Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] some more 'made with Linux' music
From: Daniel James (daniel_AT_mondodesigno.com)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 15:43:30 EET
> When you
> say "Recorded with Audacity by me, mixed with Ardour and mastered
> with Jamin", are you saying that you recorded the actual tracks in
> some program/hardware (other) than Ardour and just used Ardour to
> mix them?
Yes - they were recorded using an 8 buss analogue mixer and M Audio
Delta 1010 direct to a Linux Mandrake box running Audacity. Ron opted
to mix the track in Ardour on his machine, so I exported one wav file
per track from Audacity.
> Just one comment about the mix... I was surprised at the (one)
> female vocal that was panned "hard right" (all the way to the
> right).
It's hard to get vocal choruses right - Ron actually did another mix
after this one with louder drums and the vocal sounds nearer the
centre of the stereo image, but the limiting on the second attempt
was rather harsh. (We'd been discussing the way pop records manage to
achieve such high average amplitude, but on reflection I'd prefer to
sacrifice some loudness for the sake of dynamics and overall
smoothness.)
> It's good the hear a natural sounding recording with live sounding
> instruments (as opposed to my approach of relying on soft synths).
Thanks! If I've learnt anything from trying to record real
instruments, it's that it's a lot easier to get it wrong than with
synthesised instruments. Since this recording was made, I have been
building up a better collection of microphones and have just arranged
to buy a bass preamp, which should all help.
Cheers
Daniel
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