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  1. Barry Seymour
    Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment! ? Another one I like is "A smart man learns from his mistakes; a wise man learns from others' mistakes."
  2. Barry Seymour
    Not my genre, but I like the song. If I may say, the drums sound a bit thin to me. That tone works for everything else - vocals, guitar, etc, but a bit more beef in the drums might offset things nicely.
  3. Barry Seymour
    Stellar sound. Steely Dan-level quality. Nice guitar work too!
  4. Barry Seymour
    That makes sense, thanks for the explanation. So many buttons, so much to forget, ha ha.
  5. Barry Seymour
    Thanks, I figured it out and did it the hard way, deleting all envelopes individually. Still not sure where all that stuff came from... Thank you for the help!
  6. Barry Seymour
    New mix. Harmony vocals are better integrated, spread out. Boosted the bass. (Didn't have the time or heart to re-record that, although it's still on the table.) The rhythm guitar parts are separated a little better. In some ways it's better, in other ways, not sure. https://soundcloud.com/barry-seymour/a-little-bit
  7. Barry Seymour
    I have a lead guitar track I'm trying to adjust, but what the heck? I click the add automation lanes and 35 lanes get added! Many of them have activity. I'm new, so I'm gobsmacked. I remove all the automation lanes, but still I see a bunch of lines in the waveform for the solo that look like automation - many lines, different colors. I try to add an automation lane again, and same thing - I get DOZENS of them. What am I doing wrong? How can I clear ALL automation from this track so I can start fresh? I just want to tweak the volume a bit! Image below shows my volume adjustments in bright green. What is all that other stuff? Thanks...
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    Excellent advice, I'll look at it. The kit: Just the stock drum set, but I adjusted the EQ with the Pro Channel. "Roar" is big and boomy, but this should be tight. (I was thinking the drum kit in Steely Dan's "Time Out Of Mind.") How do you recommend I change it? Rhythm Guitar: I have an acoustic guitar come in on the second verse; both are panned to different sides. Sounds like that's not enough. Bass: This was my first recording; I recorded bass through a Boss compressor pedal. To fix that, I'll re-record the bass. (What's 'SVT?') Background vocals: I agree, they just take over everything. Good pointers on how to mix those. I already have those on a separate bus. I'll work on it. THANK YOU.
  9. Barry Seymour
    Anyone?
  10. Barry Seymour
    This is incredibly well done. Mixing is flawless, it all sounds like a coherent whole. Great playing, lots of virtuosity.
  11. Barry Seymour
    Me too! Working on that. Thanks.
  12. Barry Seymour
    Everyone, I have another song in this forum as well I'd welcome feedback on...
  13. Barry Seymour
    Thank you for the kind words. Yeah, I have two plans for the end; either put some soloing in there or fade it out sooner. Maybe a combination of both. I do plan to create a separate bus for the wind, so I can fade the master channel out a bit ahead of the wind at the end. Drier on the voice? That might work. I'm worried the whole thing is just getting too mushy with all the reverb. Mixing all this and making it sound professional and coherent is proving quite a challenge. Thanks!
  14. Barry Seymour
    That was FUN! I'm hearing a little Black Crowes in there. Good mix, too.
  15. Barry Seymour
    Very kind, thanks. It must be a Michigan thing. ?
  16. Barry Seymour
    Same thing here - new to Cakewalk, this was my first recording. Seeking constructive criticism on the recording. EDIT: Updated mix as of April 1st. A Little Bit Thanks!
  17. Barry Seymour
    Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. Wording on my original post was fixed. (Wording is important!) I'm mainly seeking help in mixing vocals. I'm trying to get them to end up feeling like they're more a part of the mix rather than sticking out like a sore thumb riding on top of everything else. I have another tune I'll be posting here too -- same problem, IMHO.
  18. Barry Seymour
    Thanks for that. It actually refers to Lake Superior, but the same thing is true for me. LA Traffic (at least before Coronavirus...)
  19. Barry Seymour
    Totally professional sound, great playing! Everything blends so well together.
  20. Barry Seymour
    I've been a musician for almost 50 years. I took a few decades off (!) but now I'm getting back into it, and I'm working hard to learn Cakewalk. I'm seeking feedback on my second recording, mainly from a Cakewalk perspective. I feel I'm doing pretty good, but I am not quite getting the professional-sounding results I'd like. Let me know what you think; I'd appreciate any constructive criticism. Background Roar Thanks! Barry
  21. Barry Seymour
    I've tried a number of the free ones and none of them seem to have any effect at ALL. I wonder if there's something I'm missing?
  22. Barry Seymour
    I eliminated the problem, although I'm not sure I understand it. There was a 'Sonitus Effect' on the clip; I think it was 'equalizer.' I managed to delete it and the clip went back to normal volume. Sometimes it feels like I'm fumbling around here. ?
  23. Barry Seymour
    I'm a beginner, have recorded my first multitrack song and I need some help. I have a bass track in my composition consisting of multiple clips, since I did a bunch of punch-ins while recording it. I've been working on mixing and refining the recording for a few days, now, but suddenly one audio clip in the bass track has become INSANELY LOUD. The graphical representation of the waveform in the clip is the same as the adjacent clips, and when I locate and play the wav file for the clip in Windows Explorer, it sounds fine. I can't for the life of me figure out why this one clip is super loud! Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks, Barry
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