. mark

Valhalla's "space modulator" is also a free one that fits right in with "supermassive". "Raum" reverb is also a nice one with the main patch called "Airy". I picked up a free copy when they first introduced it. I don't know the cost of the plugin now. mark

@Hidden Symmetry In the new mix , I soloed and automated the panning on the vocal tracks. I went out 18% on the main harmonies , that was just enough to keep the tracks out of each others way but still had a centered blend. In the process I also Melodyned one of the harmony tracks. It had some pretty bad spots. Thanks for that suggestion. Everything was straight up the middle. I believe that improved the song a Lot. I'm happy now .. Thank You Bruce. I also did some mid /side eq work while mastering. (another helpful @garybrun suggestion). @Bajan Blue @Larry T. @DaveT2 @KSband @Keith Wilby I Really appreciate you and your time ! @Paul Bush Thanks for the comment and the follow. @Wookiee Thanks you also for the nice comment. You guys keep me going and Really help me to get a handle on the finer points of making my songs presentable. Sincerely .. mark

I thought that was an Incredibly smooth and clean mix . Another "out of the park" production. Highly Impressive .. mark

Thank You for the reply and the suggestion. I actually thought about that while mixing but didn't go thru with it. I really like the way Rex Red treats his backing vocals and at times they sound as if they're hard panned. I'll for sure give it a try .. mark

@AndyB01 Thanks for the listen and the nice comment . @garybrun I Really appreciate your listening and for the earlier private suggestions you gave me for this song . It really got me going in the right direction. Lining the erratic heartbeat up with the song was a "rough job" until I realized an easier way to do it. It took me awhile to get the S problem under control but I was still unsure of the results. It's Always hard for me to get "my own" vocal levels right , I guess I need to get out of the role of the performer and just lock in as a listener. Thanks also to everyone who listens without commenting.. mark