Thanks all for the input. I am moved.
Terence, I totally understood your comment. I got a chuckle
Paddy, very much appreciate the critique and the encouragement. Very kind.
H20nly, thank you also for listening and commenting.
I am going to focus on this one for a while. It will be a great way to dig deeper into Live and learn more about the program. I have just hit my summer holidays and so can book some time for myself. I will start tomorrow with vocals again and see what I can come up with.
As far as EQ goes, I had not put any in the signal chain. I think I understand correctly what I would be trying to achieve with highlighting the frequencies of the individual parts but I did not think that it would be needed with the 3 essential parts. I dropped the Piano EQ 1 & 2 presets from the EQ8 Instrument Audio effects in Lives library on to the piano track this afternoon and briefly listened but could not locate much if any of a difference with the sound. I will revisit that again tomorrow.
My own opinion was that I thought the vocals were too loud, or the piano was too weak. Singing wise I can definitely chip away and correct pitch. I also did not like some of the pace of the way I sung the words, almost a bit sticky. Piano wise its pretty bland. I would like to change it up a bit without making it a feature or highlight. There are a couple of places where the sustain pedal release was too abrupt. Bass wise... probably in the same camp as the keys, needs a tad more variety without drawing attention. This demo though was just on 4 hours work ( 6 takes on vocals, 3 takes on bass and 1 take on keys with some editing of the bum notes)... so I am very happy that it served its purpose and that you could see some potential. I might just have to dust off some of the other old songs and give them a go.
Oh, my monitors are Logitech Z4 gaming speakers with a sub. The reason for the confusion was that my old Techniques headphones and the monitors gave me the same basic result. What I heard in the cans was what I got in the monitors. They also sound great with my favorite tunes. The vocals on this tune through the BD 990 headphones vs the monitors are dramatically different. It was a curve ball I was not expecting. I have to readjust what my references are I think. I am pretty sure I can budget in monitors in the next financial year
. Until then, we shall carry on. I would love it if you could check in again when you notice as I work on this and update it.
Cheers. Greg.
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Your voice is very good man. And a very nice song at that. The difference you hear in the headphones is that they don't give you the best frequency response. Monitors (depending on which one) are more likely to be accurate. All this track needs is a HP filter to tame the bottom end and perhaps some EQ on the piano to home in on the fundamental frequecies of the intrument. Stand up and take a bow....I loved it. Thanks for the share.
