mark skinner

Great job ! I thought you did a Very nice job on the vocals. You should do more guitar , great tone and playing. I really enjoyed it .. mark

Justin , Very Nice job. She has a Beautiful voice with a Really nice quality and overtones. I do think the quick passages had a little too much pitch correction , taking a little bit away from the performance. It sounded like it was auto tune as opposed to melodyne. The piano was Very well played. My biggest pet peave is not including a couple seconds of silence before a song begins. All that being said , I think it was a beautiful song and well done. Really looking forward to hearing more from you and your daughter. Welcome to the forum .. Enjoyed it .. mark

Thanks for searching. I just did a google search of the song title and Cakewalk. Went straight to it. Posted in 2019. Everybody seems to know him. @RikF . I'll check further.. Thanks .. mark

Does anybody know if "Rick F " is still around ? I'm Finally thinking about posting a song that He did just noodling around on a slow traditional blues song titled "Blind Boy Blues". I learned his licks and after 3 months of recording , I got it done. He gave me his blessing and permission to repost it and said , "He thought it wasn't really a structured song but just playing around". I felt funny about it , and never did. I've recently revisited the mix and think it would be a nice tribute to his playing. I can't find a way to contact him. I know he was having Major vision problems when he posted it. Thanks .. mark

Keith , you've sure been on a roll lately. I thought this was Great ! and a Powerful performance. I Especially liked the bridge. Very creative. Enjoyed it .. mark

Sisi , Yes , personally I would replace the organ like patch at 0:30. To me it sounds like it has no depth and almost like the tuning is drifting around. This is just a personal preference as I think a different patch would fit the song better. Yes All the synth parts sounded like they needed some air. Maybe send them all to a bus and put a "little" airy verb there. Yes the section at 1:15 should be "at least" 16 bars for some lead coming in whenever it feel right. As far as your track volumes go start by opening the console view and check all of your meters for anything too loud and make adjustments. Afterwards change your "master" output bus to mono. (it's going to sound bad) and use your ears and the faders until it sounds balanced. Switch back to stereo on the master and take a Long break. You'll probably find everything sounding much better and needing just minor tweeking when you come back. Good luck .. mark

Sisi , Here's my honest opinion after 3 listens. The first intro synth sounds Good but "dry". I think it needs a little "airy" reverb. Maybe fast and clean from rematrix solo in the pro channel. The second synth coming in at 0:15 is Way too hot and needs a lot of the bass EQ'd out of it. I would EQ it drop the fader to 0 and ease it up until you like it. The synth patch coming in at 0:30 is Hot and just plain Bad. I'd Definitely find another patch. It's also taking All the attention away from everything else including the drums. I'm not hearing a kick. The patch coming in at 1:05 is very cool. I'd try a Slow automated pan sweeping from left to right. At 1:15 Everything is coming in nicely but the arp patch is also a little dry. This section needs to be repeated and have a synth lead come in. This would be a Good spot for a lead instead of repeating everything again. Anyway , here's a start. If I don't like the way things are sounding in my stuff I often make radical changes including deleting days of recording and mixing. Best of luck to you ... mark

Bjorn , I Really enjoyed that. Great job on the grace notes on the violin. You nicely captured the "bagpipe" feel using them. I also thought the voice you used from Heavyocity was perfect. She sounded like another well fitting instrument at the start of her passages. Wonderful performance .. mark

Bapu , How about some with Overdrive and Distortion ?? May be a new future project for me ..

Bruce , I Really enjoyed working on this one with you. It was pretty easy working against your Great acoustic track even though it get get covered up a bit. I tried my best to play it myself , but couldn't get it done. The lyrics were Very well written and performed .. Big fan .. mark

OK , I'm calling this one done. @Kevin Walsh @DeeringAmps @Johnbee58 @noynekker Thank You for your ears and kind comments. Bruce , the part you mentioned at 2:33 had no additional processing. I may have just gotten lucky with the delay timing and the bow stroke. Thank You ! mark

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Great job on the vocals Keith , this sure didn't sound like an easy one to sing. I Really liked the melody. mark

First off , welcome to the forum. I think you have a Really Nice one here . You did some Very creative mixing with a nice feel. The problem I'm having is with the "highs" completely disappearing in several sections. Right off the bat 17 seconds in when the 808 subs come in the highs are lost but come back in a little later. What ever the problem is , it happens a few times. I don't think they're getting covered up , but sounds like they are getting "removed". This is a Big problem. Mix wise I thought the subs were a little hot and the auto tune was a "little " over used. Bear in mind this response comes from someone who doesn't produce music in this genre , but really does appreciate it. Enjoyed it .. mark

Larry , I Loved the repeating dropped d sounding guitar melody. I especially liked the way you ended the sections with the bending notes. I agree with Wookie about the mix needing some work , but I'm not sure what I would start with . Being a guitarist I'd probably keep the guitars up front with more ambient processing , and bring the other instruments in and out. I'd also try dropping the ending and do a fade out with a repeating guitar section. Still .. a Very nice song. When I think I've heard everything that can be done with a dropped d guitar , someone comes along with a nice one like this .. I Very much enjoyed it .. mark

I just found a 2019 post from @msmcleod loading an acoustic guitar body IR into TH3. He loaded 2 IR's in and still had to crank up the TH3 output. I'll give that a try also. ms

Hello , I'm trying to use a Taylor ac guitar IR on a great playing , but not stellar sounding (DI or Mic) thin bodied Washburn. My First time using IR's. I managed to get it loaded into the pro channel Rematrix reverb module. I transformed the sound to something Very usable , but with a Lot of processing. The trouble I'm having is that the IR is So quiet that after I get the tone I want , I have to use a Lot of gain to get the level back up. Is this typical of IR's ? One question I have is , since the IR just looks like a typical wav file , could it be imported to a track , boosted then exported to an IR folder? Since the reverb module only has the wet/dry slider it seems like I could get it done without so much volume loss. I might be just going about this the wrong way .. ? Thanks for any direction.. mark

Nice . I Really enjoyed the Floyd'ish feel of the acoustic and the entire song. Thanks for getting me to research acoustic guitar IR's. I have a couple that I Love to play but have trouble getting an acceptable sound if I go DI. Hopefully I can get a handle on the technique , I agree Amazing .. Enjoyed it .. mark

Thanks , Jesse and Jack for your time and for responding. I Really appreciate it. To @Larry T. I also appreciate the time you took to guide me to a precise problem area. Going back to the mix, there is a volume node at that exact spot that I've been to a couple of times. I've dropped it another 1.5 db and and reduced it further down the time line. It sounds a Lot better. Great call ! I'll repost a new mix later after any other suggestions. Thank You .. mark

(New Mix) . Hello , here is an ambient track I've created to fill a hole in a cello project that I've been slowly building. First time using a 57 on cello instead of a large condenser mic. I got a little different sound than I normally do. I pulled the ocean waves and sea bird sounds from an old Yamaha AW 16g stand alone I used before getting into pc daws. Any suggestions for improvement will be Greatly appreciated. Thanks .. mark https://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/sand-piper?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharinghttps://soundcloud.com/user-810058643/sand-piper?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Great job on the vocals ! Loved the song. The first time thru I thought they were a little dry. Second listen I got it. Enjoyed it .. mark

@jackson white I re soldered the connections. I honestly think it helped but still happening , but not as frequent. I started doubting my new guitar cable and the interface gain knob. I hooked up some outboard gear and fed everything to both the 1/4" and XLR input. Everything pointed to the 1/4 , but I did find a workaround for now using the XLR in going from an outboard preamp. I'm sifting thru interfaces , there sure are a Lot of choices. Thanks ..mark

Thanks Alan , I guess that was really my main question. I am hearing a difference with the old one I have hooked up now and my normal Roland one , but nothing drastic. I haven't checked out audient yet. Thanks. I carefully opened , cleaned and dried the boards , jacks etc. I didn't see anything visually wrong , I'll try re soldering . Maybe the jack itself can be replaced. @rsinger I'll check out motu as well , Thanks. @DeeringAmps I'll leave the pro gear for the pro's. Thanks for weighing in .. mark

Rex , Beautifully written and well performed . Your songs always have a way of effecting me the way very few do. I thought the harmony and the placement of it was perfect. I think with a little twang there's also some mountain music in you. Loved it .. mark

I thought that was simply Awesome. I especially liked the dissident notes played in the intro and throughout the song. Amazing how they created a relaxing tension (if there is such a thing). Enjoyed it .. mark