The Fascist Tangerine

[rayc]

That's cool. - so is the song though.

[ido1957]

Sounds good JD01. I think the drums seem a little busy or something in the middle of the stereo image but apart from that it's cool. The vocals give it a Hawkwind feel.

This ^
Great sounding mix and excellent tones happening on the guitars. Vocals well done as well.

[JD01]

Cheers Ido,

I plan on getting the drums straightened out over the weekend at some point.

[JD01]

OK Guys, I've straightened the drums out a bit as per rami's and other suggestions, I'm still letting the velocity wander a bit, 'cos I like the way it kinda feels like its rolling with the bassline a bit, but its much closer to a straight beat than it was.

[miroslav]

Overall...well done mix.
Where the heck did the limerick lyrics come from?

One thing...on my dinky computer speaker, there's a noticeable bright clicking, I think it's coming form the drum track. I don't mean as in digital clicking, I think it might just be...the KIck drum clicking...?
Anyway...a bit much, but it may just be these shit speakers...I really need to run my laptop audio-out and patch it into my studio system to get more truthful monitoring.

[rammer24]

Ah I'm glad Miro posted on this. I totally forgot to listen to the re-mix.

The drum issue is much better. It's still pumping in and out a bit but nowehre near as much as before. That is/was my only issue. I like the mix and the song besides that.

[JD01]

Overall...well done mix.
Where the heck did the limerick lyrics come from?

One thing...on my dinky computer speaker, there's a noticeable bright clicking, I think it's coming form the drum track. I don't mean as in digital clicking, I think it might just be...the KIck drum clicking...?
Anyway...a bit much, but it may just be these shit speakers...I really need to run my laptop audio-out and patch it into my studio system to get more truthful monitoring.

Cheers, Miro - the lyrics came from a bloke on YouTube who's channel I follow. They made me laugh so I told him I'd do a punk version, I think another guy did a folk version and he shouted out links to us both. I must have had all of 100 listens to it on my soundcloud of the back of that!

The click thing - I think its beater attack from the kick. I had listened to it in Greg's mixes and was trying to replicate it - maybe I've overdone it a bit. Tell me what you think when you listen to it properly on monitors.

[JD01]

Ah I'm glad Miro posted on this. I totally forgot to listen to the re-mix.

The drum issue is much better. It's still pumping in and out a bit but nowehre near as much as before. That is/was my only issue. I like the mix and the song besides that.

Cheers Rami, I might make a few more tweaks to the drums, but I won't bore you guys with it again. I like the way the bassline rolls and I want the drums to kinda roll with the bassline a bit, might still be overdoing it again.

I quite like the way this track came together though - I read the lyrics, wrote the music and the chorus lyrics in about 5 mins and recorded it in a weekend. I just really wanted to practice doing a full mix with vocals before getting stuck back into my own songs - I've been working on my singing a lot lately - just like everything else - it takes fucking practice.

[WhiskeyJack]

Sounds great.

I hate to dwell on this, but those drums are still going in and out. Take a look/listen to your drums. Your snare velocities are fluctuating and it doesn't sound natural. This is the type of beat that probably doesn't need any humanizing. Those snares should all be pretty much the same volume. It sounds like you've tried too hard to make them sound "human" and they don't. Sorry man. I know I keep talking about this, and I seem to be the only one that hears it, so maybe its just me. But those snares are not right.

It's too fast for me to know for sure, but it sounds like your 1st and 4th snare hits are ok, but the 2nd and 3rd hits are lower in volume. Something like that.

Just for the sake of an expirement, try taking all velocity variations off the snare. I'm almost 100% sure it will sound better.

The tune sounds great besides that to me.

I'm echoing the velocitys thing. I think that is the fix for you right now.

JD, Zero all your velocitys in everything and then just use reapers own humanizing efforts in the midi editor, repost and let's see what that does.

[JD01]

JD, Zero all your velocitys in everything and then just use reapers own humanizing efforts in the midi editor, repost and let's see what that does.

OK, I'll give this a go a bit later on and I might post it up again if you don't mind.

[ido1957]

I can't hear the word c*** clearly so please up the chorus vocals by 1 db. lol
Vocals in the last part seem to be not the same level, trim the louder one back a tiny bit.
Other than that this cooks nicely, love your rhythm speed, I have trouble playing c and w let alone this type.

[JD01]

I can't hear the word c*** clearly so please up the chorus vocals by 1 db. lol
Vocals in the last part seem to be not the same level, trim the louder one back a tiny bit.
Other than that this cooks nicely, love your rhythm speed, I have trouble playing c and w let alone this type.

You can actually tell what bits were recorded later 'cos my voice is warmed up so its splitting into a scream more readily. After the first chorus, the verse alternates between early takes and late takes, as does the last verse after the solo - the difference in my voice is really obvious.

Not sure what I can do about the slight differences in vocal volume really - its already squashed pretty hard - and I don't want to go splitting every vocal line onto a separate track - there's already 4 tracks 'cos I double tracked it all.

What do you mean by c and W?

Anyway, I've re-sorted the drums as Rami has been saying for ages the way Shan suggested now.

[Bubba]

Cunt and West

[itsnotkcearl]

very good and a bit funny

[JD01]

very good and a bit funny

Cheers, mate.

[Minerman]

This is pretty good Jdude, but the drums just sound "off" to me, can't put my finger on what I think it is, maybe they're just too busy during the verse??? Everything else sounds good man, & I know the drums on this have to be rockin', but I can't help to think they're just too busy during the verse...I've finally got to v4 here, & the drums sound a bit better...

The vocals need some TLC via automation to bring out each word that needs it...Yes, it's a pain in the ass, but it really makes a difference...

I'm impressed with your vocals Jdude, you've done really good here!!!

Good job overall dude, just a few little tweaks & I think you could wrap this one up...

[JD01]

This is pretty good Jdude, but the drums just sound "off" to me, can't put my finger on what I think it is, maybe they're just too busy during the verse??? Everything else sounds good man, & I know the drums on this have to be rockin', but I can't help to think they're just too busy during the verse...I've finally got to v4 here, & the drums sound a bit better...

The vocals need some TLC via automation to bring out each word that needs it...Yes, it's a pain in the ass, but it really makes a difference...

I'm impressed with your vocals Jdude, you've done really good here!!!

Good job overall dude, just a few little tweaks & I think you could wrap this one up...

Cheers, miner. Glad you found the time to do some listening.