Dumbo,
Thank you very much for listening and replying! I certainly don't mind some constructive criticism, that's how I learn to do better. I appreciate you like my vocals, because my singing is a bit controversial. You are correct, I mix with headphones. Mixing is always a dilemma. It's hard enough to sound decent on my own headphones. Then if I tweak the mix to sound decent on my home stereo speakers, it makes my mix sound worse on my headphones. I've heard some people say that if music is correctly mixed, it sounds good on any sound system, but sometimes I wonder how that is possible. Often lap-top speakers sound extremely tinny and really crappy. Some sound systems with speakers can be really bass-y if they have sub-woofers. Mixing on anything other than headphones would be challenging for me as of the last 20 years. It seems my wife typically has the TV running, and my 18 year old daughter has zero interest in hearing my tunes, much less hearing it a million times as I experiment with the mix. But that's my problem. I have no doubt the mix could be better. The rhythm guitars are double-tracked; my timing has never been flawless. I used to do this: mic > hardware compressor > recorder with internal/software compressors. Well, I ruined my $100 hardware compressor one day when I used the wrong electrical voltage transformer (long ago). I probably need to experiment with multiple software compressors, though I'm already maxing out my computer. Yes, some manual volume tweaks could help, though I'm often not speedy enough. Though Cubase (that's what I use) has a good automated volume ability in my opinion. Though yes, I could be better with volumes. I generally spend roughly 40 hours on a song, then I'm ready to start a new one before I burn out. Are you from a particular country or state? I'm always curious where people are commenting from.
