My songs

[gaz7224]

Hi...

These are 2 of my songs that I made/wrote in cubase a few years ago.

My hard drives failed and I lost the cubase sequences.  I have all my songs on mini disc in storage.  These two were on mum's laptop.

I used my TD6 for the drums and acoustic guitar, and my triton-rack for the rest.  I mixed the sounds internally and just stereo'd out both modules.  The mix probably isn't perfect.

Everything is midi.  I have to use the key editor in cubase as I can't play anything physically due to my disability.

Gaz

[gaz7224]

My other song...

[stainless]

I especially liked the Ballad- nice easy listening- had me thinking of movie credits rolling by with it playing!

The rock tune was a bit too repetitious for me, and the cowbell (?) sounded too much like a metronome, but that's a personal thing

just keep doing what you're doing!

[RawDepth]

Hey, Gaz. I liked them both. If you have a disability it must not be in your ears. That was fine song writing and decent mixing. Embrace the skills you have and keep `em coming.

The kick drum seemed a teeny bit loud but not really enough to be annoying. This may depend on what speakers we listen on. Some have hotter transient response than others which makes things sound different. Have you listened to your songs on different audio/stereo systems?

I have never experimented with MIDI but I plan to someday. Probably because I don't have a keyboard to play with.

[gaz7224]

The rock tune was a bit too repetitious for me, and the cowbell (?) sounded too much like a metronome, but that's a personal thing

I agree.  Think I got a bit carried away with the cowbell too...

This may depend on what speakers we listen on. Some have hotter transient response than others which makes things sound different. Have you listened to your songs on different audio/stereo systems?

At the time, I was using a Sony 'Megabass' system.  The low-end was exaggerated a lot.  Found it really hard to mix the kick and bass - it was either too low, or too high, when played on other systems.

I upgraded my hi-fi to a Denon AV amp, and it was much more accurate, even with the same speakers.  I didn't re-mix the song though.

At the moment I'm using my mum's floor-standing speakers.  I'm still unsure of how 'bassie' my mixes should be.  I try and gauge by listening to CDs.  The highs and mids are quite flat, but the bass is still exaggerated (Depending where you are in the room)...  I try to get a balanced sound to my mixes (Bass/Treble/Mid), but it's hard to judge.

At college, I mixed a CD for one of the 'GAP students'.  Guitar/vocal/bit of keys or percussion.  It sounded fine in the studio (Teacher approved), but when I played it on my hi-fi, there was a low frequency hum on every single song.    I was gutted because through the studio monitors, it sounded fine and you couldn't hear the hum.

So I think I need to think carefully about what monitors I buy for my new house/studio.  Think I'm sticking with a A/V amp, as it has digital inputs, and then have a 2.1 speaker system.  I just need to calibrate it properly, and listen to CDs on the system so I have an 'idea' of what my mixes 'should' sound like.

Gaz