@blisterpop i can't really mix or master, so take this with a grain of salt - i'd pull the ride cymbal back a little bit (it sounds a touch brittle) and possibly find a slightly louder but softer sounding kick drum (felt beater?) this is a lovely track, perhaps the drums can help make it sound a bit more 'fuzzy' and 'warm'? (if that's the sound you're after.) also, thanks for sending me to the lester bangs article - what a great read...

I really enjoyed this. Great choice of song. Your drums feels like they could be spaced out in the stereo field a bit more. The bass and the bass drum could be moved further apart with EQ. Really like the keys. Have you seen this? slatedigital.com/fresh-air/ Is free and might add some sparkle to your vocal.

Sounds pretty good; just curious what would happen if you automated some delay/reverb that goes to an extreme setting just for a second or two where the lyrics come to a pause (e.g., "to be born again").  Also, how about another layer or two of vocals to create some emphasis and variation in choruses or something.

The process for recording and mastering is long. The result, in my ears, is a charming and personal cover. The feeling is a little bit unpolished. That’s positive. The cymbal feels right, but the guitar is a little load sometimes. But that’s okay. The flute sound is magic. Feels a little distant. Less reverb and stereo fx? The lyrics is clear, and the light reverb is right. #clarification

Short piece tuned to 23edo, made using Aalto.

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l'humeur du poisson gris - disquiet0529

Recorded 31 May 2014, mixed & mastered June 02 2022 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

This is a cover version of a song by Van Morrison.  ©1968 Van Morrison.  

I am looking for input on my mixing and mastering here.  Is the master too hot?  Is there enough clarity between the parts?  Do the vocals and lead guitar shine through in the mix? Is the cymbal too loud (I quite like it during the guitar solo and during the mellotron/loud parts)? Honestly, details other than "good" or "bad" for the mix or master will always be welcome.  However, I am not soliciting any comments on my performances here instrumentally or vocally.  I have enough critics of that kind living in my head, thank you.  I also have no intention of adding or removing or re-recording any of the parts here.  

What I am currently working on is a remix project whilst simultaneously learning some iZotope plugins.  The material is a covers EP I completed/released first in 2014.  This followed a serious hospital stay and in my mind represented a "stripped-down" approach similar to my cassette 4-track work in the 90s - guitar, bass, drum sounds, vocals, basic keys - and as opposed to my "kitchen sink" approach in the 00s with songs that had 50-100 tracks each at times.   This particular cover is Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks" and is dedicated to Lester Bangs and his horrific experience related to this song and album by Van, as understood by my reading of the book "Let It Blurt" by Jim Derogatis.  Lester had a sort of subconscious reach into my life as in high school I was an avid Creem reader of the period slightly before and after his death.  His shadow was all over that magazine at that time.  

Process notes - 
On this track I played a Jay Turser Mustang-inspired guitar, an Epi EB-0 bass, an M-Audio Trigger Finger (triggering some jazz-type Ableton Live drum rack), a cheap cymbal (same one from the 90s) and two tracks of GForce M-Tron string and flute sounds.  My arrangement in this 31 May 2014 version subs in a plunky angular lead guitar for the vocal ad-libs that Van originally gave us and what I tried to do with no success when I almost gave up on the project in Jan 2014. I also opted for a shorter track length than either Van's version or much of the "kitchen sink" work I was doing in the 00s.  

The plugins used were Nectar 3 Plus, Neutron 3 Advanced/Visual Mixer (and now 4), and Ozone 9 Advanced.  In a limited way, these plugins AI "assisted" me in my mix levels, my mastering treatments and my instrument and vocal effects.  I used a hybrid approach where I did not give the iZotope plugins my naked tracks but rather used most of the channel "racks" (strips) set up in 2014, originally in Ableton Live 9 32-bit and remixed here in Live 11 64-bit.  Nor did I use the Visual Mixer for panning.  Subjectively speaking, for the past year or so, my mastering has improved with the help of iZotope's Elements plugins, so I recently went and upgraded.  I then committed to learning some new tricks for these old ears.  I also tweaked some things that I felt the AI missed, but did not dwell on almost anything here for more than a minute or two.     

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This track was originally released under the artist name "Vowel Samples."

Cold Cover Calibration (2022 remix/remaster)

Astral Weeks (02 June 2022 remix/remaster - disquiet0544)

The main goal of my trip to Lorraine in the east of France was to record Common Midwife Toads. The location was an old disused quarry just outside Lérouville and knowing the toads begin calling after dusk, I arrived early to have time to scope out the location. I was immediately greeted by a group of very vocal Pool Frogs and Edible Frogs, their calls echoing around the quarry. I captured this recording much later that night, just after midnight. 

Sound Devices Mix Pre 6 + 2 x Sennheiser MKH 8040s (ORTF)
Recorded on 05.06.2022
Photo credit : Holger Krisp (Creative Commons)

Pool Frogs And Edible Frogs - Lorraine, France

Composed and produced by Francesco Vitti
Registered in the studios of EKOS records (Italy)

FREE

2022-11-01

thin Thread

Audispur

dark and cold and wet

This track is a token of gratitude to the creators of the open source software I use in my work. It was constructed using Pure Data, Samplebrain, Audacity & various vst's.

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Soundforest (disquiet0569)

An electronic composition, sounds created in Pure Data.

Stepping on Clouds (naviarhaiku466)

Anthem for the Wilderchild in all of us.

Music - Stu King
Jazzmaster Electric
Orangewood Acoustic
Digital Delay
Analog Delay
Reverb

Field Recording - Domar1979

Wilderchild

Wilderchild (naviarhaiku467)

beautiful chaos
the leaves’ quixotic dance
in autumn winds

haiku by Jessica Renee Dawson https://twitter.com/live_the_light

picture by Autumn Mott Rodeheaver https://unsplash.com/@autumnmott

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

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halF quixotiC [naviarhaiku467]

Making music is about being surprised.
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Astral Weeks (02 June 2022 remix/remaster - disquiet0544)

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