michaelhanson Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) I haven't been around a lot lately. Many might remember me as MakeShift in the old Sonar days. When Cakewalk went the way of BandLab, I just changed to my name (Hanson). I had teamed up with several members here and we were writing and recording songs as a virtual band of songwriters, under the name Scandalous Grace. We put out 4 full albums of material. That band has kind of been disbanded, however...so I'm working on a solo project. I'm going back to songs that I wrote and recorded pre-SG and remixing and remastering; updating plug ins, the whole works. Here is the 1st that I've spit on an polished up a bit. Let me know your thoughts. Someday I Want To Fly Edit - I have added a YouTube connection to this song as well. Edited Thursday at 02:08 PM by michaelhanson New track update 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Just as a matter of interest have you mono tested this, with the spread so wide it might be worth it. This stereo mix seems to work well here, though it does appear there is quite a bit of background noise.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhanson Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 Hey Wookie, Thanks for listening, hope you've been doing well. Good suggestion on listening in mono; no I have not checked that. Real bummer on the background noise you are hearing. I thought I had done a better job masking the noise. This is obviously a really old recording done in more primitive times. Maybe 20 years ago in my early days of recording. I ran this one past Beagle (Reece) before posting and he didn't mention it, so I thought I had done a better job of hiding the noise. I guess I could investigate picking up RX 11 Elements or something and see if it can be cleaned up some more. There is always the option of retracking where there is noise, depends on which tracks I guess. I need some of the John Lennon AI cleaning software on this one. 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhanson Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 The feedback that I receive from this forum has always been invaluable. Thank you Wookie for pointing out the background noise in the recording. I was able to go into the Lead Vocal track and reduce much of the hiss. Still a touch there, but much better I think. Abbey Roads Chambers seemed to really be accentuating the hiss and pushing it forward in the track. Moving to a different reverb plug in, seems to have helped that a lot. If its still really noticeable, I guess it would take some repair software to clean up the track...or record a new vocal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhanson Posted Thursday at 02:08 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 02:08 PM Added a new YouTube link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Walsh Posted Friday at 03:22 AM Share Posted Friday at 03:22 AM Lovely song, Michael! Your vocals are really nice and perfect for the song. I can hear a bit of noise hear and there and maybe some room noise just before the drums kick in, but I love the organic feel of the track too. Can't wait to here more of your solo work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajan Blue Posted Friday at 04:51 PM Share Posted Friday at 04:51 PM 13 hours ago, Kevin Walsh said: Lovely song, Michael! Your vocals are really nice and perfect for the song. I can hear a bit of noise hear and there and maybe some room noise just before the drums kick in, but I love the organic feel of the track too. Can't wait to here more of your solo work! Hi Michael I really agree with Kevin on this. I really didn't hear too much noise. And as Kevin said, it makes the recording seem organic, so is cool with me Very nice Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhanson Posted Sunday at 03:24 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 03:24 PM (edited) On 7/24/2025 at 10:22 PM, Kevin Walsh said: Lovely song, Michael! Your vocals are really nice and perfect for the song. I can hear a bit of noise hear and there and maybe some room noise just before the drums kick in, but I love the organic feel of the track too. Can't wait to here more of your solo work! Thanks for the listen Kevin. I was able to isolate the issues with hiss that Wookie was hearing and eliminate most of that. There are still finger slide squeaks, foot tapping and maybe the odd chair squeak occasionally. I decided to leave some of those organic noises be. I want to especially thank you for the comments on the vocals. I’ve been vocally challenged my entire life. 😊. I’ve worked hard over the years to get better. The fact that this was originally tracked years ago, tells me that I maybe wasn’t as bad as I used to think. If you wish to hear more of my solo work, there are two other songs I’ve posted here lately as well. More to come as I remixsome older tunes. Several new writes in the oven. Edited Sunday at 03:27 PM by michaelhanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelhanson Posted Sunday at 03:25 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 03:25 PM On 7/25/2025 at 11:51 AM, Bajan Blue said: Hi Michael I really agree with Kevin on this. I really didn't hear too much noise. And as Kevin said, it makes the recording seem organic, so is cool with me Very nice Nigel Nigel, thank you much for listening and commenting. The places one can get feedback are rare these days. I truly appreciate this forum for that opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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