the duo-sound: no frills, bells and whistles.

hi guys, after falling into a deep hole of self-doubt, and sounding like a bassless 5-piece band that sucks, we decided to do it all new again. if you click on the myspace-link below, you can hear our efforts, to get our duosound together on "tape". the guitars are all one take, no overdubs. little mistakes i left in place. you hear just vocals, drums and a guitar. thanks for your interest. eddie

You need a little more production on the vocal. The music sounds fine but the vocal sound doesn't match quite right with the feel of the music. It's almost like a pop vocal sound over a hardcore groove. The vocal sound seems like it was lifted from a completely different style of music. Nail that down and you've got a killer sound!

I really dig the relationship between the drums and guitar. Great vibe!

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hmmmm...... how can it be done? i have that voice built in, kinda. you have an idea? eddie

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hmmmm...... how can it be done? i have that voice built in, kinda. you have an idea? eddie

Bring the guitar and drums up in the mix, lower the vocals in the mix. Double track the guitar, and run it in stereo.

I would first try removing the reverb effect from the instruments. Then I would try using the same reverb setting for the instruments and vocals all at once. This will help unify the sound in such a way that it appears to have been recorded live, in the same room at the same time. Using a single reverb will help create that ambience. You can also try to EQ everything seperately and then use a master EQ over the whole track to get some of the same frequencies firing through the reverb in a like manner.

I know the sound you're going for and the instruments have it. You just need to give the vocals the same treatment.

hello friends, thanks for the good advice. i tried to follow you on the track "statesboro blues". i lowered the vocals, took off all the individual reverbs, and added a garageband master preset called rock-more-punch to the track. do you think that works better? eddie

I still think the vocal is too up front and the whole thing would benefit from being washed in the same reverb. At some point very soon though, we're into one man's opinion verses anothers.

You could also try delay panning the vocal.

Split the vocal through a stereo delay unit set to 12 ms with the left channel panned to 9:00 and the right channel panned to 3:00. Add reverb to the delayed side ONLY. It's a very expansive ambiant effect that just might help the vocal blend better with the music.

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alright tlenator, i reduced the vocals a bit and added some "rockabilly" echo to one of the doubled vocal tracks. can´t do exactly what you suggest delaywise, but this maybe close to what you think. does that sound kinda alright? if yes, that could be the main direction to mix all the stuff. eddie

Nice! A little more reverb on the whole mix and I'd say you've got it! (at least to my ear)

alright. i leave it like it is, because the guys at fuego records have a very nice mastering-tool and they can do better things than me later. thanks a lot for your transatlantic assistance telenator. that helped me a lot. we will have a beer later. eddie

Cool man. Beer is good.

its groovey

hi friends, if you have the time, you can have a listen to travelling band. i played a pretty dry guitartrack and put the vocals way back. your opinion is highly appreciated. eddie