King and Country

[Mike_S]

Thank you for giving it a listen guys... John and Jim, that would be so cool to hear if you were able to do anything. I think I will forward you guys on a version with no lead guitar after work this evening as it'll make things easier and then we could add back bits of lead at the end if it worked or it needed it.

Cheers

Mike

[thetworegs]

Sounds cracking Mike you've done a wonderful job on it

[StephenM]

what kind of problems are you having with equipment?

[Mike_S]

what kind of problems are you having with equipment?

Sorry Stephen, I meant to reply to you earlier. So basically I don't really have any problems with equipment as such, it's just my equipment is very basic I think. The main thing I was thinking of was the speakers I have to mix with.

I don't actually have any studio monitors... been meaning to get some... but money has been tightish for a few years for one reason or another so never got round to getting any. I have been listening/mixing on a mixture of headphones and old hi-fi speakers. My finished songs sound pretty different through both, so I basically try to compensate everything to sound somewhere in the middle of both of these.

So for example the bass might be quite loud on the headphones but barely audible on the hifi after a mix, so I adjust volume to sound somewhere in between. And do the same for anything else I am not sure about... normally the vocal needs to be adjusted too with the same process.

Apart from that my gear consists of a choice of 2 guitars which I record straight line in to an iMac and I record with GarageBand. Very basic but it's so easy to use and the features are actually decent enough to tweak and mess around with.

Thanks for asking Stephen
Mike

[StephenM]

what kind of problems are you having with equipment?

Sorry Stephen, I meant to reply to you earlier. So basically I don't really have any problems with equipment as such, it's just my equipment is very basic I think. The main thing I was thinking of was the speakers I have to mix with.

I don't actually have any studio monitors... been meaning to get some... but money has been tightish for a few years for one reason or another so never got round to getting any. I have been listening/mixing on a mixture of headphones and old hi-fi speakers. My finished songs sound pretty different through both, so I basically try to compensate everything to sound somewhere in the middle of both of these.

So for example the bass might be quite loud on the headphones but barely audible on the hifi after a mix, so I adjust volume to sound somewhere in between. And do the same for anything else I am not sure about... normally the vocal needs to be adjusted too with the same process.

Apart from that my gear consists of a choice of 2 guitars which I record straight line in to an iMac and I record with GarageBand. Very basic but it's so easy to use and the features are actually decent enough to tweak and mess around with.

Thanks for asking Stephen
Mike

Mike, mixing is the most time consuming part for me...lol...actually it all can be...but my favorite mixes aren't always my favorite songs that I have been involved with...after 10 hours of work or whatever it tends to make you satisfied...or at least if I was into the music enough to spend that much time I guess I feel like I have so much invested that I have to be good with it...lately my mixes have been much simpler....but I am trying to spend more time on the tracks to get to a little higher standard....I also mix mostly through headphones which is why I end up mixing a bunch of times then running out to the car with it, or placing on the phone...I hate listening to music on a phone...it is so pathetic and yet that is what alot of people do so I want it to sound decent like that...I have some tri amped PA stuff in my studio because I practice there also with friends sometimes...my "studio" is a fairly large family room that I finally usurped control of...although it benefits the whole family as everyone (me, wife, and two teens) to varying degrees all play music...One day I will post a few photos if I can figure out how to....post photos.... anyway I love your guitars and your music overall...really great...thanks...you have a fan in NC!