So this is the second run at it... did add some bass, as well as a couple of other horns as pads in the background (trombone and mellophone)...

I actually think the trumpet is sharp, too, but I haven't yet had time to re-record it.

better?

(I see what you mean about the trumpet solo, but I only noticed it towards the end)

yeah, kinda sharp on the ears, that trumpet- won't a simple eqqing job suffice btw?

also I thought the brushed drum sounds seemed a little cut short, but other than that the mood and reeling atmosphere is really nice, a very nice jazzy tune it is, for sure. so a little bit of eqqin' and perhaps a little reverb on the drums can do wonders for this little gem.



and congratulations on pending fatherhood!

Chiiillllll man.  Wow.  Kind of an oxymoron, but that is impressivley chilled out.

hmn. I didn't know you could put reverb on drums. is that fairly common? if anyone's using Audacity, could they tell me, other than the Echo function (which is okay but not great) how to add effective reverb easily? The reverb function they have built in seems really unnecessarily complex.

and i think I'm just gonna re-record the trumpet. maybe even without the mute, or possibly both with and without, and then layer them on top of each other... I could EQ it a bit, but then i think other bits of it would end up sounding flat...

ah oh well, I just thought about eqqing the trumpet track only btw, not the entire mix.

hmm well I'm not sure, does Audacity support VST effects? very user friendly plugins are over here, for instance: http://www.kjaerhusaudio.com/classic-series.php

but I have no experience with Audacity, I've only used Kristal, another free audio engine, which does have VST support, for sure.

oh ya ya... I knew you meant just the track, but I'd have to go through it phrase by phrase or possibly even note by note, and it's so much easier just to re-record it.

Audacity *does* support VST, but most VST plugins I've found have been Mac-based and I'm running a PC...

are those ones cross-platform?

they're windows only, these Kjaerhus thingies

and.. http://www.kvraudio.com has a load of free vst's (all platforms) too.. you might wanna check it out.

cheers...

Those kjaerhusaudio ones look great! thanks!

I found that KVR Audio site a couple times before, but found it less than user-friendly... kept only being able to find updates on new stuff that cost money. so. guess I'll have to take another stab at it... it's just so dense, y'know?

anyway, thanks again

guess v3 is forthcoming...

BT

enjoyed this a lot very late night.., i am not really a jazz listener, but i did enjoy some pieces now and then, like now.., if someone told me it was Miles i'd believe it..

but i am only a rocker, so for what its worth: beautifull song to me!

get that trump sound right; download for me

btw. drums get reverbed in very various ways, mostly the snare, the rest only very little, mainly kind of natural, but of course you can use a lot too as a special effect, to make it sound as if was played in a large hall, or wherever
but it might become messy and less powerfull cause there is no room between the beats.
so there's the possability to use 'gated' reverbs

i did try adding some reverb on it en eq-ed some hi mid a lot softer for tht trumpet( 1,5kHz with a very wide band), it sounded better in my opinion immediatly....

just thought its worth mentioning it