dope, I love the lofi/chip/guitar mix!

dope, I love the lofi/chip/guitar mix!

This has got a vibe, a character. The way it gets retro and laid back before the vocals come in, when synth and guitar kick in, love it. I'd stereo-out the guitar though. Vocals would sound nicer, IMO, if you added a perspective distance. Also, I'd make'em a bit brighter on high-mids. I personally didn't enjoy the 3rd part, where it gets all muddy. Is it too much reverb or boosted freqs... hmmm...

This has got a vibe, a character. The way it gets retro and laid back before the vocals come in, when synth and guitar kick in, love it. I'd stereo-out the guitar though. Vocals would sound nicer, IMO, if you added a perspective distance. Also, I'd make'em a bit brighter on high-mids. I personally didn't enjoy the 3rd part, where it gets all muddy. Is it too much reverb or boosted freqs... hmmm... :rolleyes:

Sounds good, although I agree with everything Rokz says above. If you aren't used to making your guitar and vocals wider, there are some great resources on Youtube (look for "vocal doubling"). I usually do something similar to vocal doubling with my acoustic guitar tracks and often add just a touch of either a flanger or distortion (sometimes both) to one of the doubler tracks which gives me a sound I really like (although it's probably not for everyone).

Overall, sounds awesome, though.

Sounds good, although I agree with everything Rokz says above. If you aren't used to making your guitar and vocals wider, there are some great resources on Youtube (look for "vocal doubling"). I usually do something similar to vocal doubling with my acoustic guitar tracks and often add just a touch of either a flanger or distortion (sometimes both) to one of the doubler tracks which gives me a sound I really like (although it's probably not for everyone). Overall, sounds awesome, though.

this is a really unique combination of vocals/guitar and ellisdeejay.  i think if you played around with the mixing and developed the sound further you could totally release a whole album of this.

this is a really unique combination of vocals/guitar and ellisdeejay. i think if you played around with the mixing and developed the sound further you could totally release a whole album of this.

Thanks guys! This type of feedback is exactly what I was hoping to get out of weekly beats Hopefully my future tracks will show what I've learned. Also, could you elaborate how I could add "perspective distance"?

A whole album, eh? I'll see what I can do.

[quote=RokZRooM]This has got a vibe, a character. The way it gets retro and laid back before the vocals come in, when synth and guitar kick in, love it. I'd stereo-out the guitar though. Vocals would sound nicer, IMO, if you added a perspective distance. Also, I'd make'em a bit brighter on high-mids. I personally didn't enjoy the 3rd part, where it gets all muddy. Is it too much reverb or boosted freqs... hmmm... :rolleyes:[/quote] [quote=Edmund Snyder]Sounds good, although I agree with everything Rokz says above. If you aren't used to making your guitar and vocals wider, there are some great resources on Youtube (look for "vocal doubling"). I usually do something similar to vocal doubling with my acoustic guitar tracks and often add just a touch of either a flanger or distortion (sometimes both) to one of the doubler tracks which gives me a sound I really like (although it's probably not for everyone). Overall, sounds awesome, though.[/quote] Thanks guys! This type of feedback is exactly what I was hoping to get out of weekly beats :) Hopefully my future tracks will show what I've learned. Also, could you elaborate how I could add "perspective distance"? [quote=bryface]this is a really unique combination of vocals/guitar and ellisdeejay. i think if you played around with the mixing and developed the sound further you could totally release a whole album of this.[/quote] A whole album, eh? I'll see what I can do.

In essence, doubling adds width (I'm not sure if that's the same as perspective distance).  It is sometimes done by making the vocalist record multiple tracks (but the tracks have to be almost identical to sound right) and using the distance between the recorder's record head and play head to give a delay.  Today it's much easier, you just make a couple copy tracks of your lead vocals and add about some delay to both.  I like to make one -20ms and the other +25 ms.  The larger the delay, the bigger the effect.  Then I move one channel to the right and the other to the left about 75% each.  It works best (in my opinion) to only use the delay on strong parts of the song (like the chorus).  I do essentially the same thing with my acoustic guitar track but sometimes with additional effects and usually for the entire song.

In essence, doubling adds width (I'm not sure if that's the same as perspective distance). It is sometimes done by making the vocalist record multiple tracks (but the tracks have to be almost identical to sound right) and using the distance between the recorder's record head and play head to give a delay. Today it's much easier, you just make a couple copy tracks of your lead vocals and add about some delay to both. I like to make one -20ms and the other +25 ms. The larger the delay, the bigger the effect. Then I move one channel to the right and the other to the left about 75% each. It works best (in my opinion) to only use the delay on strong parts of the song (like the chorus). I do essentially the same thing with my acoustic guitar track but sometimes with additional effects and usually for the entire song.

Oh, I also wanted to add that I really like the mix.  I can hear every instrument clearly which isn't always true with my mixes.

Oh, I also wanted to add that I really like the mix. I can hear every instrument clearly which isn't always true with my mixes.

Really dope! I suggest moving rhythm guitar away from the center (I think there is a bit too much going on there). And yeah I would definitely buy an album of stuff like that

Really dope! I suggest moving rhythm guitar away from the center (I think there is a bit too much going on there). And yeah I would definitely buy an album of stuff like that :)

what an interesting choice of sounds and vocals! nice work dude.

what an interesting choice of sounds and vocals! nice work dude.

Please more chip+vocal songs! I love this combination and it's so rare
This is very moody indeed - please do get busy with the aforementioned album

Please more chip+vocal songs! I love this combination and it's so rare :D This is very moody indeed - please do get busy with the aforementioned album ;)