By His Works

[derekf]

A bit different from most songs I have heard on here. My first song to bash. What do you think? appreciate all comments.

[dsangree]

Hm...im not sure how to critique this sort of music. It sounds exactly like final fantasy music.

1) I think the mix is a little too right dominant.
2) main keyboard is not wide enough. I would try to create more of a stereo image out of it. Its really the main thing going on and it sounds lackluster.
3) keyboard needs a little punch. you could try compressing a little more and bringing up in the mix

Real mellow sounding...if you are going for that then you are on the right track.

[derekf]

Thanks Dsangree
You've given me some ideas to work on. I am going for mellow and thanks for moving outside your comfort zone musically.
Derek

[8trackheaven]

really liked this!
very nice guitar!
cello sound works a treat!
keyboards might lack some nice treatment, reverb / echo, sort of thing, to make a more spacey sound, that returns to that lovely guitar!

[Necromancer]

Final Fantasy? lol
This is killer. Actually brought a smile to my face. Around 2:20 I got chills. Seriously.

I agree about it leaning to the right, but just a tad. Maybe a little more abience on the guitar too.

[gradgt]

I like this song!

One thing I would do though, is I would record the guitar tracks twice, and pan one left and the other right. That will make it sound a lot better. Also yes, probably more reverb on the guitar. Also I think a softer keyboard sound would be more suitable... it sounds a little harsh compared to the rest of the song. Maybe just switch to a standard sine wave or something? I dunno- that's up to you though

Anyways though It's a good song and I can listen to it as-is.

[derekf]

Hey thanks guys. Just looked back here after a few days absence and appreciate your comments. I have done a bit of work on it and here is ver 2. Have had some gear probs and my monitoring situation isn't that great. Have just installed a tascam fireone interface which is playing back audio fine and improved monitoring considerably but can't work out how to get it to work as a control surface for logic express 8. If you can give me any pointers on that I would be very grateful. I understand it should be possible even though it is not one of the original supported interfaces.