check out my mix..what do you think?

strunz0 wrote on 8/8/2001, 8:08 AM

Hey guys! and Gals! I have recently done a recording using vegas. It is my first full blown production with it, as I am used to pro tools on a mac, and this was done using a delta1010, vegas, and a decent selection of mics that I have listed below.
On the vocals I used a Rode NT1. Djembe, AkG D112, and an sm 57, guitar - AKG C1000s on strings, and RODE NT1 on sound hole, and an NT1 on the Cello Strings AKG- D112 on body of cello.

I am proud of my computer systems performance: I used a pentium 500 xeon, with 256mb ram, and dual barracuda ultra wide scsi II drives. My Delta1010 performed like a champ! And I am starting to like vegas...they need to integrate a phase reversal switch though...i actually i had to manually put my audio file in to phase.

Tell me what you think..I engineered and produced this

http://www.electrobear.com/take_my_hand.mp3

Comments

Avene wrote on 8/8/2001, 8:28 AM

That sounds great. Very well done. Probably the first acoustic piece I've heard done with Vegas. Beautiful song aswell. Did you use any kind of compression or special mic preamps? I'm also curious if all the parts were tracked simultaneously, or separately? Oh, and were any plugins used, or just the standard Sonic Foundry eq and fx?

One other question. How do you find Vegas compared with Pro Tools? I've never used Pro Tools myself. I have a demo video they sent me, but most of the features they talk about seem to be things that Vegas does also.

strunz0 wrote on 8/8/2001, 9:51 AM

well, to be quite honest i think that pro tools is a ,much better format, but...it is cost too much money for a reasonable setup. pro tools can run you like 10000 just to get started...that does not include any respectable plugins or anything. Just hardware, and a computer capable of running it...not to mention that it doesnt work well on PC, and i love my pc.
the thing to remember is that vegas is very new to the multitrack software market. i feel that it has extreme potential and that is why I have chosen it as my software of choice...it is going somewhere...and it is solid, unlike most other software made on the PC...i would say the only comparison on the PC is samplitude audio.
I am an audio guy, and do not have much need for MIDI...MIDI gets in the way too much on other programs, like cubase and logic.

as far as the recording goes I used a behringer ultra gain pro preamp..only like 200 bucks....but not bad for the money.

I used a lot of compression on the back round vocals to make them sound angelic...i also used a quick delay to make the br vocals more breathy. I used all wave plugins, except for some sonic foundry compression on the djembe, and a bit of timeworks reverb on some guitar passages...like in the chorus to make it sound a little different. I used all envelopes to mix the 27 track song down to stereo...these envelopes are powerful, and I prefer them to the flying fader automation commonly used in pro tools.

darr wrote on 8/8/2001, 1:12 PM

Sounds great.Like the feel of the song.Vox a tad loud for my taste but dramatic effective of dynamics it does give.;-)
Great job.I will try to get some posts up for you as well.
DR
Thanx for letting me be a listener.

strunz0 wrote on 8/8/2001, 2:18 PM

no prob. i of course appreciate criticism too...so if there is any let me know.

Avene wrote on 8/8/2001, 9:30 PM

That's interesting. Thanks for the insight. I wouldn't have thought there'd be 27 tracks in there, but I guess they all add up.

dpfresh wrote on 8/9/2001, 8:51 AM

Well hey, while ya'll are at it.... Here is a mix I did in vegas as well:
http://www.kingcotton.cc/mp3/SMH-Boogaloo.mp3

Lemme know what ya think. I also use pro tools at work but have vegas for my home project studio and I must say I prefer Vegas for it's ease of use and intuitive design. Looking forward to vegas 3.00

BTW strunz0, nice mix and sounds you got on your recording.

edna6284 wrote on 8/9/2001, 11:38 AM

Sounds great...great singer...

I would just fix the acoustic guitar mistakes by taking good chunks and pasting them into the appropriate places.