Yeah, it's got a little delay and reverb on it already, maybe not enough though. I hadn't tried panning the vocals at all, so maybe I'll give that a go next time. Part of the problem I was facing is that the singer didn't have a great quality microphone and it seemed to clip no matter what she did, so I didn't double the track to try and conceal the dips in quality I couldn't fix.
Its often good to have a reference track while you mix, as in a song that you would like your song to sound like, so you can reference back to it and see how it compares. As far as reverb goes you often need a lot more than you think, listen to some isolated vocal tracks from classic songs.
something I did for a bit of fun during iso-times. Bit long, but well worth watching until the end
I enjoyed that; very chill.
yeh not really sure what i was going for with that, its kinda supposed to have a story, as its 2 different korean movies made in the late 70's? I am pretty sure most of it is just shit they cobbled together from early macross or whatever. I just spliced some clips together in no particular order, was fun doing it tbh.
of course apart from the intro, all the music is 100 percent piglick, quality assured
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chucked together another song/video thing
tags:chill,ambient,noguitarsolos
also no relation to m83 song
ok so next from the magic of dazman121's excellent youtube channel(or so I have heard) is another video, with music. And me!
ok get into this quick cos I have a feeling it wont be up for very long
presenting
and yes there is a guitar solo but its entirely appropriate
https://soundcloud.com/iamimmune - all relatively old now, but might be worth a listen for anyone who likes angsty '80s music and noisy electronica.
I have recently released an album that was stuck in development hell for almost nine years. Because of that it's pretty much the work of my life, at this point. Post-rock / experimental / instrumental stuff. Give it a listen if you feel like it.
Toornihculat: Crush Depth
faetal good stuff, wouldnt necessarily say its all 80's though, somewhere between Killing Joke and Placebo. But yes the angst is real.
Vicarious your stuff isnt really my cup of tea but I did like track 6 quite a bit, certainly interesting and fairly dense kinda music. One thing I would say though is the volume levels on the tracks is quite low so maybe re-master them and use a limiter or something to increase loudness.
also heres something new from the vault, an ode to my favorite late-stage capitalist hero
That's deliberate because I don't enjoy the modern way of mixing where everything is as loud as possible with no regards to the loss of dynamics or even clipping. You can always turn the volume knob and you'll get the loudness. Of course I'm not saying that there's no room for improvement, far from that. But I had to say "it's done" at some point so I'll look into that in the future. Anyway, thanks for listening!Originally Posted by PigLick
It wasnt even the modern thing where everything is just below the clipping point, as in I tested it with some of my stuff which I dont really limit too much and it was really low in comparison. Do you have decent monitors cos sometimes with just using headphones or pc speakers I have found that it might seem a good volume but then you try it on a regular speaker setup and its not like what you thought. Even just chucking your finished mix into something like audacity and clicking normalize would do the job.
Decided to start an Audioslave tribute band for a fun side gig. Long story short, they were a Rage Against the Machine band but their rapper flaked out and the bassist knew how much I love Cornell so he invited me to try out.
Anyway, kinda shit quality- literally the mic on a GoPro, but put this together tonight.
Suggest trying something like Ozone (think there's a free or cheap version at least) which has an auto-master feature to target either Streaming or CD level, which at least gets your track in the ballpark of reasonable loudness and you can tweak from there. One thing about streaming services is I believe some (like Spotify) limit tracks that are too loud, but they don't boost tracks that are too quiet so you should aim for something that compares to other stuff at least, without pushing the levels like back in the days of the "loudness wars". I think Soundcloud doesn't touch the level at all.
It's nearly Hallowe'en and I didn't plan it at all but I made this creepy song and video a few weeks ago and it seemed like a good time to let it go. Haven't posted any music here for years but I always got useful feedback and comments when I did, so. Content warning: ancient evil.
Couldn't sleep, so wrote a soundtrack piece which is probably a bit too Trent Reznor for its own good:
https://soundcloud.com/iamimmune/bac.../s-BNWCfTY5JXs
You've probably still have me blocked, but faetal, that is some seriously good music.
Hey thanks bjack. I reset my blocklists a while back since I don't come here much anyway and can't really remember reasons for blocking.
nice one faetal, all i can say is, its very faetal like, you certainly have a style.
for anyone who ever wanted to hear more epic soloing from yours truly dont believe me just watch
Got to love a nice tidy music space. I suspect the next time I attempt cable management, I'll probably find an old bike.
Nice.
I was a little confused at first, because I came here from your rec to june gloom re: synthwave and I see a track called Ocean Drive in the personal music creation thread.
Why?
Miami Nights 1984 have a track with the same name.
You might be suprised how many songs have the title Ocean Drive, its pretty much the go to evocation of the whole synthwave aesthetic. Just like the japanese citypop genre, it kinda evokes a nostalgia for an era which never really existed except in our imaginations.
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Don't know why it didn't occur to me until today to post anything here. Most of you know the context, but for those who don't: I've been writing/performing since I was 15, grew up in the hair metal thing during the 80's and gravitated into prog for a long time after that. From about 27 to 47 I battled progressing heart failure leading to a transplant in 2016, but I was releasing (arguably bad sounding) albums and playing in original and cover bands that whole time, even if I had to sit on a stool to get through the gig. I also fell in love with power pop, The Beatles, and a lot of 60's music that started to blend in with the metal and hard rock I grew up on ("Dad Rock" as it's now called). I finally could afford the gear and had the health about a year ago to hone in on what I was hearing in my head and actually record it, so I launched a project under a pseudonym (Kyd Kalydoscope) that had gotten some label interest in late 2019. Put a band together to support it live, etc. Then Covid hit and I'm back to making music in my basement and backyard. Seems like between world events and my health I've struggled to get anything off the ground. Doing things online by myself has been somewhat better, so this is the first video from my upcoming album. I've done about 5 videos, third one comes out tomorrow. Nothing deep or prolific, but I'm having fun (This video ended up with 12K views on YouTube in six weeks btw. Idk what that means but I think it's good....?)
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