No, you arent being harsh Morgan. This is exactly why I posted it.
I've posted about mixing before and the only responses I get are "less is more" or that type of stuff. No actual advice like "Hey, try this on the 2 right side tracks and see what you think..."
So here it is.
LESS.
Drums = just straight midi (now with velocities raised) from a guitar pro file. Ran through SD 2.0 If more should be done to them,
what would that be? I don't need a step by step, but you could mention a few things couldn't you? Nope. I get "DO something to the drums." Wow. Thanks. We're not dealing with a live recording. They are samples yes? So mic placement and all that is a non issue. If SD 2.0 isnt enough to get a decent drum sound then what else do I need? All I am getting is a rating...
and the fact that you're going "I barely did anything to the drums" is kinda weird considering they sound like shit.
Weird? Why weird? Isn't the first thing someone would ask be "What did you use for drums here?" (if they are trying to help that is...)
I was proactive in telling you guys exactly what you are hearing.
Guitars = Yeah, sloppy. I learned the riff as I played it. Plus I've never quad tracked anything before. So yeah, they are rough at best. But the processing on them is the exact same process that more than a few others have done and they are getting sweet results. So again,
WHAT else needs to be done to get this sounding good? All I got was a rating...
Apologies if I come across harsh, but you are coming across quite arrogant (especially with your first line.. I don't think you'll find an n/10 rating in a single on of these threads, don't just go by the subforum's title and then get angry when others correct you).
As I said, not harsh. But if you feel like apologizing, apologize for the lack of advice and nothing but a
rating. Which is exactly why I posted it ELSEWHERE. You wanna tell me not to go off of the actual titles of the subforums. That is what seems weird, but ok fine. It's called a rate my mix thread but people don't give ratings, they give advice. Right?
Where is the advice here?
All I see is "the drums are shit. The guitars are shit. Your playing sucks, Maybe your guitar sucks. And you're not going to learn ANYTHING if you just use the raw tracks."
2 days and 10 posts ago we already went over this.
nope, that's not what I'm going for.
Which is why I am here and why I posted this.
Record some tracks, set some levels. Render to a stereo track.
Thats as far as I get.
And when I ask I get a lot of "less is more" replies... And while I know they aren't meaning to be a complete lack of help, it really is.
I've got good strong signals. I'm using the same software as folks that are accomplishing great tones. My playing doesn't seem to be the problem...
So there is something else to it.
I guess volume faders, pan knobs, and and EQ just isn't enough.
Now what?
Its been said what is used, and how it was used in Reaper.
Its also been said exactly how the tones were created.
I'm
arrogant? Hardly, I'm the first to admit I'm new at this. (Its in the fucking title to the thread) What reason do I have to be arrogant?
Its fucking frustrating when you POST EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, advice, and NOT JUST A RATING, they you have people flipping out about that, but in the end what do we have so far? One dude kind enough to help and take a look at the midi for the drums, and what else? ONLY RATINGS. Sure, no
number ratings. But still, no advice just a rating. (see my thread title) Now who's being obtuse?
But only saying stuff like, "hey that sucks", and offering NOTHING else is just a rating.
I've lurked here for a while. And from what I have read, there are plenty of great folks here. What do I need to do to speak to them? You guys don't like my name? My avatar? My choice of cover tune to use as an example? Do I remind you of the dude that banged your girlfriend?
WTF??????
See my sig.
Or just ban me and I'll stop coming here trying to better my game when it comes to audio production. Which is what I thought we were doing here.
