Thanks yet again, folks! Especially for taking the time to listen to my instrumentals on Soundclick. I can't even get friends and family to listen to them. I use a vintage stick mic, Shure 533sa, for harmonica, it is similar to the SM58. I wish I had a Green Bullet or JT-30 with a vintage element, but they're $300. New GBs and JT30s are junk. The chromatic harmonica is a Hohner CX-12. Harp players usually cut treble and add mid-bass. I didn't realize 'sparkle' was an actual term applying to > 4khz. I just thought it was a vague term for 'better.'

To my ears, everybody else's stuff sounds better produced than mine. 90 db, is that the RealTrack horn section on "I'm your Man?" I've been trying to find a way to use that RT. Very nice. Herb, I definitely like the sound of your tracks, and you've made the Top Ten on SC, that's pretty good. And Scott, you sound radio ready to me. I'm not able to listen to tracks and say what frequencies need attention as you apparently can. I don't know why Minor Mood sounds different. It's one of the oldest tracks I have, I may not have had enough sense back then to pan the Real Tracks. Or I could've used a plugin and done more harm than good. Classes in mixing would be nice, that's not going to happen either. It's good to know most of you feel that I'm somewhere in the ballpark with my mixes, that is encouraging. I will give Ozone a trial run. Do most of you use the package that sells for $200 or Ozone Advanced that goes for $$$? Herb, what do you use?

I think I've had the hardest time getting vocals to sound good and fit in the mix. I don't want my songs on the Net at this point, but I have some throwaway tunes, I can put one on Soundclick. I use Waves Renaissance Vox and Ambience on vocals, I've never been thrilled with the results but my singing ain't much to write home about either.

The only thing I need to clarify at this point is if the Ketron will work with the Scarlett, or if I will be losing some capability by losing the mixer. Maybe Mac is around, he's the one who sold me on the Ketron a while back.

Great thread, thanks to all for input!

Last edited by BeelzeBob; 09/16/14 06:40 AM.
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