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I just finish my attempt to make the HUGE track RELAX by Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Please have a listen :) I think i still need to be working on balance and mix but i am getting stuck a little to make it sound HUGE. Please if anyone would like to check out caustic file and give me help i would be VERY thankful . :)
Caustic Cheese Says RELAX
Is this big enough?
I love this song and has been ever since it was first released. The simple on beat slap bass is so gorgeous, along with the brass it makes the whole song IMO. This was a really fun track to mix, thank you for that Janny.
A good way to approach a mix is to think about what's important in the song, silence all other instruments and bring this one up to desired level (for this track I picked the slap bass). Now bring up the drums to match this level. Next step would be to take up the other instruments one at the time, once again you should think about what's important for the song and bring up the levels in that order. Things like pads, strings and such should come In last, if there's enough space left for them they don't need much level at all to cut trough.
This method work well for most modern music where you want the drums to be up front, it require that you first get your frequencies right of course but thats another story ;).
Just RELAX and trust your ears...
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Funny you should do this Janny. I was thinking you should do Two Tribes only the other week. I like your version, different but still interesting.
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Hahaha that's great! A good remake of that tune. You hit all those little details, and added a few of your own.
Nice arrangement
Wow, this is really impressive. Good work!
mindfool
WOW!! Once again i thank you a million times Pan65. You have been amazing help to me. It will take me little time to study what you have done , but i hear what you have done immediately.
Your advice on how to slect what instrument to bring up in the mix is wonderful. I did trythis and like you i pick the slap bass as the sound to carry everything else along. I still having trouble with frequencies , but i think this is very much long time learning :) :) I also notice you balance the sounds differently , bringing in the overdive guitar more central is great. Is an AWSOME sound :) (Great Valve amped Guitar sound if anyone wants it ) :) I see also you have two freqiency fx on the brass. Is this to bring up the low and Hig frequncies ? It sounds AWSOME and i think is better to the left of mix instead of how i have it bouncing left n right. I will spend time this week studying very much what you have done . I also hear from my firend on SC Glen Grey Reynolds who is amazing vocalist . He LOVES Holly Johnson and wishes to make vocal track for this too. I will post when it is ready :) :)
Thanx so very much Pan65. You are so very kind and great teacher :) :)
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I am making Two Tribes also Barking_Mad :) :)
The original is VERY heavy and reliant on vocal and fx samples to get the sound. Without them it is a bit empty and i not find anywhere to get the original samples on own. So i think i must get help to recreate these , the radio announcer , Hollys vocals, the War FX etc etc. It is BIG project and i am doing full album version also. 9 minutesso far . i think it will be VERY EPIC when i am finishing it. :) :)
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Thanx so very much Jason :)
Again i am usig some of your dsp fx and i still can not believe how much difference they can make to your music . Of course i still have very much to be leraning but it is so cool to hear the difference. Caustic3 never stops amazing me at what it can be doing and i have used it a longtime and learn new things every time i open it up. I think Rej is secretly putting new things in and updating it on my tablet without me knowing it AHAHAHAHAH
I LOVE making covers as much as i am loving making my own compositions. It is great learning about composition and such great fun adding your own little bits in. Sometimes i am liking to make the cover sound as close to the original as possible. I learn an amazing amount about sound design and always asking myself "how they make that sound" or "How they do this effect" it inspire me to learn and then i can apply this to my own music. IS GREAT FUN :) :)
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Thanx so very much Mindfool :) It sounds even better now Pan65 as cast magic over it . LOL
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You did a fine job!
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Subtle but noticeable differences. Going to have a gander at that rack.
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Thanx to everyone for support and kind comments on this .
I still waiting for the Vocals for this by my friend Glen Grey Reynolds he is an amazing Vocalist so i wait patiently. :)
I have made many tweaks and added some new instrumentation also since Pan65 very kindly helped with the mix.
When i have vocals added i will post finish track for you all.
You can check out Glens vocals though on my cover of SUCH A SHAME by TALK TALK :)
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Wow Caustic Cheese, I've been listening to Your tunes and I must say im impressed. You have a great sense in creating beautiful tracks
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This is a nice cover too but I think it's SUCH A SHAME that good vocals like that is buried in the mix. I hear the boy can sing but I don't hear what he sings. I would love to mix this track
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Ahoj Pan65 :) :)
I make SUCH A SHAME before i was knowing more about how to be mixing and mastering properly. I listen now and know i could be making it very much better. It would be great though if you wish to do remix. I must ask Glen first as i think it is polite as he made vocal track. Please send me email to casuticcheese@yandex.com and then i can be inviting you to my dropbox where all the vocals and my caustic files are kept :) :)
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Ahoj Caustic Mau5 :)
Thanx very much for kind words. I hope you are getting Soundcloud page soon so i can be following you :) :)
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I just though i would post my cover of RELAX for you AGAIN!!!! :) I was hoping for vocals by Glen Grey Reynolds but he was unable to be doing them . BUT an AMAZING guitarist EMMANUEL WALLIN ask if he could add some guitars to it . So here is is the RELAX-GUITAR mix.
Since i post this i have had offer from another amazing vocalist Jean Michel george to make vocals so another version coming soon AHAHAHAH I think there will be as many versions of this as there was of the original LOL.
I have not changed the caustic file very much from Pan65s amazing mix besides some new instruments so i not post it again. If you wish for it please ask and i will send you dropbox link instead .
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groovin as always..... likin the vibe, almost forgot you used Caustic to put this piece together.
Well done
Hi Janny, your email address don't seem to work. I get (No Such User) error when I try.
Contact me via my profile here on SCS and I can reply to that :).
Done that my friend :) :)
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EHEHE Thanx Jason :) . It is very funny , but i put in info on every track i make and post in SC THAT I MAKE MY MUSIC ON Android App called Caustic3 and include the www for here also. I do all i can to advertise for Rej and CAUSTIC :) :) But so many people just do not realise i make my music on just my tablet. I have many asking me for help with there FLstudio projects etc and what VSTs i use . When i tell them i only use Caustic App i am sure they do not believe me. LOL Sometimes when i listen to a track i make i can not believe i make it on my tablet. AHAHAHAHAHH
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Hands up to Caustic Cheese! This is a great track.
Thanx N.V.I.V. That is very kind of you :) :) :)
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