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...I would be willing to send you a mashup of the BGV sections of the tracks that I have listed for references to you if you like. It will take me a little work, but I will do that. I'm not saying that these are outstanding examples of engineering, but they have similar vibe to your song. I don't have a huge modern country collection, but enough to do some comparative listening. I have just a few more in the stack of CDs that I would use for references; another is Lyle Lovett's Joshua Judges Ruth CD. That is an engineering Pièce de résistance, in my opinion. George Massenburg was the engineer. With high quality isolating headphones you can hear with more detail what the engineer was up to, than with typical monitors in a typical home studio. Not saying that those things are necessary for a good sounding playback on most systems, but they are very revealing. ... -Scott



I have rhapsody, so I should be able to look up all those tunes you mentioned and check them out (they will be lower quality MP3 files, though (I am not sure of the bit rate). My current reference tracks, ripped from my CD collection (wav files) are:

Counting Crows: Sullivan Street, Mr. Jones, Anna Begins, Rain King (all from that first album -- I should get a couple from albums 2 and 3).
Joni Mitchell: You Turn Me on I'm a Radio
Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby: Hills of Mexico, Gulf of Mexico Fishing Boat Blues, Come on Out
Natalie Merchant: Jealousy, Kind & Generous
Jimmy Buffet: My Lovely Lady, Tin Cup Chalice
Tracy Chapman: Crossroads, Freedom Now
Nelly Furtado: One-Trick Pony, Powerless (Say What You Want)
... and a few others.

By the way, thanks for the kind words. I know I am going to struggle somewhat with vocal recording since I am using my $50 MXL V63M mic with my $20 Art Tube MP Studio preamp (both on sale!) in an untreated room, so it is nice to hear that it still sounds OK. I need to re-do some parts, so I never get the same positioning, so who knows if it will sound similar! Plus I plan then to go over all the vocal lines with melodyne essential. I am not worried about it being perfect, I just want to tighten up the notes that are too far out.

Kevin

Edit: yes, I use high pass filters on just about everything (until I start hearing any change and then I roll it back).

Last edited by Kemmrich; 11/21/12 08:37 AM.
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