Originally Posted By: floyd jane
ray,
I'm enjoying your posts. The Pygmy Beat Extended sound is becoming well defined in my head (ears).
The drums sound good.
The bass is good, too (at times I wondered if it was too dominant?)
The guitars seem a bit "tame" for you. They could come up a little, I think...but it really is about their "clarity" (or the lack of) - they don't have the "bite" that your last couple of songs have had.
The organ-sounding synth needs some "fattening" - maybe some distortion? (or maybe actually replace it with a B3? (the free Collab B3 is quite nice).
The vocal is somewhat "buried", but I assume that is because it is a "sketch"?
Looking forward to the journey...
fj

Thanks fj,
No mic'd guitar cabs this week...there's a core sampling rig across the road from us drilling and then hammering to take core samples to determine whether they'll use soil nails to stabilize the embankment under the road.
The vocals have an ongoing grown from the machine which is just one of the reasons it's low in the mix...I was only screaming around searching for a melody and if I can work in A and F minor.
Bass - yes, still searching for the right level...it is, almost, the lead instrument by intention but needs to be settled.
The drums took a fair bit of EQing and the BOING of the snare is artificial...still searching for a way to give it a syndrum hiss.
The guitars are through a Behringer BDI21 DI at this point with a LOAD of reverb on them as per the template I'm working from and the latter has muted them somewhat. Next week I'll be able to record proper LOUD guitars I hope.
The synth tones, (some from a Mel9 & some from BIAB) are thin by design at this point...glacial was the adjective I was striving for but I'm not there yet. I did play around with a B3 for a bit and it wasn't bad at all though not exactly what I'm still hunting for.
I've copied your comments and will refer to them when I've managed to record real stuff.
THANKS very much.

Cheers
rayc
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