hillerious^^^.
i just really want to round out my overall sound. and i guess what i'm trying to find out is.. can i pretty much get rid of the rest of my outboard shit and go plug-in (will the plugs sound close to the hardware or at least better then what i use currently)...
of should i invest in some pre/di box etc. that will really OPEN up my sound prior to hitting the cpu. or is that trident going to be sufficent.
i just find my music sounding pretty lifeless or squashed. like, it doesn't have enough openess to it. the hi's are bright etc. and it bumps right but the overall mix is sorta lifeless. i'm sure 95% of this is my poor mixing skills :( but still i feel like theres something missing that can help me open up my overall mix.
i'll link you to an example. now keep in mind this was a freestyled sequence to demonstrate what i'm trying to explain.. ie. theres minimal mixing, eq'n, fx, compression. i didn't even run this through the board.. just straight off the samplers, to dat, dat to pc, and then boosted some freq's, add a little reverb, and a tiny bit of compression using adobe audition.. REGARDLESS, you geniuses should be able to point me in the right direction..
i greatly appreciate the help ya'll.. serious.
heres the link:
http://www.soundclick.com/util/Strea...D=1112848&q=hi