LuisBSF

Aah I get ya. No, there's no term as far as I'm aware - the backbone of a tune is what you consider it to be, no more and no less I organise my channels in a different manner, via groups: kick and bass the first one, percussion, leads, pads, FX and another for anything not fitting on the other groups. The only group in which I apply any processing as a whole is the kick and bass group in which I place a compressor to gel both instruments together in punch and level. Slow attack (15ms+) and quick release should take care of this allowing the transients to come through unscathed. Perhaps a tube emulator such as twisthead afterwards with very mild settings to thicken up things, depending on the sounds used, but not so strong as to cause bad distortion. What version of Ableton are you using? From version 8 you have channel groups available, which in effect is what you're emulating by sending all that audio on to the same return channel. You can group channels by selecting one or more, then CTRL+G. A group is essentially an audio channel of its own. When you group channels, Ableton changes the routing of those channels to dump audio on to the group instead of the master (the group then sends summed audio to the master after any FX). Edit: just re-read your original post and yeah you're using Ableton 8 so groups are available

Sure, but could you elaborate on what you mean by "base" track? You mean "bass" instead, as in kick+bass, or something different?

Recording the master can be problematic as you could create a feedback loop by accident and blow up that corner of your house. Resampling as input definitely should cover your needs. Can't say I ever noticed any delays but if you want to ensure perfect sync you could add an utility plugin on the recorded channel inverting both L and R phases. Then alter the start of that clip (or the track delay on that channel) until you get total cancellation . This might not work 100% if you have plugins running which vary randomly over time (you should at least be able to cancel out the kickdrum though). Once you get them aligned just turn off the utility plugin. One thing with resampling: you will need to boost the recording by the same amount of negative decibels you have on the master at the moment of recording to reach the same level. Or you can just export the tune? That might be a lot quicker than recording. What are you trying to do?

This is very good news!

A new name:

Very nice! My favorite so far is nova fractal's. Quite evil in places.

Nice mix! Groovy and varied and LONG!

I'll make sure it's a looong booklet then

Thank you guys!

Thanks dude! Something else I've been spending some time on lately:

Thanks guys! Just writing new music at the moment and working on the live set as I have quite a few gigs this year. Will worry about how to get the music out later on

Sweet, been waiting for this one. Samples are sounding immense already. Good luck guys!!

Liking what I've heard mate, particularly quadra; moody, atmospheric and risky, you should give this another go for sure.

Sounding good!!

Sounds really interesting already.

Thanks Niko, so do I! Got another one. I seem to keep forgetting to put them in here:

Thanks guys, appreciated! This I uploaded in there a few weeks back, chunks of three other tunes, two of them finished and awaiting final mixdown at some point in the future:

I'm writing a load of new tunes and experimenting with new sounds and grooves. Posted one of those tunes on soundcloud some time ago but neglected to do so over here: Hope you enjoy

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Thanks! If you enjoy a few minutes of it, still mission accomplished as far as I'm concerned

It wasn't a cat I was murdering, I sampled my creaky bathroom door this one time I had run out of shampoo labels to read, I knew it'd come in handy at some point. Glad to be part of this and to see UAF as strong as ever! lol @ the green man

lol great review as usual! I still haven't listened to the whole lot but I know I'm up for a treat. Surely a fantastic way to send Neogoa off, I'm glad I was part of it for as long as it lasted Good luck Ivan with Graviton, looking forward to what it has to offer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qELG7_exQk ?

Well, it's certainly not the case with Neogoa's releases anyway, from where I stand he's always done a remarkable job with my own music. I'm really looking forward to hearing the full monty

I guess you're talking about perceived loudness... when pushing it louder you need to be extremely careful with audio distortion and whatnot, and most people who do mastering for free simply don't have the gear and the ears to go as high up as professional mastering engineers without messing things up. Not saying this is the case with Igor, he knows his stuff. Plus he's gonna be trying to balance all the tunes (it's quite a lot of them for this compilation) to sound consistent, each one written on diverse keys and production quality and style and perhaps some tunes won't lend themselves to be pushed as loud as others. Then there's also the issue of keeping the dynamics as intact as possible while still being loud, I think he's done a wonderful job so far.