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[Rally boy]

Drums sound good.
Not sure about the bass guitar at all (sorry), it just sits way too out there for me and not good. It sounds far too chunky/pleccy (and off time at bits?) I think you should tame it a fair bit (especially when vox are on) and go for a bit of a U2 With or without you bass sound….more rounded and compressed?

You could maybe even sidechain it with the drums somehow to get them pumping together?

Keep at it.

[Rally boy]

Hey Dan.

I’m just listening to it on the decent cans, and yeah i think it’s got better, i can hear the bass and warmth now.

Constructive critisim ( and only my opinion)

I still think you need the (non acoustic) guitars are sitting too panned and need routed to a group track and a stereo enhancer put on them, for me they are just a tad too wide.

Also think the acoustic should be brought into the middle a bit.

Also now that it’s coming together a bit more (IMO), I think you should get the vocals and backing vocals better (sorry) To me they sound sonically good, and the flavour is also great, i just think they could be better. I’d maybe even ask your bro to try do the back vox to add a bit more colour.

Think big! the song is really good and I can see the song appealing to a lot of people.

p.s. I hope you aren’t expecting too much from me when you hear any of mine! lol, i’m a good critic!

Keep at it.

[Rally boy]

Really good, and i really like it.

(Reminded me of Shane MacGowan! lol)

Constructive criticism…..

Main Vocal, seems a tad too dry and too upfront….. and are you using a compressor at all? (the very end vox seems a smidgen loud i think too)

Try a bit of plate reverb with a bit of pre delay to sit it back a smidgen.

(i’d also try doubling/copying the “main” vocal track and putting two different reverb times on them and see if you like it or not.)

I’d sit your 2nd vocal back in the mix with a longer pre delay on the reverb, and darken the reverb, or use a hall, so it sounds darker.

On your output bus put a stereo enhancer on, it sounds too stereo as is, the SE will melt it all together.

Then get it mastered by a pro.

Love the sound of the keys.

Where’s the bass? sounds a bit low? programmed or played?

Really good song and playing… listened to it about 4 or 5 times.

Keep it up.

[Rally boy]

Most of the hosts will prob have a multi-band, I use Cubase 5 and it has one, but I use UAD cards and have their multi-band. I think Waves will do one. Just start one on a mastering preset and take it from there.

I’m from UK.

I’ve got a YouTube channel with some older stuff on it but I’ll post a link to some recent stuff when I get something finished, I’ve not long started tinkering again ??

[Rally boy]

@Torbjörn Koivisto said:
Made a little lyric video as well!
https://youtu.be/E76LcHj6yHY  

I don’t normally like this type of music, but I like it!

Reminds me of the White Stripes.

Where’s the Bass guitar in the mix?

[Rally boy]

Great.

So it’s safe to uninstall EZDrummer, (or any other VSTi/ plugin), then reinstall as all the settings are saved in the DAW itself and not via the pluggin.

Thanks.

[Rally boy]

Had a listen, and tbh it’s not my cup of tea.

However, a few things i personally think could make it better.

I don’t think you should have the rota toms going on/panning during a verse, it distracts from the lyrics/song. I’d also lift the vox up a little bit at Choruses, and maybe add a little rhythmic cowbell for an extra little lift.

Bass drum i think it could come through a bit more, EQ’d and shorter release for a bit more punch and cut through the mix a bit.

Also think maybe you should try a multiband compressor on the overall output and try get some dynamics going on.

And listening to it on my cheapo headphones (at my work), it seems a little quiet? maybe a limiter on the output channel and crank it up a bit? and i can’t really hear any bass (prob due to these headphones).

Really like what you done with the vox at 1.25 ish….. the delay thing, very very cool!

Hope that helps/keeps you busy! lol

[Rally boy]

Thanks.

[Rally boy]

Thanks.

What actually should happen?

I mean if you have a project that uses EZ1 with an Expansion installed, but you open it up on a different PC with EZ2 without the same expansion installed?

[Rally boy]

No, not that i know of.

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