Both perceptions are due to the Haas/precedence effect. And personally I think that if it sounds like all of the guitar is coming from the left (for example), that's kind of sucky... in that case, for the most part, you might as well put the guitar in one channel only and be done with it.

I looked at this topic in depth when I wrote my own VST plugin for stereo widening. If you want it to sound like two takes, nothing beats recording two takes, period. In my opinion, panning the same signal hard left and right and delaying one side by X ms is the worst option out of all, because the ...

The general rule for reverb is: add in reverb until you think it sounds good, then turn it down a little bit.

Does this require multiple accounts for multiple artists (free version)? Nope, it looks like you can add as many artists as you like in a single account. Your account is for a single writer/author/producer (real name for credits and copyright purposes) but there's a strict separation of writers and...

Found another "pretty much free" service... Songtradr ! It's originally a (sync) licensing service (and they still do that, automatically doing sync licensing for you, and you get a 60% cut or 80% with a Pro subscription) but they expanded into distribution. Their cut: 10% (0% if you subsc...

By the way, something I didn't realize until now is that DistroKid will delete your releases if you stop paying. There's a separate charge to keep a release up no matter what ($29 per release). In other words, if you release very few things, DK can actually end up being more expensive in the long ru...

If you can't do a test, then as I said, any of the popular monitors in the price range will do. I like the JBLs (though keep in mind I have the older models) because they sound detailed and "nice" - to me at least. I didn't really get the chance to test a wide range of speakers, either, bu...

They didn't send me anything new after the 40% deal, but that link seems to be working still even though they claimed that it would expire after 48 hours.

... still didn't act on it and now they sent me another mail with a 40% discount.

Side note: yesterday I tried DistroKid's signup process out of interest and stopped before actually picking a plan. Today I got an automated email for a 35% discount (valid 48h) for the first year. Might be useful to know if you ever want to sign up there.

The vocal tuning features of Nectar are extremely basic (even in the advanced version), I'm kind of undecided about the other features but I usually prefer processing the vocals myself. Personally I don't think Nectar is worth the money. That said, Ozone is pretty darn good (though not exactly a nec...

Thanks for reviewing. I really get stuck on mixing, probably because (1) I do it on headphones and then get discouraged when I play it on anything else and (2) there's so much about mixing and mastering that I don't understand. I have no idea what to focus on once I have my tracks down. I only some...

I have a pair of JBL LSR305 - discontinued, the successor seems to be the 305P MkII, currently ~$120 each. I like their sound (unlike, say, KRK RokIt which I can't stand) and in terms of detail they are clearly superior to everything I ever had before. Like all speakers this size, the low end doesn'...

Idk why the high end over-bothers me in my music, it always happens and I need to remember to pay attention to it. After writing and tracking instruments each fight, I usually only have a day or less to mix, and I find myself messing up on the things I thought I finally had figured out. I think thi...

I haven't reviewed in a while. I listened in randomized order, but the reviews are ordered alphabetically. I wrote these while listening and didn't spend that much time on them. I may have missed some details. Sorry not sorry! Brother Baker : In one word: convincing! The vocals don't always quite fl...

Duncan wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:00 pm

Can I ask what G&G is?

Guy/gal & guitar.

I realize that as long as I continue to be bad with the timing, people are going to complain about it. Obviously it doesn't come naturally to me, but I'll keep working on it. I wrote about this in a review thread last month but I think it deserves some more detail. Probably the main reason why you'...

Okay, here we go. It's been fun but I think I'm done with working on this now. https://songfight.net/forums/download/file.php?id=1490 Some notes: - Unfortunately many of the raw tracks had already been heavily processed, making it difficult to get everything out of them that I would have liked to ha...

I spent a few hours on a mix, using all of the original track in exactly the original places. I'll relisten after a good night's sleep, add any tweaks that come to mind and then I'll upload it. I also recorded a live stream of (most of) what I did, which I can share with you guys if you're intereste...

There sure is a lot of pre-processing on these tracks... this will be interesting.

Just to be absolutely clear - by "remix", are we talking about the common meaning where an artist/producer takes an original work and adds their own things to it as they please, or the stricter interpretation where it's really only about creating a new mixdown of the existing material with...

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