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<p>Hi everybody .......i read this article on mixing by some guy who has engineered for profesional bands</p><p>i liked his aproach....he said mix like people who are already accepted (the pros)</p><p>some of the points he taught were.....pan the electric guitar all the way to the left, add a little reverb......then copy it and pan it all the way to the right with a little delay and ata a lower volume......i used this effect on my new song <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mixposure_song_player&song_id=21543&band_id=2035">thirsty</a> check it out...</p><p>you want your bass guitar and kick drum the same volume panned in the middle.......vocals in the middle turned up just til it's loud.....you know what's loudest........any more volume would make it softer because of the trebles....the magnitude of loudness is a good way to look at it.....magnitude is "greatness in relation to" something at a higher volume wouldn't have the punch that a lower volume might have....when it's loudest it's loud</p><p>let me make an add now........i used these thinks on an older song <a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/index.php?t=mixposure_song_player&song_id=21228&band_id=2035">Unloved</a> and posted the remix also....check it out.....have a good day........joel </p><p>One more thought......he said you want your bass tones panned to the left </p>
<p>A big congratulations and apologies for this late post, to Without A Flag for being Mixposure's December Artist of the Month! Kooder is a remarkable songwriter and a quick listen to any of their tunes will verify what I am saying.</p><p>Thanks for being a part of Mixposure and sharing your music with us!</p>
<p>When you have time please call round and listen to my latest collaboration Their Moment in Time. Papi's vocals are as stunning as ever, and even better we have Holley Hall on harmonies! I think you may enjoy this sweet little ballad.</p>
<p>Check this out! <a href="http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=146763">http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=146763</a></p>
The way I see it is that songs are like gifts ... they sort of fall out of the ether into my lap ... and so my role is to understand, serve and respect the song for what it is ... and try to not bugger it up with my arrangement and performance!
<p>oldrottenhead is a member of the bunkbeds, jemimas kite, honker, the longhair tigers, met 2010, dead divans jam and vocalises with P.O.S.C.</p>
<p><span style="color: #e33b1c;">thought you'd like to know about "noise cancelling" headphones</span></p><p><span style="color: #e33b1c;">noise cancelation ocurrs when you mic 2 feeds of ambient (outside) noise and run them inveresly (peak of one wave is trough of other). these frequencies, one run ahead of the other, will cancel each other out...because they create a new wave .think ,if you run your lawn mower you won't hear the lawn mower next door..or look at the animation...there is a whole for the sound to attenuate (fade away)as a result you get a new wave which is a silent sound</span></p><p><span style="color: #e33b1c;">now my question to you (i'm thinking about buying some) is <span style="font-size: xx-large;">why would I want these for mixing? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #e33b1c; font-size: large;">r.s.v.p.[respond se vu plea(Please respond)]...JOEL</span></p>
<p>Just posted two new videos on my video page. They are both live performances of my band Red Velvet Mojo performing at the Lilburn 100 year birthday bash back in October. Audio is not the best as it was recorded with a flip recorder, but it's not bad. Hope you like them!</p>
<p>I've mentioned before that my son is in a metal band. And, even though I don't like that style of music, he is one of the best drummers I've heard. He's just plain awesome.</p><p>So, I want to record him and use him on some of my songs.........very toned down of course <img title="Surprised" src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-surprised.gif" border="0" alt="Surprised" />. And, I also want to record him and the band "Eclipse Of Destruction", create a Mixposure account for them, and post their music.</p><p>The problem though is that he plays so unbelievably loud that I'm not sure how to get a recording without it being nothing but complete clipping all the way through. And no, there's no chance of him backing off.....trust me. Also, we do not have a plexiglass drum wall for him either.</p><p>Here's the current setup. We have all of our music equipment in the music building, and practice, and record <a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/Full_Blood_Country/photo_5624.php">here</a>. When I record I run vocal mics through a 12 channel powered mixer (400 watts) and then set up a seperate mic between speakers (or sometimes pointed at a speaker if low gain) and run to a computer. Obviously I don't wire in any racks (power amps (Peavey CS1000's), crossover, eq, etc.) or any other boards, for this situation. The speakers set up in the building are two Peavey SP4's (two 15's and a horn in each) and two Peavey towers (five 12's in each). I have other speaker systems but these are good enough for this. Mics include Shure SM57, Shure SM58, and a few other lower end cardoids. The SM58 is really to hot of a mic to use this way so I usually use a Sampson cardoid or sometimes the SM57 (but it's fairly hot too). When I use the keyboard I run a hi-Z chord from it to the mixer and use a mic between speakers ran to the computer. Guitars I use an amp (either a Peavey duel 212, Peavey Heritage 212 VTX, or a 1968 Fender Deluxe Reverb chrome face) with a mic running to the computer. Bass is either keyboard bass or a bass player with their own rig, with a mic running to the computer.</p><p>So, with what I have here, what is the best way to record my son and/or his band with their ear-bleeding volume? Is there a way to shield the mic by building a box around it or something?</p>
<p>Just posted two new videos on my video page. They are both live performances of my band Red Velvet Mojo performing at the Lilburn 100 year birthday bash back in October. Audio is not the best as it was recorded with a flip recorder, but it's not bad. Hope you like them!</p>