No, not meedee. SOS

[Mr. Marty]

If hnry posted, Does that mean I can too?

Some of you have heard my noise before. It hasn't changed.
I did invest in some new mixing tools.....and hardware.
All just to do the "Same Ole Shit".
Room to Live.

[Ifunkus]

Its beautiful Marty, clean and crisp, could be an intro to a movie or along them lines, no qualms here buddy. Good job. sounds really nice through my M audio bx 8's

[Mr. Marty]

Thank you Ivan. I try. I replaced my powered desktop monitors for a passive set of JBL 4410 studio monitors. This week I had to buy a new A2D converter as the old Edirol unit started dropping input channels. I bought a Motu 828se. Man you talk about spaghetti. It has more inputs and outputs. I am still working on setting levels. Since the monitors are passive I had to have an amp. Found a Hafler P3100 which was a good match for the JBL monitors. I am currently trying to tie in a Pioneer RT-707 reel to reel. The others will come later when I figure the source levels out on this.

But what really helped was finding the Tokyo Dawn VSTs. They a have a set of EQs and compressors that work great both in mixing and mastering. Did some reading on loudness levels too so now I have some measure of output levels.

Thanks for the ear man.

[Ifunkus]

sounds cool man, id say them jbl monitors are nice, nice bit of equipment you've got , fun for hours there, no doubt about that,

and....more than welcome brother, any time.

[Heigen5]

Listening right now:
Excellent stuff, nice sparkly finger-picks and touches. Easy for the mind and very relaxing too...
Nice variation to electronic stuff. I have JBL LS R305 actives myself - they are pretty good too.
Glad you're satisfied with your new "toys".

[Trobador222]

Tasteful as always Marty!

[Ashley]

Wow this sounds so beautiful I love the harmonics, great track!!

[Lasagna Pirate]

That piano sounds very jangly.

[Mr. Marty]

Dane your ears need retuning.

Many of you mentioned "crisp". Too much?

[Ifunkus]

Battle joking lads

[Citizen Dolly]

If hnry posted, Does that mean I can too?

Some of you have heard my noise before. It hasn't changed.
I did invest in some new mixing tools.....and hardware.
All just to do the "Same Ole Shit".
Room to Live.

So what VSTi did you use for the guitar bits Marty? Really nice and evocative vibe as I recall was usual with your work.

[Mr. Marty]

Thanks Dolly,
I used several from TDR (Tokyo Dawn Records) VST. Each track starts with Nova GE, a highly versatile 6 band parametric EQ and compressor(s). Each band has its own compressor. This recording was a bit brittle so I added a de-edger on the rhythm. That goes into a reverb vst from Cakewalk. The output goes into a compressor/limiter for the track output. All three tracks have these VSTs. The rhythm goes into TDT/s SlickEQ which is sort of like a 6 band compressor. It allows for the width adjustment and placement for specific frequencies. It is a nice way to spread the rhythm track. All tracks end up in the master track where the Kotelnikov compressor is applied then passed to a final limiter. The limiter is just to monitor the loudness of the overall output.

[Citizen Dolly]

I've used Nova before - tis cool.

[Mr. Marty]

I've used Nova before - tis cool.

You should try the Kotelnikov mastering compressor. There is a free version like Nova. If you got the cash I would suggest the SkickEQ it really enhances the stage image of the music.