see demo/in progress tracks on
http://www.myspace.com/cellamixproductions
"everything sounds very thin------even the last track with the 808's----it could be your eqing or your sound choices i cant really tell...i like the groove on the cassie thing, but if your gonna let the whole song revolve around such a simple loop, i'd make that loop a little more interesting, or at least just better quality....i think sound choices are your main prob. in my opinion---all around your stuff is okay though---keep grindin"
yup it is weird how it gets thinned out ... so here is the GEAR slut stuff so Tony doesn't close down my thread...(and FYI for those who are set up the same and those who know better...)
The sounds come from ALESIS QSR, a rack that does have nice sounds. But for some reason the track never comes across phat or thick (on the final mp3), such as they would if you even used native stock sounds out of, say Fruity Loops if sequenced in-box.
I track in ProTools LE and don't do too much more than normalization. I have a Lexicon for effects and a Mackie 24-4 VLZ board.
When I listen/EQ I am using MACKIE H624s reference monitors to mix and in headset. Of course it sounds phat and I am really feelin those 808's and everything is bright right then.
Now let me know if this is the problem --- since Vision opcode (sequencer) is now defunct I am running the sequence from a G3 laptop and tracking via Pro-Tools on G4 (midi / hard disk are separate). Also there is NO digi rackmount in this case (no multi-channels). MIDI trigger is setting off QSR straight through MACKIE 24-4 board (uh, which means I am using only ONE channel to send the 8 midi channels or so, b/c the levels are pre-mixed in sequencer software) straight through an (RCA input) AudioMedia Card into Pro-tools. Yeah I do guesstimate on the vox levels with the essentially two track mix (scary) but can EQ real time at least when I get a voc level. No I haven't gotten to automation or levelling each phrase, etc. -- just need to know why it gets thinned out. After tracking and it sounds great on those studio monitors -- bounce it to mp3, post to my myspace music page then it's like --- what went wrong?
Is this where I am getting hurt?
a) the QSR? (stock sounds)
b) pre-mixing and doing final tracking via one channel
c) not mixing the Vox against each sound?
d) combination of above?
e) Other (PLEASE SPECIFY)
GEAR SLUT PEEPS from round the planet -- PLEASE HELP ME y'ALL!!!