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Ah, panning. You've got the lead guitar and keyboard hard to one side, and the 2nd guitar hard to the other. The bass is very round, so there really isn't much to fill in the middle except the vocal. For me, I would move the lead guitar 1/3 center, especially during the solo, and leave the keyboard hard to one side. Treat the lead solo as if it were a voice.

I try to imagine the stage and have the panning match the placement of the instruments, so the drums shouldn't be too wide - from half-left to half-right, with the kick dead center. Bass should be close to center as well.

When playing with the drums, if you have separate tracks, try adding reverb to a mix of everything except the kick. Feel free to bump the deep end of the kick. Yea, I meant to pan the lead over to the center during the lead parts. Everything is about 50% on either side right now. I actually like the effect of hard panning and have been using it on a few things. When listening on speakers, you don't really notice. It's when you listen on headphones that it stands out.

Every time I go back in and listen, I find some other thing I don't like :D]]> In The Studio jwmartin https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378516 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378504 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:57:52 +0000
Ah, panning. You've got the lead guitar and keyboard hard to one side, and the 2nd guitar hard to the other. The bass is very round, so there really isn't much to fill in the middle except the vocal. For me, I would move the lead guitar 1/3 center, especially during the solo, and leave the keyboard hard to one side. Treat the lead solo as if it were a voice.

I try to imagine the stage and have the panning match the placement of the instruments, so the drums shouldn't be too wide - from half-left to half-right, with the kick dead center. Bass should be close to center as well.

When playing with the drums, if you have separate tracks, try adding reverb to a mix of everything except the kick. Feel free to bump the deep end of the kick.]]> In The Studio Dan Lasley https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378504 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378498 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:46:03 +0000 With this one, the elements are more discrete for sure, but they create a sort of ping pong effect: Pay attention left channel, then pay attention right channel...it makes me very aware I'll listening to a recording of constructed elements.
Maybe this brightening but tighter panning of the elements? Might muddy things up in a good way and make things sound more cohesive. Cool, I'll keep that in mind when I'm mixing tonight :) I'll reduce the panning a little and try to make it more cohesive.]]> In The Studio jwmartin https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378498 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378497 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:06:39 +0000 With this one, the elements are more discrete for sure, but they create a sort of ping pong effect: Pay attention left channel, then pay attention right channel...it makes me very aware I'll listening to a recording of constructed elements.
Maybe this brightening but tighter panning of the elements? Might muddy things up in a good way and make things sound more cohesive.]]> In The Studio boxboy https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378497 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378492 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:38:27 +0000 ....even the drums. I used the rendered track of the drums and didn't cheat and go back to Addictive and tweak the kit that way Sounds nice as well. I'm doing this most of the time as well. A MIDI from GP, run it through Strike (another drum VI) and render however many tracks. I then bus the individual tracks into 1 drum-out track. All the panning and effects done on individual tracks stays intact. I get to do things to the kit as a whole, too, on that one drum-out track.
I think your making progress. The little lick at the beginning is a little reverby (is that a word?) but I like the tone of the rest of the lead. It's sounding good. I agree. Pretty nice set of adjustments.
Roy, I tried your suggestion of doubling the lead and it just didn't feel right (I have used the before, it just didn't fit this). I changed the delay I was using to fatten it up a bit though. I need to get better at using delay and such. It's probably a much better way in most cases.]]> In The Studio rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378492 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378487 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:51:33 +0000 In The Studio TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378487 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378486 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 08:44:22 +0000
Roy, I tried your suggestion of doubling the lead and it just didn't feel right (I have used the before, it just didn't fit this). I changed the delay I was using to fatten it up a bit though.

http://soundcloud.com/hailcorduroy/breakdown-mix-2]]> In The Studio jwmartin https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378486 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378485 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:23:56 +0000 In The Studio TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378485 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378483 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 05:36:54 +0000
Thanks on the singing. I seem to be able to mimic Petty on some of his songs. I do Mary Jane's Last Dance with an acoustic and can sound just like him on the verses. I feel like my singing has come a long way recently. I volunteered to sing Sultans of Swing with my band and I've been adding in more songs that I sing since then (up to 5 now). Having to sing in front of everyone at practice and then on stage in front of a crowd will light a fire under your butt. I told my wife that my Christmas present request would 3 or 4 vocal lessons. Just to learn some better technique and have someone really critique what I'm doing.]]> In The Studio jwmartin https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378483 https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378482 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:29:18 +0000 In The Studio TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/in-the-studio-in-the-studio/my-latest-project/#post-378482