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First step would require a higher-res version pre-mastering.

I'm *NOT* generally impressed by the stuff run through their routines, they end up sounding like a 90s CD a lot of the time.

Can't begin to suggest corrections on a made-up hooker!

Need to see it as it wakes up in the morning.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/shohtmzm4z0xl ... l.wav?dl=0

There ya go!

I think at this stage a service like LANDR is really useful for me because it delivers results that are acceptable and allows me to focus on getting better at mixing. Frankly, if it sounds anything at all like a CD from any era I'll be happy. haha.

I've not downloaded your track(s) yet (120mb!) but can share a few noob stuff I'm learning:

1. Midrange is your friend. Before I started monkeying with recording my MXR 10 band EQ and BBE Sonic Stomp sat unused on my pedal board, now that I've done a wee bit of recording, anytime I power up the drum machine (Beat Buddy) I power up those 2 pedals before any of my dirt. My EQ has a mild frowny face.

2. Stereo separation - I usually accomplish this by either doing another take with a different dirt pedal and blending them (no hard panning, hard panning BAD) or by adding some kind of effect to it.

3. Track doubling - I duplicate each guitar track and offset it slightly and it makes for a much fatter sounding track.

Here is a vid for my new channel. The music incorporates all the above. Everything was recorded direct from my Vox Tonelab and various pedals (details in the video).

[youtube]http://youtu.be/xPabvyKnejQ[/youtube]

goroth wrote:https://www.dropbox.com/s/shohtmzm4z0xlu1/Hex%20all.wav?dl=0

There ya go!

I think at this stage a service like LANDR is really useful for me because it delivers results that are acceptable and allows me to focus on getting better at mixing. Frankly, if it sounds anything at all like a CD from any era I'll be happy. haha.

Grabbing.

Mastering stuff if you can, either resign yourself to a world of pain or find somebody who does it gratis or cheap and who gets where you're coming from. There's a few of us out there.

I'm in the former category but I'm very, very picky about who/what I work with (and it's a case of 'have to love what they're doing' first and foremost, and think I can help them get to a better place).

Boost 20-200 on a light slope descending 6-2dbish, shelf to taste.

Para, dialed to taste (-8.3db, 3.11khz the big one, but boost 3.95-4.00khz to compensate but not as much as you cut the 3.11).

Boost 10khz or so by quite a bit (5-5.5db) Toast above 10khz on a pretty steep slope (45 degree or so.

Parallel process with stereo comp to taste based on material, bump 160hz up 5-6db

Basically my standard drum/metal adjust, derived from a couple sources over the years. I've got the same thing in set in T-racks, the Mackie algos from T3 (which are still fucking amazing), and some of my hardware gear.

Left a ton of headroom still by modern standards (easy enough to boost) but thought I'd go with your original intent. If I was doing it for a client, I'd have them fade the verb on the initial brass hits a bit, it's brittle very fast when isolated.

Uploading now to SC privately, will share link once it's live.

Use the download link, SC's embedded player sounds like ass compared to the actual file.

https://soundcloud.com/rfurtkamp/hex-al ... ne/s-4xNQn