mark skinner Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 (edited) Hello , here is an acoustic instrumental I'm trying to finish up. It's Pretty simple and almost ambiant sounding. I'm using my Godin nylon strung guitar and cello for the most part. I had a nice time with the short cello part dragging the bow across "chime" locations. I need to work on that . I got an almost flute type sound in one quick passage. Any suggestions for improvement will be greatly appreciated. Thanks .. mark -Remix 3- 10/11 https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=14861009 Edited October 11 by mark skinner remix 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornpdx Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Beautiful. Love the cello which adds a nice mournful mood to the song. Very well done Mark. -Bjorn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 I downloaded the file after listening to the MP3, it is very cool stuff, one observation the left channel is consistently louder then the right by a couple of dB's also the left chanel looks clipped in so much as all the peaks are identical but the right is not so. See below. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Liked and commented over at "click". This is lovely Mark. Never would have thought the "flute" was the cello... 👍's 👏 t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Wilby Posted October 3 Share Posted October 3 Can't fault it Mark. I think you might have taught me some new chords 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted October 3 Author Share Posted October 3 Thanks @bjornpdx, "mournful" was the description I was actually looking for when describing the cello. It never came to me so I just left that part out. Thank You @Wookiee. I was hearing the difference a little also. Watching the master meter it was pretty obvious. The main guitar playing the repeating chords is panned left. It was done with a large condenser mic as opposed to DI for the other tracks. I backed the volume off on it and moved some of the panning on the other guitars further to the right. I obviously didn't get the job done. Thanks for the screenshot , that made a good visible impact. I also used the legacy "tempo delay" on quite a few tracks. The "L/R/C on the beat" preset also hits pretty hard on the left side on the end of the phrases. I'll see if I can get this resolved asap. I Really appreciate your help. Thanx @DeeringAmps I'll probably see how far I can take that flutish cello sound before too long. Appreciate the SC comment.. Thanx @Keith Wilby I Appreciate the listen and comment. I for sure don't think you learned any new chords on this one 😁 I'm just walking down Am/G/F/E. I am tuned down a half step and keeping the high E string open on the F. Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll have a short vocal section at end before I repost this. Later .. mark 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB01 Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Nice guitar work (and tone) - cello works really well too - overall a very enjoyable listen. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 Hello , the link now reflects a remix. I balanced the L/R signals with a lot of tedious envelope adjustments. Thanks @Wookiee for the heads up. I also added a few guitar fills and a short vox track near the ending. I think I said all I wanted to as far as the vocals go. I tried to shorten the song a little but nothing I did felt right. I'm pretty satisfied with it now , but let me know if you have any issues. Thanx for the listen and the comments .. mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 Hi Mark - I'm a bit late to this so didn't hear the orginal mix - this new mix sounds excellent to me - great playing, the guitars sounds brilliant and the cello really adds to the vibe Cool stuff indeed Nigel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted October 11 Author Share Posted October 11 @AndyB01, @Bajan Blue Thank You for listening and the Nice comments. I've done some minor tweeking and gotten some of the mud out of the mix . I've also adjusted some of the bottom end out of the nylon guitars. The intro guitar was pretty boomy and had no clairity. Bass guitar was lowered to get some of the excessive low end out of the song. I'm calling this remix "final" and am going to get away from it for a while.. Thank You for the listens and for helping out mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noynekker Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 @mark skinner . . . those fingers speak a language beyond compare, and your recording is always impeccable, you meticulously get rid of the frequencies that don't belong, leaving a masterpiece in the end . . . always inspiring to listen to, and hear it develop. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark skinner Posted October 13 Author Share Posted October 13 @noynekker Thank's Bruce . I have to mention that @garybrun was also behind the scenes on this last version. He often gives suggestions and advise via PM or email (with examples) that really help out. This forum has been a fantastic resource in my learning process and has for sure created some lasting friendships . Thanks to All .. mark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 @mark skinner I only listened to the MP3 but the overall balance is much better. It has maintained being very cool stuff, love the cello. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSband Posted October 13 Share Posted October 13 Very nice, really like that cello sound! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
equality Posted October 16 Share Posted October 16 Listened to some of your stuff on soundclick. I like it very much. Great moods combined with awesome craftmanship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack c. Posted October 24 Share Posted October 24 beautiful leave as is.jack c. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeEarCandy Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Yummy! Very nice Mark! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJohn Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Yep like the others said- beautiful guitar, cello and vocal. fyi your other songs play right but the song title doesn't change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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