Tales of a Saturday Night | Now on spotify etc. | Alternative Rock

Last edited by steevm on Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:08 am, edited 12 times in total.

READ THIS FIRST!
This is an old thread - the track has been reworked multiple times over the years. The final version has more guitars, reworked drums and a new mix. Additional vocals too. All in all it's quite different from the original version I posted in 2017. Huge thanks go to donkeytugger for his infinite patience as I've tried to (and failed) improve the drums over multiple iterations since updating this thread the last time (Sep 2018).

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https://www.deezer.com/us/album/242132212

The soundcloud links in this thread all go the latest version, which is here:

Mr D (+band) of these forums has also re-interpreted this track as ska; you can find the thread here.

I've kept the original post below for context, should you want to read through the whole thread. The rest of this post is over 2 years out of date!
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ORIGINAL POST (SEVERAL YEARS OLD!)
Some of you might have heard this one already, as I posted it in a Looptalk thread a while back. I've since gone back to the track and tried to fix some of the glaring issues. The vocals had their stereo width set to 100% separated for example (don't ask me why), so they'd be completely inaudible in some positions when listening over speakers. I think the vocals are now properly audible throughout. Even on headphones, they were completely drowned out by the guitars when the guitars got turned up to 11.

My biggest problem with this track has been the complete lack of high end. Guitars being guitars they're all boomy and occupying the same frequency range. The drums are quite purposfully only kick and snare half the time, so there are no hihats at all, only cymbals in some sections.

When I first mixed this, I simply ran the master through an outboard exciter, which of course did add a lot of high end. It also added a lot of weird stuff though and it was really only a quick fix. I've now added a bit of an exciter to the one guitar that plays throughout, as well as the snare, which is also present most of the time. That seems like a better compromise to me.

It's obviously been brutally compressed in parts, but that was a conscious choice. If you think I went overboard, let me know.

And yes, that is what I wear when I go out to party. Well at least sometimes.

Great track Steevm, I loved it.. Mixing and mas...

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I loved it. The guitar is good but your voice ...

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Alter-Fox wrote:I loved it. The guitar is good...

To me that sounds better, but when the chorus d...

donkeytugger wrote:To me that sounds better, bu...

Hehe, we've all been there...after a bit you lo...

So fix the mix...

Yes... Is that the time? Must be off, cricket ...

Revisited the mix. Changed the overall volume o...

steevm wrote:Revisited the mix. Changed the ove...

donkeytugger wrote:That's getting there I think...

Really appreciating your help! Tales-break-at-...

very nice man, I liked it a lot.. Liked it on S...

Great song. Keep on the good work. To your qe...

MarkusFabian wrote:To your qestion: I think the...

steevm wrote:Really appreciating your help! Ta...

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donkeytugger wrote:The distorted guitar sounds ...

I've re-uploaded what I did last night. For all...

because you write a lot about compression: did ...

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Hey Steevm, did you read my comment on your com...

Been working on another track with Gloomer (see...

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I really like your style, this one is very nice...

Thanks Aleix. I got some suggestions from DT an...

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Updated based on DT's suggestions. Haven't had ...

Apart from the fact I've been singing, ".....yo...

Hello ! That's a really good track ! And I l...

I've mucked about with the guitars and boosted ...

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I also like the song. When the heavy guitar app...

So another new version which is basically the v...

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Hmm, drums sound better again now, but I still ...

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