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Having set up everything for music production again I have spent a couple of days just going through “what is out there” when it comes to creating good guitar (and bass) tones of various types.

Good lord! It is a djungle out there when it comes to VST’s, IR’s, NAM’s, with a million alternatives and a gazillion possible combinations of things. How people keep track of what they like and use is still a mystery to me, as one IR can be completely amazing for one amp/sound but completely off for another.

Also I notice there is a difference between sounds (combinations of the above) that are great to play with…but which perhaps doesn’t record all that well, whereas the opposite is true: a sound (combo) of things that doesn’t appear very playable at first actually cuts through a mix perfectly.

Still have some way to go I notice.

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Related advice: if your equipment supports ducking, use it to duck competing instruments under the vocals. Even a couple of dB makes a huge difference.

Ducking is the reduction of volume in one track/instrument so that another can be heard over it. At its simplest it can be done with a bog-standard compressor on the track to be ducked, using the vocal track as a side chain. You don't need to use fancy ducking plugins; I don't.

Consider ducking any instrument that occupies the 200 Hz to 3 kHz range, like guitars, pads, pianos, etc. because those are the instruments that will compete most with vocals.

Singer-songwriter-producers: today I am begging you to mix your vocals at least 6 dB louder. You know the words! You wrote them, you sang them, you can make them out even if they're marginal.

Get someone who wasn't involved in the songwriting or production to do a test listen for you. If they can't hear the vocals front and centre, they're too quiet.

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Here’s my latest blog post about how I made the track Ashcan Edition. Boldly putting my face out there in the attached - you can skip that! 😄

Thanks to folks on here I found a way to talk about a fairly complex computer music process that I think works without having to introduce a bunch of other concepts. I’m deliberately not being so technical but very happy to answer whatever!

nonwrestler.com/ashcan-edition

today’s plan!

• dog parkin’ with bee so he can run with friends and be a silly muddy good boy

• home to hunker down and plan some projects - #genealogy logging, interview with my father, redoing home assistant

• some more #logicpro11 review and setup, and #musicproduction !!!! YAY

oontz oontz oontz oontz the system is down (caution flashing lights and the stark realization that if you recognize this video WE ARE OLDS, GUYS)

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