aha, interesting! didn’t know there was a room simulation plugin, on top of reverb. cool, will see what comes. loving these tips – learning so much. THANK YOU!

Just what I needed, Paul! Your reminder of the low-pass for reverb. Not sure why the default settings in Space Designer don’t have it, cause it was a “medium sweet room.” The EQ is tucked away at the top righthand corner, so hiding from me.

Context – I’m trying sound of me and the piano maybe 20 feet from you in the living room as you open…

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the sleuthing continues! the vocals is on an aux send, rather than direct. it wasn’t on 100% (was -10db), so i upped it and then adjusted the send and bounced. see attached. not sure if it sounds any different. is what you’re hearing a kind of tinny quality? if not, as an aside something i’ve been wondering about with reverb, how to avoid it.

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many thanks, Dana – especially for the lightning fast feedback!

on House of Love – the piano is actually recorded live as midi, and not recorded at the same time. So the combed-mic sound….could be the original source, perhaps? I thought I had enough sound proofing in my environment – i believe it’s the same set up as born + raised, but…

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alright, alright. took me a little bit, but i’m back with quite possibly the finals of both these.🤞

since you were invested and interested, i’d welcome one more listen to help me know how I landed on all your tips – particularly for any last fine points before i put these nuggets out into the world! understand you have a ton of others things to…

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Thanks Dana! I made some progress on this incorporating all your tips, now fine tuning the non-compressed levels and reverb. I also got a little sidetracked on another track with moments of inspiration and excited to share that one, not sure how soon but near future, hopefully. Thanks again for the ongoing encouragement.

wow @Dana – so grateful for your listens, the vid even (!) and all these insights – every single one is very illuminating to me. and indeed, i’m very excited to jump back into this over the weekend and refine, to help the song shine.

two quick follow ups: noting that the distortion in the intro and ending builds was intentional, to elevate…

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i trust your ears and instruments too, paul! ongoing gratitude for your listens, rigor and extra special sauce commentary (i LOVE reading what your words!). you’ve definitively pointed me in the right direction fortunately quick, easy fixes, and its sounds so much better already.
a) the limiter gain was set too high (i was losing perspective,…

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Many thanks, Dana! Uploading a fresher version of born + raised and posting here (and deleted the old version above). very fine tinkering on things i was hearing the past few days. appreciate the listens, and support, as always!

CONGRATS @Dana @cmn !!!! Love the grooooooooooove. Delicious!!!

2025 salute and thank you @michael @dana and @-PT appreciate the deep dives all around here! feeling much more equipped. grateful!

hi @-PT curious if you found any clues on the cause of the volume discrepancy.

@dana – one clarifying follow up from our Q+A, you mentioned that for instagram you do -2.0 true peak to avoid distortion. spotify has this guideline as well for anything louder than -14 LUFS and tunecore distribution goes to instagram as well, so hence why i went…

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yes please detective, thanks! here’s the full screenshot of the reference track.

hello folks. i’m now a few weeks removed from getting my track distributed and went to listen to the track and noticed it is quieter by about two volume button clicks relatively to other songs.

i did my own mastering and followed the guidelines spotify specified which is if it’s louder than -14db integrated LUFS make the True Peak -2db…

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right on @dana thanks for these tips. really interested in checking out melodyne!

as for the blips, i did try the buffer size solution at the time of bouncing but that didn’t seem to help. hopefully just one off issue for this song. LOTS of learning from this process.

thanks again for everything. you’ve really helped fuel me with exactly what…

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thanks for this @michael and @dana everything was scenario B – same everything but really helpful and reassuring to know that others have tested this )it’s possible that it was a strange psychological effect🙃?) i’ll therefore keep plowing ahead with using logic and keep monitoring it vs. abandoning ship at this stage. thank you thank you!

I posted this in a separate thread but looking for others input too.

spending more time with logic pro on my latest song, it seems like the bounces aren’t quite as punchy, especially on the high end. example: there were cool surprise harmonics from the vocals happening that would only show up on an occasional bounce. i ended up adding tracks…

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hey @detective and @dana !

sending positive vibrations especially this election week. circling back and sharing that old new maps is now streaming in the world. SO appreciate all the insights and feedback. i kept pushing and pushing it through many iterations after your comments. i ended up learning a ton and so grateful i took the extra time -…

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paul – thanks so much for the additional listen and i love the story!

and forgive the delay in my reply – i read your note and then went way deep again into creative mode. not sure if where i ended up relative to these points above, but feeling done after far too many iterations :).

just submitted for distribution – will share back when it’s out!

ok, took another pass. i THINK i captured the notes here on volumes, effects and the drums.
and i also replaced the snare hit with a more consistent hit. i went further to limit the distraction, but curious what you think now.

@dana i’d love to hear your further thoughts on the drums and final stage mastering when you’re back from vacation!

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such KEEN insights @-PT and @dana – so grateful for these! started revisions this morning and will be back at it later tonight. more soon!

hey all! first time posting here and also a newbie at self producing. i shared this song with @dana about a month ago, and i made some additional changes, ready to share again, as i think i’ve reached my ceiling.

looking for honest feedback mainly on the mix but open to considerations on production too. there a few spots where i feel i…

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