My 4th Mix - something like Country/Southern Rock but who cares.

    I think this one is a marked improvement from my first two mixes, and it's in a genre I don't really play. I tried to separate the instruments as best I can thus far. I boosted the the top end of the overall mix but think maybe I did too much? Critique away the mix part (not my playing please ;)). Chris Duncan


    I fixed my bass Franjoe30 . I even added more Cowbell! :P


    The more you find what Kemper can do then the harder you try to find what it cannot do -- like make a good cup of Frappuccino.

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    Sounds great and a definite improvement to my ears. What did you use for the drums? are they programed?

    I used SD3 and made my own fills one note at a time. Then I randomized the individual notes velocities myself on the fills and grooves to get that "human" feel. I did this across 4 bars instead of just 2 of them. Then it was just copy and paste. I don't think the automatic randomizer thingy in SD3 is as convincing.

    The more you find what Kemper can do then the harder you try to find what it cannot do -- like make a good cup of Frappuccino.

    BTW, this is the song I did the small tempo swing from 120 to 128bpm. I think it worked well.

    The more you find what Kemper can do then the harder you try to find what it cannot do -- like make a good cup of Frappuccino.

    Mix has good clarity and separation on all instruments. Good advice I always manage to forget is just go and listen to tracks you’re trying to emulate and then try to match their mix and sounds.


    I think you want the guitar chord stabs to have more energy in which case less is more, so that means less of everything behind them too. Drop out the unnecessary drums except on where you want accents, drop out bass, drop out anything else, let the guitar be loud and proud!

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    Mix has good clarity and separation on all instruments. Good advice I always manage to forget is just go and listen to tracks you’re trying to emulate and then try to match their mix and sounds.


    I think you want the guitar chord stabs to have more energy in which case less is more, so that means less of everything behind them too. Drop out the unnecessary drums except on where you want accents, drop out bass, drop out anything else, let the guitar be loud and proud!

    I think I am putting myself at a disadvantage since I play and record singing the lyrics in my head, and I kind of hear the playback that way. I really won't know how the mix works until vocals get tracked in... and my voice would destroy the song. I need that last puzzle piece though. One day...

    The more you find what Kemper can do then the harder you try to find what it cannot do -- like make a good cup of Frappuccino.

    I like this tune but I do have a suggestion for the drums as you use SD3.

    There's a library of drum grooves and fills included in SD3. This library has a great search function where you play the basic groove you want and then SD3 suggest grooves that will fit your general idea and fills to go with it.


    Cheers,


    Mats N