Re: [LAU] Music made with Linux: "move along"

On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:21:30 +0100
Q <lists@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> Leigh Dyer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've just finished work on a new track -- it's available for download or
> > streaming from my blog and from Bandcamp:
> >
> > http://wootangent.net/2011/04/new-track-move-along/
> > http://pneuman.bandcamp.com/track/move-along
> >
> > If you've heard any of my previous electronic works, this will seem
> > quite different -- it's just piano, bass, drums, and vocals. The
> > instruments are all soft-synths:
> >
> > * Pianoteq for the piano sound (the K1 Grand)
> > * Linuxsampler CVS for drums, using an SFZ mapping of the RockStock kit
> > from Analogue Drums
> > * Fluidsynth-DSSI for the bass, using an SF2 file I dug up online
> >
> > The parts were all sequenced in Qtractor, and then the audio was
> > recorded in to Ardour 3, along with the vocals, for mixing. I didn't go
> > crazy with plugins while mixing-- just compressors and filters/EQ (all
> > Calf), IR with a Bricasti M7 impulse response for reverb, and Rakarrack
> > with an Ampeg SVT-810 bass cabinet impulse response on the bass. It's
> > meant to sound like a simple, natural performance on real instruments,
> > and for the most part I think it achieves that well enough.
> >
> > I also used the zita-at1 autotuner to do some subtle pitch correction on
> > the vocals. There were only a couple of notes that really needed
> > correction, so I turned off automatic correction (by disabling all of
> > the notes on the scale in the GUI) and then controlled it from a MIDI
> > track in Ardour, drawing in MIDI notes to trigger the correction just
> > where it was needed.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Leigh
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>
> Hi Leigh
>
> I don't think I've listened to any of your music before, so I'd no
> preconceptions or expectations.
>
> I found the vocals rather muddy, indistinct and distant, which is a
> shame as you have a good voice.
>
> To me, the piece seemed rather flat, lacking in dynamic contour; the
> sparse instrumentation really didn't help in this regard. The drums were
> rather quiet and didn't seem to add much energy to the mix at all.
>
> Because the piano pretty much carries the piece I found it got very
> monotonous, very quickly: the solo towards the end was a welcome relief
> and the backing vocals were a nice touch but it was too little, too late
> for me.
>
> Overall, it's pleasant and good, but I feel with some work it could
> deliver more.
>
> Cheers
>
> Q

It's a good song, and I like your singing, but the piano needs to be pushed a
*long* way further back in the mix.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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