Album is finished, all done in Ableton

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by nebulae » Thu May 13, 2010 7:52 pm

Jimmy wanted to add to the bassline, so he redid it and sent it to me for a mix. Here's the alternate version: http://nebulae.bandcamp.com/track/sunda ... -alternate

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by H20nly » Thu May 13, 2010 9:14 pm

^ nice... you do it justice.

did you add that bottomless reverb to her voice? I love it. its really deep but not really wide, if that makes sense. in other words, it doesn't carry on for longer than it should time wise but goes off in the distance where its at...behind the song instead of along with it. hard to explain but sweet to hear. most noticeable at the beginning of the song where she says "open the windows wide" - fitting.

I'm guessing plug, but if there's a standard trick to get that, and you feel like sharing, I'd be most grateful for a PM...
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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by nebulae » Thu May 13, 2010 9:36 pm

No need to PM, as it's not really a secret trick. I have an ArtsAcoustic reverb on Send 1, and I usually dial up the second preset called Long Gone or something like that. I muffle the top end, and then dial the tail down to about 5-6s, which is still very long, but without the high end, there's just roomy mids in the verb tail.

Then I compress the ass out of the vocal so it feels really up front, and then I'll send about 33% to the verb. So you have an upfront vocal, but the send gives you that nice roomy tail in the back. Sits nicely in a mix.

The backing/secondary vocal has a delay on the insert, and I usually let that get all washy, as is the case in this song.

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by H20nly » Thu May 13, 2010 10:05 pm

the result is tits! nice work!
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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by nebulae » Thu May 13, 2010 10:14 pm

Thanks! I had a great voice to work with - pleasure was all mine. Mind you, not carnally, of course. :(

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by nebulae » Thu May 13, 2010 10:14 pm

Not yet, that is.

;)

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by H20nly » Thu May 13, 2010 11:04 pm

:D keep striving!
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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by bosonHavoc » Fri May 14, 2010 6:00 pm

hey now.. i dont know how i feel about that.. well i guess if i was involved or if we got a record contract or something like that
i mean we usually play young potential pop star meets executive producer
so their has been some practice in that relm...
um have i said to much..
bye now

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by nebulae » Fri May 14, 2010 6:03 pm

I was mainly concerned about how Mrs. Lux feels about it. :P


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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by bosonHavoc » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:07 pm

the remix kicks much booty... thanks neb! we love you :)

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by liveISlife » Sat Sep 25, 2010 1:57 pm

Sunday Drive is pretty cool. Do more stuff like that. :P

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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by Heiko » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:25 pm

Great album, congrats! Lovely tracks, really well done, the music speaks, grooves, wobbles, dubs, breathes!
And great sound, and yes, first time I'm hearing tracks with vocals all done in Live! Great!
Hope you get it out there a lot!
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Re: Album is finished, all done in Ableton

Post by nebulae » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:53 pm

^ you guys should see these two live. Great stuff.

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Post by Heiko » Sat Sep 25, 2010 5:57 pm

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