Korgscrew
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Posted: May 28 2003, 08:25 |
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The guitar could have easily been a point where the track fell down, but it isn't - good work there, the part works very well. The general backing doesn't feel as solid as it ought to be, which is a shame as it fights with the guitar.
Am I right in thinking there's a compressor/limiter over the mix? If so, good move, as this can help to gel the sound of all the parts together, make it sound more powerful and get a decent high level for the track, as you probably know already. Unfortunately in the case here, it seems to be pumping rather heavily, making the whole mix sound odd and 'fluttery' (if it's not a compressor, then I don't know what's going on...). Sometimes being able to hear the compressor working makes the mix sounds more exciting, but I'd not say so here. I would personally ease off on it a little and give it longer attack and release times, and give a low compression ratio with a low threshold to give general level smoothing, then combine that with a fast acting limiter to just catch the high peaks. If I'm wrong and you haven't used any compression here, then try it, but be careful!
It's a good piece of work though, and I think you've been very brave to attempt this piece, as it can so easily go wrong if your playing isn't up to it!
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how ya do that? 
