Moving On

[Rata-tat-tat]

Dude... nice vid... Very deep lyrics. Really enjoyed the listen.

V/R

Tod

[Bob Iles]

Thanks!!

[Rickocaster]

Great song. Sounds very professional. Really good mix. Which patches did you use for the guitar parts?  They were perfect.

[Bob Iles]

I've been using the ClnTubes patch (P62) and home built effects pedals for the guitar parts. this patch seems to be a very versatile tube amp simulator, and a wide range of tones is available by tweaking the PAMP, SP, EQ, MOD, and DEL settings. Since I'm using effects pedals, I turn the MOD and DEL patches off as I prefer the analog sounds of my pedals to the digital sounds of the recorder.

That's the best of my recollection. I can't give the details of the exact settings I used as this is one of those songs I lost in my recent data loss incident. I have started re-recording those songs that were not yet finished, and the ClnTubes patch is the one I'm using.

Concerning the bass sound on the song, I used effects patch P89 (SqzBass), again modified to taste.  It's possible to get a nice ballsy, punchy bass sound by adjusting the tone settings on the PAMP patch and the EQ patch. Cut the bass, and increase the mid and treble, with the treble being the highest setting (generally between 70 and 100 is great). This allows the bass to sit well in the mix, and doesn't overwhelm the mix with bottom end. To much bottom end premastering can lead to excessive bottom end and muddiness during mastering.

Do yourself a favor in the mastering step. Whichever mastering tool kit you use, take some time and play with the settings for each of the effects to get a feel for what they all do. I typically use the RockBand (P14) tool kit and tweak from the presets until I get a nice, crisp mastered track. Many times, I'll make multiple mastered versions of songs and choose the best one, deleting the rest to free up space.

It takes many years of knowing what sounds good and how to achieve those sounds. Once you get that part figured out, the rest is a walk in the park. It's very important to make sure your raw tracks are as strong as they can be, and that the tone and overall sound is where you want it. Too much tweaking in mixdown ruins the feel, the emotion, and the groove of the song. And, of course, as the old saying goes: "Garbage in is garbage out." In other words, you can't polish a turd.

[Hook]

OTD, great tune!
Rock On!