PhonoBrainer

Lars I have a toe in the acustica waters. A user really has to get past a learning curve on those interfaces. I'll agree that there is a slight advantage in a three dimensional quality they can give to a sound, if you figure them out. I only have purple and gold, but I've tried a few others. Not taupe. On the downside, in my experience anyway, acustica plugins are more buggy. They don't always play nice. And there's that inherent lag between moving a gui knob, and hearing a result, because of how they have done their modelling. Do you have softube tape? I use that a lot, I'd be interested in a comparison. More downside? Ok, if you have a support issue, they seem to operate on something like a helpdesk ticket system which, at least a few years ago, was not very well run. If you have a nice fast computer, I don't think the extra CPU hit is going to be noticed. To be fair, I don't own their latest offerings . . . but there might be a reason for that. Perhaps later iterations have solved some of those downsides. Meanwhile I will dutifully download the taupe demo tonight. What the Hades. Thanks, Larry! By the way they are going to run out of colors soon.

I notice your desk is right flush on the wall, you might look into pulling it off th wall a bit, even a foot or two helps

How much is your foam budget? I don't think the window is a deal breaker. Are those Venetian blinds? Any window covering to help diffuse any snapback from that window will do fine. Does the sun set in that window. Is it westward facing? Mine is and I have to wear a hat to cut the afternoon glare as I look at the monitors in front of my windows. You might get away with some small foam patches at the mirror points. The ceiling has a wider mirror point I that you might think! Bass traps in the corners are also good. Hope your neighbors are cool! I think the more live recording of guitar amps and vocals you plan on doing, the more foam yet gonna need to deaden the reflections. Good luck and maybe share an after picture? Cheers, -Tom

That was mesmerizing, in a glass of wine looking out the window kind of way. Very well done. Lovely 3/4 rolling triplet feel. What did you use for the piano, it had a perfect dreamy ambience. cheers, -Tom

sorry may I add I really liked the vid!

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Ok Boomer!!! Actually I wanted one but I couldn't afford the $399.95 or whatever the hades it was. But I did have a couple of daisy chained cassette players to degrade stereo tracks with. ?

Thanks Michael! The Soothe plugin tends to knock out any upper eq sharpies that the compressor shards out, if that makes any since. Appreciate the listen and the comment.

Thanks Paul. In isolation there is madness. I think we all know that now.

Thanks so much. TMJ so sorry indeed.

plus 1 on that chorused and phasey guitar. Maybe the lead vocal solo is a little dry, just a bit of delay or rvb? You probably already have a bit on them. Your bgv oooohs seem spot on! Is your lead vocal panned a bit left? Maybe bring that back to center? I dunno, I've never known for sure but I like the lead vocal downtown, particularly in a sparse mix like this. YMMV. good stuff bro cheers, -Tom

really cool, thanks for the morning jazz wake-up! -Tom

Am I hearing a Wavestation patch? "chik -chik zhaaaaa" love it. Part whatever. Super chill. got the squid off of the sewer vent btw, thanks for asking . . . cheers, -Tom

you can friggin write a song. Love the arrangement choices. I'm pretty sure your rhythm guitars in the first part of the song are out just ahead the beat of the snare. The drums and bass seem locked, but you might check to see if those guitars are anticipating the drums just a tad. The lead guitar seems in the pocket, tho. excellent as usual! cheers, -Tom

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Great vocal on this! I'm sure the art of mixery will flatten out the wrinkles in time, but it starts with cool lyrics and a pleasant voice to listen to, and this has both . . . I'm sorry you are essential! Stay safe!!! cheers, -Tom

Top notch sound quality and chops! Brought me back to some of the early Joe Walsh instrumentals which I loved and still do. thanks for all your effort on that, very cool outcome.

This song has a lot of great performance in it and emotion as well, so you are good there! If I get a mix vote, I'd move those cymbal crashes from their extreme panning on the edges to something more towards center. They way they kept splashing hard left / hard right for me detracted from the song, and I was not wearing headphones. good song hombre! cheers, -Tom

Good thing I had my piano up when I listened! Thanks for the jam! I like your blues piano improv choices. Bueno mix. The very very end could have a sustain to let the last notes fing out and fade. It just chops off. that was fun, thanks! -Tom

Thanks Fleer, I'm in! <whispering>