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Old 12-03-2008, 01:20 AM
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Default Re: Neil Macleod/ highwayman

Really love you vocals, Neil. Unfortunately on this one you're let down by the other sounds. The guitar tone is oversaturated & smeary - needs more clarity & definition. Yeah, the drums don't sound too good, but it's amazing what you can achieve if you're willing to spend the time - it's hard to know whether they are salvageable without hearing the raw tracks. They sound reasonably in time, although they don't seem to have been hit with any real authority,(the first step in a good drum sound - hit them HARD) you may still be able to recussitate them if they've been recorded in the multi-track method with careful gating, eq & compression. If you haven't tried them already, I would highly recommend Digitalfishphones free set of plugins for this sort of job. If the sound is still just unusable, perhaps you could rescue it with some drum replacement. The bass too, needs some more definition - but this is probably just down to eq. Also, lay off on the reverb, as it's swamping this one a bit. If you must have lots of reverb, familiarize yourself with the "pre-delay" control on the reverb & high pass filter the reverb send buss so that you get rid of any muddiness in the reverb.
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